SciShow Tangents is the lightly competitive knowledge showcase from the geniuses behind the YouTube series SciShow. Every other Tuesday, join Hank Green, Ceri Riley, and Sam Schultz as they try to one-up and amaze each other with weird and funny scientific research... while not getting distracted. There will be tangents about video games, music, weird smells, surprisingly deep insights about life, and of course, poop, but it always comes back to the science.
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episode 6: Festive Ecology
Jingle Bells, Frosty the Snowman, Let it Snow; the timeless sounds of the holiday. And to that pantheon of greats is added another track: this 30-minute-long, spoken-word science podcast!
Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!
While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen
If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links!
[Truth or Fail]
Poinsettia monopoly
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/22/573046507/how-poinsettias-became-synonymous-with-christmas
http://www.mobileranger.com/blog/the-plant-of-christmas-the-poinsettia/
https://www.actahort.org/books/226/226_34.htm
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-dec-23-me-poinsettia23-story.html
https://pubag.nal.usda.gov/download/12136/PDF
Vanilla flavor
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-cream-bananas_n_55f8d911e4b0d6492d638853
https://www.webmd.com/children/features/is-poinsettia-really-poisonous
Latex/rubber
https://web.extension.illinois.edu/poinsettia/facts.cfm
http://www.industrialrubbergoods.com/natural-rubber.html
https://www.thespruce.com/facts-about-poinsettias-that-may-surprise-you-2132343
[Fact Off]
Tinniculite
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134%2FS1075701517070078
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/ammin/article/102/2/466/264546/new-mineral-names
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/9/6/373/htm
Pine needle recycling
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329280439_Fuels_and_Value-Added_Chemicals_from_Biomass
https://theconversation.com/new-recycling-process-could-help-your-christmas-tree-lead-a-surprising-second-life-107984
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876610217350713
[Ask the Science Couch]
Natural vs. artificial tree
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/business/energy-environment/fake-christmas-tree-vs-real-tree.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/12/14/real-vs-fake-heres-why-artificial-christmas-trees-rise/2314418002/
https://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/Real-vs-Artificial-Christmas-Tree-Which-Is-More-14866084.php
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/12/14/real-vs-fake-heres-why-artificial-christmas-trees-rise/2314418002/
[Butt One More Thing]
Mistletoe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/metro/urban-jungle/pages/121218.html
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/culturing-science/mistletoe-natural-history/
https://www.etymonline.com/word/mistletoe
https://www.etymonline.com/word/missel?ref=etymonline_crossreference