Hormones | SciShow Tangents Podcast

Head to https://manukora.com/tangents to get 3 FREE Gifts with your Starter Kit - a $25 value! Oops, all science this episode! Erstwhile editorial assistant Deboki Chakravarti steps in for erstwhile everyman Sam Schultz as we parse through fundamental puzzles about humanity: what makes us, us, and if it is hormones, does that make us cocktails or cauldrons? Want more SciShow Tangents? Check out hundreds more episodes of our podcast here: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com, or wherever you get your podcasts! Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to find great SciShow Tangents merch! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! 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: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen Hormones [Truth or Fail] https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/trust-hormone-oxytocin-helps-old-muscle-work-new-study-finds [Trivia Question] Hormone-injected Judas goats to kill invasive species in Project Isabella https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3092746/ https://modernfarmer.com/2013/09/killing-goats-galapagos/ [Fact Off] Bones make osteocalcin, which might be a hormone involved in stress reactions https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(19)30441-3 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6335246/ https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1008361 https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1008714 Chrononutrition and breast milk hormones training babies’ circadian rhythms [Ask the Science Couch] Hormones (vs. neurotransmitters) and how they affect emotions Serotonin https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK545168/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5864293/ Testosterone https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033318213001333?via%3Dihub https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/andr.12867 Estrogen https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3753111/ https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/210086 Thyroid https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7612998/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378512215006064 Puberty in general https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5192018/ https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/umurj/article/id/1383/ [Butt One More Thing] Golden spiny mice poop hormones show that they've evolved to be nocturnal (even though they can be diurnal) https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0023446 #scishow #podcast #comedy #science #education #scishowtangents