Your weekly dose of weird science. Join neuroscientist Dr Jack Lewis and science enthusiast Lliana Bird as they take an irreverent look at the latest news from the weird and wonderful world of science. Science never sounded so good!
Lliana Bird, Dr Jack Lewis And Richard Boffin
Part 2 of the 3 part special episode focused on the COVID-19 Vaccinations.
The team return for a COVID-19 Special 3 part episode looking into the COVID 19 Vaccines. We want to send our deepest sympathy to everyone around the world affected by the pandemic. Stay Safe.
WE MADE IT! EPISODE 100! This is such a special episode, we're taking you back through the last 100 episodes as Birdy and Dr Jack tell us about their favourite moments and stories covered in the show over the last 4 years, you'll also get to hear them as we've dug into the archive especially! It's been incredible and there's some news on the future of the Podcast at the end of the show so make sure you stick around until the end to hear that. If you enjoyed this episode or any of our others, please consider becoming a Patron and support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/join/GCWeirdScience? From Lliana, Dr Jack and all the team, thank you for listening over the last 100 episodes! Keep it Geek, Keep it Chic. x @GCweirdscience #GeekChicWeirdScience
Welcome to Episode 99 of Geek Chic's Weird Science! This week is a very special episode as Birdy and Dr Jack are looking at just one topic, SIN. This year Dr Jack released a book entitled 'The Science of Sin: Why We Do The Things We Know We Shouldn't' so they're looking at that and delving deep. You can buy the book here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Science-Sin-Things-Know-Shouldnt/dp/1472936167 You can find the videos they discussed here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoND7Mpa1VVMeh3hIbOwkXg In the new year we'll have reached episode 100 and we want to stay ad-free so if you enjoyed this episode or any of our others, please consider becoming a Patron and support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/join/GCWeirdScience? Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year from Lliana, Dr Jack, Producer Travis and all of the Geek Chic team x @GCweirdscience #GeekChicWeirdScience
It's time for Geek Chic's Weird Science #98! Today, Birdy & Dr Jack get a bit deep and discuss the some potentially life changing gene news... yes Birdy does do a 'Jean' joke. Lots of new animals have been discovered, who's the favourite? PLUS could Dr Jack be the new Nostradamus?! We're getting closer and closer to episode 100 and we want to stay ad-free so if you enjoyed this episode or any of our others, please consider becoming a Patron and support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/join/GCWeirdScience? @GCweirdscience #GeekChicWeirdScience
Welcome to Geek Chic's Weird Science #97! On today's show, Birdy & Dr Jack discuss (amongst other things) the teatime treat that's surprisingly sustainable, just how smart our feathered friends are and how you can help your brain after a dabble with the ol' waccy baccy. We're getting closer and closer to episode 100 and we want to stay ad-free so if you enjoyed this episode or any of our others, please consider becoming a Patron and support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/join/GCWeirdScience? @GCweirdscience #GeekChicWeirdScience
This week the team look at Da Vinci's eye, bathe away your depression, and gay mice parents
We're back! the final set of episodes has begun! this week the team look at Octopuses on X, Goblins in Space and the location of free will. Thank you all for all your continued support. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
This week the team look at The truth about mobile phones and cancer, the purpose of dreams and whether right or left wingers are more likely to cheat @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
Another edition of the podcast that looks at the weird and wonderful stories in the world of science @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
We're back! after some time away on Maternity Leave, the team reunite to have a look at some of their favourite stories of the last few months while being away from the podcast! @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
Geek Chic’s last episode before going on maternity leave explores the powers of platypus milk, discusses whether Titans crystal could spell alien life, reveals how to relive your dreams whilst awake and bids farewell to the legendary Professor Stephen Hawking. We’ll be back in around 6 weeks, in the meantime please do enjoy our archive of past episodes. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
Episode 90 - A special announcement from the team plus - Booze Or Weed? which is worse for the brain? Black Mirror, We're the Monkees @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
This week the team look at Cheddar Man, Transgender Breastfeed And Ants tending to the wounded. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
Happy belated new year!!! the first episode of 2018 looks at Talking killer whales, reef disease, monkey clone and are friends on the same wave length? @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
The Geek Chic team take a look back at some of their favourite stories of 2017! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all the Geek Chic team! Thank you for all your support. See You In 2018! @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
This week the team look at Pepsi Lobsters, Bonafide Man-Flu and Injecting Instructions into brains @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
The team look at the weird and wonderful news from the world of science. This week looks at Costa Rica's renewable energy, can virtual reality help schizophrenia?, how different booze affect our emotions and the joys of coffee! @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
This week the team look at The brand new orangutan, asteroids curing cancer and how your brain changes in space @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
Noel Fielding, Carla Valentine & Prof Of Goth join us for a live Halloween Special: The Science Of Vampires @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
this week the team discuss Growing drugs in chicken eggs, policing pollution from the skies, and why you're less likely to die if your surgeon is female. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
This week the team look at Music for psychopaths, Moon living, two-faced cats and continents under the sea. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
The concluding part of how social media might be changing our brains featuring Special Guest Ellen Helsper. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
In the first of a two part episode, the team are joined by Special Guest Ellen Helsper to look into how social media might be changing our brains. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
In this very special episode, the team are joined by Helen Keen as they look into the science of one of the biggest TV shows in the world, Game Of Thrones @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
This special live episode is from WOMAD 2017, the team are joined by special guests and look into the stories of the latest breakthroughs on SETI's search for E.T., 20 million mosquitos released by Google, the Bermuda Triangle, and Tiny Swimming Robots! @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience #GEEKCHICLIVE
Back into the studio for the team as they look at ravens making future plans, why neurotic people may live longer, can baby poop tell you how smart your baby is, and falling sperm counts @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
Robin Ince & Helen Keen join the team live at Latitude Festival to talk altruistic chimps, cannibalistic caterpillars and why chocolate is good for your brain. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience @GeekChicLIVE
This week the team are back to look at Reverse Zombies, Birds Waging Chemical Warfare On Insects & The Return Of Boaty McBoatface @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
Geek Chic LIVE at the Cheltenham Science Festival with special guests Greg Foot & Caspar Addyman joining Lliana Bird & Dr Jack to talk ravens holding grudges, A.I death clocks and the taste of water.... @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience #GeekChicLive
This week the team look at Voles in love, brains eating themselves and gay vultures @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
In a jam packed episode the team look at Plastic Munching Caterpillars, Ancient Comets, Saturn's Moon and Were Hobbits Real? @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
This week the team look at Flying Cars, Drunken Crayfish, Diet Coke and are Vampires right about blood? @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
This week the team look at the latest stories from the weird and wonderful world of science including Skyscrapers hanging from asteroids, mind controlled turtles, marmite brain, seawater to drinking water and should your boss let you have a nap at work? @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
This week the team look at the weird and wonderful stories in the science world. Are older people as good at judging music as the young? Can A.I. beat the poker pros? How much pee is in our swimming pools? and How the Wooly Mammoth became extinct . @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
this week the team look at Bees playing football, the question of whether Facebook save your life? and is NASA a step closing to finding life on other planets. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
This week the team look at Curing cancer with Salmonella, Whooping Bees and the return of the wooly mammoth @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
This Week - Do kids prefer pets to their siblings?, Why do we sleep?, How to turn Hydrogen into metal and can Porn Sites teach sex ed? @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
Happy 2017! Geek Chic returns with Teenage worms, killer mice, no more fillings and the question - does Nutella really cause cancer. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
Seasons Greetings The team take a look back at some of the best stories of 2016 Have a wonderful 2017 from all of the team at Geek Chic Weird Science.
This week the team pay a tribute to John Glenn, and look into the weeks stories in the world of weird science including Preserved Dino-Tail, Pubic Hair grooming and STD's and finally Magic Mushrooms helping Anxiety @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
This week the team tackle, the Supermoon, Ticklish Rats and Does friendship help chimps destress? With Special Guest - The Moon Himself (From The Mighty Boosh) @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
This week the team looks at Carbon Dioxide being turned into Alcohol, Worm Meat replacing beef and Monkey's making tools that our ancestors made...... @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
This week the team look at Cod Accents, The Mars Race, Ape's Understanding that somethings are all in your head and the possible Debunked no sex before football theory? @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
This week the team look at Horses Communicating with humans, Fish singing in chorus and A.I. Pop Songs PLUS we say a fond farewell to our old friend, Rosetta @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
This week the team look at counting cuttlefish, talking dolphins, cancer curing nano fish and how to grow you own sperm! @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
The Geek Chic team return after the summer break with a brand new episode looking at the weird and wonderful stories in the world of science @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
WE'RE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After a rather long break, we return with a whole bunch of podcasts for you! And we return with the subject of...... Goats being man's best friend? Crops on Mars and finally Sea Otters saving the world On behalf of all the Geek Chic team, we thank you so much for all your continued support. @GCWeirdScence #GeekChicWeirdScience
In this weeks episode the team look at Singing Gorillas, Maths Spy and The Pill For The Male @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
This week the team look at Lack Of Sleep Munchies, Solar Power Clothes and Flying planes without training. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience
Miraculous cure for blood cancer, horses can read your facial expressions and gravity waves finally discovered 100 years after Einstein predicted them. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience