Joya and Jeff watched the Van Damme movie "Timecop"! Topics include: Lost Confederate Gold, Quantum Computing, The Double Slit Experiment, and Freezing and Shattering Your Dead Body! Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7FIvfx5J10 http://www.promessa.se/about-life-death/ http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a22280/double-slit-experiment-even-weirder/ https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/03/13/researchers-say-there-may-be-140m-worth-of-confederate-gold-at/21884507/ http://www.cracked.com/b...
Dec 25, 2017•43 min•Ep. 83
Joya and Jeff watched the Sci-Fi classic "2001: A Space Odyssey" Topics include: Killer Robots, Pooping in Space, The Origins of Man, and The Future of Humanity! Links: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/20-big-questions-about-the-future-of-humanity/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/090413-first-tool-users.html https://www.space.com/28150-zero-gravity-day-hoax.html https://blog.bufferapp.com/promote-a-podcast https://airwaysmag.com/airchive/pan-am-ceases-operations/ https...
Dec 18, 2017•59 min•Ep. 82
This week we put together a handful of our favorite segments from the first 49 episodes of the show!
Dec 11, 2017•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 81
Joya and Jeff watched the movie “Super Mario Bros.” Topics include: The Dino Extinction Event, Mario Bros, Parallel Universes, and Antimatter! LINKS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_COcHHvte-0 http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2017/apr/26/competing-claims-over-cause-of-cosmic-cold-spot https://www.britannica.com/science/K-T-extinction https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/science/chicxulub-crater-dinosaur-extinction.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7FIvfx5J10...
Dec 04, 2017•51 min•Ep. 80
Joya and Jeff watched the 1993 classic "Jurassic Park"! Topics include: The Discovery of Dinosaurs, Ancient Amber, Bringing Back the Wooly Mammoth, and Chaos Theory! LINKS: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-fossil-reveals-velociraptor-sported-feathers/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/pleistocene-park/517779/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/feathered-dinosaur-tail-amber-theropod-myanmar-burma-cretaceous/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chao...
Nov 27, 2017•57 min•Ep. 79
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"! Topics include: UFOs, Dolphin Communication, The Bermuda Triangle, and The Game Simon! LINKS: http://nypost.com/2014/06/10/the-dolphin-that-fell-in-love-with-a-human/ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/08/the-dolphin-who-loved-me https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-26/swedish-startup-uses-ai-to-figure-out-what-dolphins-talk-about http://www.cracked.com/article_18690_5-ufo-sightings-that-even-non-crazy...
Nov 13, 2017•47 min•Ep. 78
Joya, Jeff and special guest Ryan Kasmiskie watched the movie “Evolution”! Topics include: The Gaia Theory, Planarian Flatworms, Metabolism, and Arsenic Based Life! Links: http://mentalfloss.com/article/61665/13-things-you-didnt-know-about-planarians http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2010/12/this_paper_should_not_have_been_published.html https://www.nature.com/news/arsenic-life-bacterium-prefers-phosphorus-after-all-1.11520 https://science.howstuffworks.com/napalm.htm http...
Nov 06, 2017•44 min•Ep. 77
Joya and Jeff watched the movie “The Abyss”! Topics include: Liquid Ventilation, Atmospheric Diving Suits, Bioluminescence, and Why Chlorine Turns Your Hair Green! Links: http://www.history.com/news/the-midget-subs-that-beat-the-planes-to-pearl-harbor https://www.theguardian.com/film/australia-culture-blog/2014/aug/21/james-cameron-on-deepsea-challenge-im-not-just-some-rich-guy-on-a-ride https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/04/060414015051.htm https://gizmodo.com/the-evolution-of-the-atmos...
Oct 30, 2017•42 min•Ep. 76
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Gremlins"! Topics include: "Gremlins in the Machine", Asexual Reproduction, Animal Songs, and the History of Chuck E. Cheese! Links: http://www.ancientpages.com/2015/09/09/gremlins-highly-mechanical-creatures-in-mythology/ https://byjus.com/biology/fragmentation/ https://gearjunkie.com/swiss-army-knife-history http://www.care2.com/causes/5-animals-you-didnt-know-can-sing.html https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/8-unexpected-animals-that-sing/people-a...
Oct 23, 2017•56 min•Ep. 75
Joya and Jeff watched “Edward Scissorhands”! Topics include: Opposable Thumbs, Topiaries, Automatons and Waterbeds! https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-do-humans-have-thumbs-180953393/ http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/story.aspx?id=49036 http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/7-early-robots-and-automatons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterbed https://www.boredpanda.com/dragon-shaped-hedge-topiary-john-brooker/ http://home.howstuffworks.com/gardening/garden-design/topiary.h...
Oct 16, 2017•53 min•Ep. 74
Joya and Jeff watched the 1995 movie "Judge Dredd"! Topics include: Megacities, Puzzles, Cannibalism and Police States! Links: https://www.ancient.eu/Janus/ http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/02/22/515668867/cannibalism-its-perfectly-natural-a-new-scientific-history-argues http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-hammurabis-code http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/statue-of-liberty-arrives-in-new-york-harbor https://www.siammandalay.com/blogs/puzzles...
Oct 09, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 73
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Anaconda"! Topics include: Crazy Anaconda Facts, Dynamite, New Nature Doc Technology, and Totem Poles! Links: http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/snake-eating-cat-whole-in-brisbane-backyard-not-for-the-fainthearted/news-story/12479bc277158237d0465dc0482f41d1 http://listverse.com/2014/08/30/10-wild-facts-about-the-amazon-rainforest/ https://youtu.be/0ktd1gdgcfE http://www.softschools.com/inventions/history/dynamite_history/370/ http://mentalfloss.com/art...
Oct 02, 2017•42 min•Ep. 72
Joya and Jeff watched the 2000 Schwarzenegger movie "The 6th Day"! Topics include: Pet Cloning, the Human Genome Project, Fingerprints, and the XFL! Links! http://nypost.com/2015/10/31/i-spent-more-than-100000-to-clone-my-dog/ https://viagenpets.com http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/xfl-espn-30-for-30-vince-mcmahon-dick-ebersol-1201976706/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/20-years-after-dolly-the-sheep-led-the-way-where-is-cloning-now/ https://www.pcmag.com/news/350867/smart-fridge-showd...
Sep 25, 2017•55 min•Ep. 71
Joya and Jeff watched "Beetlejuice"! Topics include: Purgatory, 'Betelgeuse' the Star, The Winchester Mystery House, Why Ghosts Wear Sheets, and A Brief History on Goths!
Sep 18, 2017•40 min•Ep. 70
Joya, Jeff and special guest Dan Eckman watched the movie "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"! Topics include: How We’re Mostly Made of Empty Space, The Homunculus, The History of the Remote Control, and How Honey is Basically Bee Puke!
Sep 11, 2017•58 min•Ep. 69
Joya and Jeff watched the 2002 Eddie Murphy movie "The Adventures of Pluto Nash"! Topics include: Cloning Pets, How Battery Acid Works, Artificial Gravity, Mining in Space, and Oxygen Bars!
Sep 04, 2017•50 min•Ep. 68
Joya and Jeff watched the 1999 movie "The Mummy"! Topics include: Ancient Boobytraps, Mummification, the Truth Behind the Ten Biblical Plagues, Scarabs, and how Mirages Work!
Aug 28, 2017•55 min•Ep. 67
Joya and Jeff watched the 1996 movie "Mission: Impossible"! Topics include: Crazy Spy Gizmos and Techniques, Super-vaults, Floppy Disks, Face Masks, and Smoking On Planes!
Aug 21, 2017•53 min•Ep. 66
Joya and Jeff watched the 1978 movie "Piranha"! Topics Include: Crazy Piranha Facts, Killer Algae, Electric Fences, and Weird Government Experiments to Weaponize Animals!
Aug 14, 2017•49 min
Joya and Jeff watched the 1988 movie "The Blob"! Topics include: Animal digestive systems, the history of health insurance in the United States, fun uses for plungers, and the truth about Pop Rocks!
Aug 07, 2017•49 min
Joya and Jeff watched Guillermo Del Toro's "Mimic"! Topics include: biomimicry, how insects breathe, "royal jelly", the "mole people" of the New York subways, and forensic entomology!
Jul 31, 2017•48 min
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Demolition Man"! Topics include cryogenically freezing a human body, the history of bungee jumping, metal foam, heterochromia, laserdiscs, materials based on shark skin, and Bloomberg's big soda ban!
Jul 24, 2017•55 min•Ep. 5
Joya and Jeff watched "Edge of Tomorrow" (aka "Live/Die/Repeat")! Topics include crazy military technology, abandoned invasion plans, the Tunguska event, Krav Maga, badass soldiers and the "let's all go to the lobby" theme!
Jul 17, 2017•41 min
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Tremors"! Topics include quicksand, what is talc, earthquakes, animals communicating through vibrations, volcanoes in space and the history of the pogo stick!
Jul 10, 2017•42 min
Joya and Jeff watched Stephen King's "Thinner"! Topics include BMI nonsense, history of Romani, the tongue patch diet, the oldest person who ever lived and the legality of road head!
Jul 04, 2017•39 min
Joya and Jeff watched the 1999 movie "The Thirteenth Floor"! Topics include the history of "unlucky 13", the advancement of supercomputers, numerology and the CIA playing World of Warcraft!
Jun 27, 2017•36 min
Joya and Jeff watched the 2009 movie "Moon"! Topics include moon conspiracies, Helium 3 and 4, physical effects of solitary confinement, Thorium and genetic kill switches!
Jun 20, 2017•46 min
Joya and Jeff watched the original "Planet of the Apes"! Topics include the mirror test, animals being dicks, project Nim, animal language, level 1 parallel universes and the story of Dr. Livingstone!
Jun 13, 2017•46 min
Joya and Jeff watched David Cronenberg's "Scanners"! Topics include children of Thalidomide, spontaneous human combustion, infrasound induced panic, trephination and The Monster Study.
Jun 06, 2017•44 min
Joya and Jeff watched the 1973 movie "Soylent Green"! Topics include the real Soylent, bugs as the future of food, Earth's max capacity, the history of soap and an update on the banana extinction!
May 30, 2017•44 min
