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 44: Fashion
New York Fashion Week is in full swing, and the world's most stylish science podcast is celebrating by exploring the intersection of fashion and science!
Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!
If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:
[Truth or Fail]
Beards & miasma theory
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/plague-know/
https://mentalfloss.com/article/31056/why-did-people-wear-powdered-wigs
https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-science-behind-todays-plague-doctor-costume-1737404375
Lightning rods
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9256546/lubbock_morning_avalanche/
https://books.google.com/books?id=UEH1AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA184
https://books.google.com/books?id=g6cwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA190
Pictures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_rod_fashion
Bulletproof silk
https://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2578879
http://mentalfloss.com/article/24039/brief-history-bulletproof-vests
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jul/29/bulletproof-silk-vest-prevent-first-world-war-royal-armouries
[Fact Off]
Julie and ear grass
Lizards and human shirts
[Ask the Science Couch]
Bamboo
http://www.patagonia.com/static/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-PatagoniaShared/default/dw0de5a5be/PDF-US/bamboo_rayon.pdf
Hemp
https://slate.com/technology/2011/04/hemp-versus-cotton-which-is-better-for-the-environment.html
Wool
https://www.iwto.org/news/environmental-impacts-wool-textiles
Linen
https://econation.co.nz/linen/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320307130_GOING_ECO_GOING_DUTCH_A_local_and_closed_loop_textile_production_system
Mass production (dyeing, burning)
https://e360.yale.edu/features/can_waterless_dyeing_processes_clean_up_clothing_industry_pollution
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/9/17/17852294/fashion-brands-burning-merchandise-burberry-nike-h-and-m
[Butt One More Thing]
Cow manure clothes
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/poop-clothing_n_58e7d6f0e4b058f0a02efa77