Hot Science Podcast

PART II: INATTENTIONAL BLINDNESS: Is that an Invisible Gorilla, or are you just happy to see me?

Part 2 of our episode EXPOSING the invisible gorilla theory, and now that we have broken it, no more research will be able to be conducted because of "demand characteristics" or something. Because we are just such a big huge podcast that every single person in the world will become academically compromised after listening to our episode. Thoughts and prayers.
Did you know that there are invisible gorillas all around us? They are the ones that steal our socks and hearts and make us stay in love with our exes longer than the norm. They are also the ones that post the misinformation online the first time and don’t cite their sources.  Darn you invisible gorillas
Inattentional blindness is the reason that these gorillas get by scot free, they are the reason you didn’t see the cyclist in your blind spot and why when looking for your keys you literally miss your keys. It is the  function of our attention being so invested that we have no more attentional capacity to see anything else, especially things that we are not expecting to see.
This episode we look into the research post invisible gorilla experiment so if you missed it listen to that one first!
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References to make sure we are not hiding any invisible gorillas down our pants:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Oqax6ERSUEVsh_-oNCgVJfNmV_TRtXgHWmBvcG1ZZzU/edit?usp=sharing
 

PART I INATTENTIONAL BLINDNESS: Is that an Invisible Gorilla, or are you just happy to see me?

Did you know that there are invisible gorillas all around us? They are the ones that steal our socks and hearts and make us stay in love with our exes longer than the norm. They are also the ones that post the misinformation online the first time and don’t cite their sources.  Darn you invisible gorillas
Inattentional blindness is the reason that these gorillas get by scot free, they are the reason you didn’t see the cyclist in your blind spot and why when looking for your keys you literally miss your keys. It is the  function of our attention being so invested that we have no more attentional capacity to see anything else, especially things that we are not expecting to see.
If Elon Musk was to come on stage and do a dance at a Taylor Swift concert I genuinely think I would miss it because of the attention to the girl of the moment, and this happens to us during less exciting parts of our lives as well, the less exciting parts being the experiments undertaken to explain this phenomenon, but the results are exciting and thereby the ep is exciting.
Listen to the ep now and you will win 1 intelligence point and 1 charisma for having a cool study to discuss with your friends at the dinner parties.
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References to make sure we are not hiding any invisible gorillas down our pants:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Oqax6ERSUEVsh_-oNCgVJfNmV_TRtXgHWmBvcG1ZZzU/edit?usp=sharing
 

ALLERGIES PART II: Nut Free Zone? I sure hope it does

Part 2 of my rant/ hyper fixation on my favourite topic of science, and that is Allergies!
 
Our seemingly failing immune response, could it really be a way to protect us against worms, toxins, fungi? Or is it an emerging response to the world of hyper hygiene and eating less dirt?
 
Unforch I yapped too long and there is a part 1 that you may have missed that came out last week! To get some much needed context on what an allergy response is and why we have them at all, to whether or not they were developed as an evolutionary advantage (the jury is still out IMO), we also discussed a few (probably too many) hypothesises, and relevant studies to support the ever expanding field of research (because we keep on getting more allergic!).
 
This episode we delve a bit deeper into why we have more allergies now and what the research says! More hypothesises are spilled, we thoroughly dissect the microbiome and the potential ramification of over prescription of antibiotics on not only antibiotic resistance and microbiome changes, but on allergies as well! We look at ways that allergens can sneak into the dms (blood stream) and cause emotional damage (sensitization) and even the need for therapy (allergy).
 
Anyway enjoy our natterings about allergies and hopefully one day we can figure out how to de sensitize (I've tried emotionally and the outlook is grim)…
 
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And references (wayy to many and so many were cut :()
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BUKik2xNC9ybSUuI0rIyiU5xq_jg6WycaTmj2yEwJFA/edit?usp=sharing

ALLERGIES PART I: Nut free zone? I sure hope it does

Are you excited cause I'm excited? Why am I so excited I hear you ask? Because we get to talk about one of my favourite science topics and that is ALLERGIES!
Our seemingly failing immune response, could it really be a way to protect us against worms, toxins, fungi? Or is it an emerging response to the world of hyper hygiene and eating less dirt?
We talk about what an allergy response is and why we have them at all! To whether or not they were developed as an evolutionary advantage (the jury is still out IMO). We also discuss a few (probably too many) hypothesises, an relevant studies to support the ever expanding field of research (because we keep on getting more allergic!).
 Unforch I yapped too long and there is a part two coming next week! A good 80min header that I wish we could post all at once but I don’t even think my mum is listening to all that in one go (love you Michelle xx). She is honestly probably our no 1 fan as well though.
 Anyway enjoy our natterings about allergies and hopefully one day we can figure out how to de sensitize (I've tried emotionally and the outlook is grim....)
If you liked this episode please let us know and give us a sneaky follow on the socials:
Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/hotsciencepod/⁠
Tiktok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@hot.science.pod⁠
And references (wayy to many and so many were cut :()
⁠https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BUKik2xNC9ybSUuI0rIyiU5xq_jg6WycaTmj2yEwJFA/edit?usp=sharing⁠
 

MYOPIA vs INTELLIGENCE PART II: The only important chicken vs egg story

Part 2 of our discussion of myopia and intelligence!
 
The origins of life and love and sight and who we are, all questions we have had about the universe. Well today we answer the one question we all had once and didn’t dwell on (but we did), and that is the contentious link between myopia (short sightedness) and intelligence.
 
The sound recording is unfortunately less than optimal because the individual tracks were lost (sabotage for being too hot by the universe I'm sure) so we have tried to do the best we can with the audio from literally the phone recording. So please be nice, we tried our best and that’s literally all you can ask of us.
 
Anyway enjoy our chats on whether the length of your eyeball impacts how smart you are, and how complex and nuance conversations on intelligence are to even have at all.
 
References below if you too have myopia and at least an inflated sense of intelligence (yes that’s tongue in cheek)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17cu5qyWF67Bfh0-kh5mbjjB4Af812mQgBktkuDgq6og/edit?usp=sharing
 
 

MYOPIA vs INTELLIGENCE PART I: The only important chicken vs egg story

The origins of life and love and sight and who we are, all questions we have had about the universe. Well today we answer the one question we all had once and didn’t dwell on (but we did), and that is the contentious link between myopia (short sightedness) and intelligence.
 
The sound recording is unfortunately less than optimal because the individual tracks were lost (sabotage for being too hot by the universe I'm sure) so we have tried to do the best we can with the audio from literally the phone recording. So please be nice, we tried our best and that’s literally all you can ask of us.
 
Anyway enjoy our chats on whether the length of your eyeball impacts how smart you are, and how complex and nuance conversations on intelligence are to even have at all.
 
References below if you too have myopia and at least an inflated sense of intelligence (yes that’s tongue in cheek)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17cu5qyWF67Bfh0-kh5mbjjB4Af812mQgBktkuDgq6og/edit?usp=sharing

TATTOOS PART II: Ink your skin with Hot Science to win BIG

Welcome to the second part of the tattoo ep! If you are new here please kindly listen to the first one to get an 'ink'ling of what's in that dye, and how tattoos even stay in our skin!
 
Too tattoo or not too tattoo that is indeed the question that we intend to answer in this weeks episode of Hot Science!
 
What is a tattoo, what is in the dye, how does it stay in our skin and are there any potential repercussions that could mean we are up stream with only the image of a paddle to get us out.
 
We talk a whole lot and were way too jovial for it to be considered rigorous academic debate, so instead we are calling it a rigorous stick and poke the science around with a very small stick attached to a needle.
 
Personally enjoyed editing this episode as much as I did recording it, and you will notice the most abhorrent additions of random guitar to spice it up. If you hate it, keep it to yourself and send me a bunch of flowers to get the message out there, but if you loved it please tattoo the episode link onto your forearm to show you’re a real fan, or if that level of commitment is testing the inner playboy in you just rate and review (5 stars only…).
 
Enjoy and stay hot (and tatted) science.
 
To make sure our sources are up to "scratch"
⁠https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J_9wcd7fcVP_zBwK1uo5wrCQb7sMFGfPKPbRZVF6wWc/edit?usp=sharing⁠

TATTOOS PART I: Ink your skin with Hot Science to win BIG

Too tattoo or not too tattoo that is indeed the question that we intend to answer in this weeks episode of Hot Science!
 
What is a tattoo, what is in the dye, how does it stay in our skin and are there any potential repercussions that could mean we are up stream with only the image of a paddle to get us out.
 
We talk a whole lot and were way too jovial for it to be considered rigorous academic debate, so instead we are calling it a rigorous stick and poke the science around with a very small stick attached to a needle.
 
Personally enjoyed editing this episode as much as I did recording it, and you will notice the most abhorrent additions of random guitar to spice it up. If you hate it, keep it to yourself and send me a bunch of flowers to get the message out there, but if you loved it please tattoo the episode link onto your forearm to show you’re a real fan, or if that level of commitment is testing the inner playboy in you just rate and review (5 stars only…).
 
Enjoy and stay hot (and tatted) science.
 
To make sure our sources are up to "scratch"
⁠https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J_9wcd7fcVP_zBwK1uo5wrCQb7sMFGfPKPbRZVF6wWc/edit?usp=sharing⁠
 

Bonus Ep: Before you throw out the box with the tampons....

Helllooo everyone, and you're welcome xxx
 
Enjoy my deep dive on the recent study out about Tampons and presence of metals! Hopefully it helps give some much needed context to the study that has been missing in the headlines!
 
Study reference: Shearston, J.A. et al. (2024) ‘Tampons as a source of exposure to metal(loid)s’, Environment International, 190, p. 108849. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2024.108849.

BOREDOM PART II: Mum said that if you're bored, you have to listen to our episode

PART 2 on our discussion of boredom!
 
Boredom boredom boredom, listening to Tyler the Creator while watching Netflix, while doing a puzzle, while painting your toenails- we've all been there.
And quite frankly some of you are probably right there now, and to let you in on a little secret, I painted my toes too while editing this ep xx.
 
Is boredom something that we should be villainising, or is it just a little warning signal from our body to re-prioritise our attention and our meaning?
 
Todays episode is a little more 'woo woo'  and by woo woo I mean based in the science of psychology which relies on slightly more interpretable data aka that being peoples opinions, perceptions, interactions. This doesn’t make it any less rooted in fact or in science, and in fact it probably is more robust because of the scrutiny that this type of science is often subjected to.
 
Please enjoy our discussions and philosophising and let us know if you too think that boredom is a natural, and while maybe not celebrated, a more neutral emotion than everyone would lead us to believe. And maybe If we allowed ourselves to fully feel bored we would gain monumental insight into our own motivations and desires and this could lead us towards a more meaningful and intention life. But who knows that’s just my hypothesis on the matter...
 
Stay hot science xx
 
References for this episode:
⁠https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GvV8QznnZs2FnIw77h0wQ2LixkIXxZiGUcoxmvX52j8/edit?usp=sharing⁠