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Sci Guys - 132: The Shocking Science of Boredom

132: The Shocking Science of Boredom

10/25/21 • 86 min

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References & Further Reading
Scientific Studies & Papers
  1. https://www.science.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.1250830
  2. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165178116301524?via%3Dihub
  3. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0963721419884309
News & Magazine Articles
  1. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28130690.amp
  2. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-boredom-is-anything-but-boring/
  3. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/what-does-boredom-do-to-us-and-for-us
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References & Further Reading
Scientific Studies & Papers
  1. https://www.science.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.1250830
  2. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165178116301524?via%3Dihub
  3. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0963721419884309
News & Magazine Articles
  1. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28130690.amp
  2. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-boredom-is-anything-but-boring/
  3. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/what-does-boredom-do-to-us-and-for-us

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undefined - 131: The Wood Wide Web

131: The Wood Wide Web

Can trees talk to each other? It turns out they might be able to, using fungi... This week, we discuss the Wood Wide Web that most of the world’s plants use to help them survive!
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References & Further Reading
Fungi

  1. https://www.livescience.com/amp/53618-fungus.html
  2. https://www.britannica.com/science/fungus/Mycorrhiza
Plants
  1. https://www.britannica.com/plant/tree
  2. https://www.britannica.com/science/forest
Mycorrhizal Networks
  1. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123739445003278
  2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4802747/
  3. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48257315.amp
  4. https://www.nature.com/articles/449136a
  5. https://www.science.org/content/article/wood-wide-web-underground-network-microbes-connects-trees-mapped-first-time
  6. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084/
  7. https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/mycorrhizal-networks-wood-wide-web/amp/
  8. https://www.nationalforests.org/blog/underground-mycorrhizal-network
  9. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/mycorrhizae

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undefined - 133: The Real Frankenstein?

133: The Real Frankenstein?

In this spooky episode of Sci Guys we explore the life of Johann Konrad Dippel - a mad scientist that some credit as the inspiration for Mary Shelley’s Dr Frankenstein... Despite the pack of any evidence.
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References & Further Reading
Johann Konrad Dippel

  1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1034731/?page=5
  2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1034731/?page=5
  3. https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/pdf/10.1308/147363513X13500508916973
Alchemy & Frankenstein
  1. https://www.britannica.com/topic/alchemy/Modern-alchemy
  2. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Frankenstein

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