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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SciShow Tangents Classics - Fungi
We're taking a break this week to rest up and work on some exciting things! In the meantime, join us as we talk about fungus and Praise the Drungus!
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If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:
[Truth or Fail]
Fungal Pesticides:
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/04/12/522068205/fungal-pesticides-offer-a-growing-alternative-to-traditional-chemicals
https://agrochemicals.iupac.org/index.php?option=com_sobi2&sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=3&sobi2Id=31
https://phys.org/news/2019-02-virus-infested-fungus-chemical-pesticides.html
Tinder Fungi:
https://www.uab.cat/web/newsroom/news-detail-1345668003610.html?noticiaid=1345754508535
Egyptian Medicine:
https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/10/nyregion/secrets-of-the-mummys-medicine-chest.html
[Fact Off]
Whiskey mold:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18065010
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5315285/
https://www.wired.com/2011/05/ff-angelsshare/
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/78dyqb/kentuckys-whiskey-fungus-problem-is-out-of-control
Plastic-digesting fungus:
https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/fungi-research-lifts-lid-shy-organisms-break-down-plastic
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0202047
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749117300295
http://blog.worldagroforestry.org/index.php/2017/09/12/scientists-find-fungus-appetite-plastic-rubbish-dump/
[Ask the Science Couch]
“Zombie” ants:
https://www.pnas.org/content/114/47/12590
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0187170
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3204140/
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/how-the-zombie-fungus-takes-over-ants-bodies-to-control-their-minds/545864/