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Is it dangerous to wake a sleepwalker? Is it a good idea to pee on your leg after a jellyfish sting? Join biologists Camden and Margaret as they explore and address these scientific misconceptions and many more!With new episodes every two weeks, join the discussion of scientific misconceptions, with the hope of you learning something you didn’t already know about the world! If you have scientific misconceptions that you’d like explained or want to provide feedback to us, please email us at [email protected]."Don't Pee on Your Leg" (DPOYL) is a podcast produced by Two Birds, One Scone. Articles, blog posts, and more about what you can do every day to conserve our environment can be f…
Ladybug spots can't tell age; your next confident animal fact may need a second look.
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A nimble correction to the hollow-bones myth, with bats, penguins, and buoyancy neatly rearranged.
The familiar line that birds have hollow bones gets usefully tightened as bats, ostriches, emus, and penguins complicate the shorthand. The hosts move from pneumaticized bones to bats' mammalian skeletons and penguins' marrow-filled bones, then connect that density to buoyancy…
A warm correction to bat panic, grounded in social behavior, rabies context, and a clear reason to give sick wildlife space.
Vampire bats come through as more than a stock horror image here, with the episode using rabies, illness, and bat social behavior to complicate an easy fear. Margaret and Camden cover long-term relationships, food sharing, and females helping new mothers that cannot yet travel.
A grounded look at why movie concussions and real head injuries do not always follow the same script.
Concussions get a clear, useful reality check as the hosts push back on the movie-and-television habit of making unconsciousness the big sign of serious head trauma.
A mattress myth opens onto the oddly personal ecology of household dust.
Dust gets a more personal treatment than expected as the episode tests the familiar claim that household dust is mostly human skin. The hosts separate big-picture estimates about skin shedding from what people are likely to notice at home, then broaden the mix to hair, fibers,…
A familiar garden beetle becomes a sharp reminder that everyday nature can be easy to misread.
Ladybugs make a neat little test of how fast a familiar sight can harden into bad science. The hosts take on the old claim that a beetle's spots reveal its age, then swap it for the more useful truth: spot counts vary by variety, ladybugs usually live two to three years, and…
Strange claims, tested cleanly.
Plainspoken sermons for faithful Christian life.
The hosts and a guest share personal excitement about a drag show and the Artemis 2 moon mission before diving into scientific misconceptions.
Co-hosts share personal excitement and introduce their format of discussing and debunking scientific misconceptions.
Two biologists debunk common scientific misconceptions in an engaging, conversational format.
Two biologists discuss and debunk common scientific misconceptions, starting with a personal update and then flipping a coin to decide who presents first.
Two biologists discuss and debunk common scientific misconceptions, starting with sharing personal excitement about music and improv.
Co-hosts Camden and Margaret discuss and debunk common scientific misconceptions, starting with a segment sharing personal excitement.
Biologists Camden and Margaret debunk common scientific misconceptions, starting with a lighthearted discussion about cat behavior and their excitement to return for episode 70.
The hosts discuss the Pokemon Butterfree and the real-world science that may have inspired it, blending childhood nostalgia with biology.
This episode is an adult-themed special where the hosts debunk scientific misconceptions that may not be suitable for children.
Biologists Camden and Margaret interview Dr.