Sci Guys

“You be good, see you tomorrow. I love you” were the last words of Alex the Parrot, who may have been the only animal to understand and engage in human speech We cover the life of Alex, and the contr...

18 Nov 201945min

Do rats go to heaven? The answer is yes, but it’s not as nice as you might think! Corry tells the story of John B Calhoun, a man who ran massive, years long experiments on rats and mice to really see...

11 Nov 201942min

Do vaccines cause autism? That’s just one of the questions we’re debating this week. We get into the scientific roots of the Antivax movement, and figure out whether it’s really that dangerous to choo...

4 Nov 20191h 13min

When you fall off a horse the only thing you can do is get back on, and when a crowbar flies through your brain you just get up and walk away.  Phineas Gage accidentally blew a hole in his brain and, ...

28 Okt 201932min

What’s worse, the cold vacuum of space or a Russian forest during winter?  Two Cosmonauts found out the answer to that question the hard way when they crash landed in the woods after the first space ...

21 Okt 201942min

It's our HALF-y Birthday! To celebrate 6 months of Sci Guys, Jamp has taken over the podcast (oh no), and he brings tales from the Alnwick Poison Garden. References & Further Reading http://rhs.org....

14 Okt 201938min

CONTENT WARNING: Mistreatment of children In this episode, The Sci Guys educate Josh about an infamous 1920’s study involving a rat, a Santa mask, and terrorising a small child.  References and Furt...

7 Okt 201952min

Have you ever wondered how the first vaccine was made? It involves snorting scabs in China, ulcerous udders, and some good old fashioned child endangerment.  This week Corry takes us through the histo...

30 Sep 201940min