That's Not How Science Works

We’re back! Caitlin finally edited the episode! In fact, you might say that this episode was Lost … on Caitlin’s Hard Drive. In this episode, Caitlin and Nicole are joined again by Caitlin’s long-suffering brother Ryan to discuss episodes 6 and 7 of Lost in Space. (Stars alive, when will we get through this series? How much more can I take? [sobs internally] ) Join us in this episode to discuss black holes, tar pits, and puzzling through what the heck the writers were trying to accomplish with Dr. Smith.Find the articles for the episode, as well as several outtakes, here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessRyan: twitter.com/ryanvanasseTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodTNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

It turns out that Caitlin and Nicole have multiple rocket scientist friends! Longtime friend of the podcast Space Nicole joins our hosts along with newtime friend of the podcast Grant to discuss the Nolan space behemoth, Interstellar. There is … a lot to unpack in this movie. Some of the science is surprisingly good, which makes sense considering that Nolan consulted with actual physicists during the production of the film (Flash writers, take notes). Some of the science is, well, odd, to say the least. Join our crew of intrepid science friends as they journey into a discussion of rockets, docking, relativity, time, black holes, whatever the heck “the blight” is, and the possibly horrible truth behind this secret science program headed by a bunch of all-American scientists(?)Also, Nicole came up for an idea for a TARS and Cooper-themed spin-off television show, complete with theme song, because of course she did. Does anyone know someone at Netflix we can pitch this to? #TARSandCoopFind the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodGrant’s blog: https://quietevangelism.blogspot.comTNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

We have come to a movie that is apparently somewhat infamous in the scientific community for its terrible and ridiculous science: The Core. Patricia joins us once again to discuss how plausible it would be that the Earth’s core would stop spinning, that we could drill down to the core, and that we could restart it with nuclear weapons!If your guess was, wow, that sounds insanely implausible, ding ding ding, you got it right!If you thought, huh, that sounds like something that is a very likely problem but also very fixable with nuclear weapons, I am not sure how to help you.Find the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessPatricia: twitter.com/Gravity_PatTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodTNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

Well … this episode ended up being a bit of a mess for reasons that are explained therein. But you know what? It kind of fits because we’re covering episodes 1 and 2 of Another Life, and this show is a lot of a mess. We’re joined by our longtime podcast friend Space Nicole for the ride. In this episode we discuss the whole gamut of crazy science: - How dark matter isn’t a scary cloud - How pigeons navigate with but don’t produce infrasound - Why space helmets don’t have a retractable visor - And more! But mostly, we’re still confused why Niko didn’t tell her crew that she killed a man because he was trying to murder her and not simply because “it had to be done.”Find the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole Prime: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessSpace Nicole: twitter.com/SpaceAgNicoleTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodTNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

You mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to this podcast episode in which we discuss all of the ridiculous science in Mission Impossible: Fallout, a movie that seems to know as much about plutonium as I know about Black Sabbath — which is to say, basically nothing other than the fact that heavy metal is involved. And, of course, because we’re discussing plutonium, we are joined by longtime friend of the podcast and nuclear scientist, Madicken! Because this isn’t just the plutonium podcast, we also talk about the logistics of HALO jumps and RFID tags.Oh, and Nicole wrote another insane EDM song based on the vocal stylings of Madicken sampled during this episode. It’s in the episode, and you can also find it on the blog post for this episode.Find the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessMadicken: twitter.com/munkiumTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodTNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

To the chagrin of everyone involved except, perhaps, Caitlin, we have returned to cover three more episodes of the Netflix prestige show Lost in Space. Caitlin and Nicole are also joined by Ryan and Brady from their sister podcast Out of Contreks to discuss all that … didn’t … happen in these three episodes. Believe me, there was a ton of ranting that I cut out, though some of that has been preserved in the outtakes on the blog post for this episode.Find the articles for the episode, as well as several outtakes, here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessRyan: twitter.com/RTHowitzerTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodTNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

Find the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessDeboki: twitter.com/okidoki_bokiTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodTNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

Welcome to the apocalypse, my friends.Wait, that sounds really bad with everyone currently in self isolation from COVID-19. We at That’s Not How Science Works don’t actually think we’re in the middle of a real apocalypse. The current pandemic will eventually pass, so hang in there! Wash your hands! Self isolate! Don’t touch your face! But in this episode we’re joined by Larry and Justin from the Here’s Johnny podcast to discuss zombies and viruses. You know, the classic fictional apocalypse.This is a little bit of a different episode because we aren’t discussing a specific piece of media in this episode. Instead, Larry and Justin are here to provide some context on zombies since, you know, Nicole and Caitlin are babies when it comes to horror. Then, we discuss the science of viruses and vaccines in three zombie movies in particular: I Am Legend, World War Z, and 28 Days Later. And we also end up talking a bit about coronaviruses and COVID-19 because it was a bit inevitable.Find the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessLarry: twitter.com/beaverlaJustin: twitter.com/picklethingTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodTNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

Caitlin and Nicole are joined by Nicole’s friend Patricia, who is a geophysicist and studies volcanoes. (No, Patricia is not a vulcanologist. That’s a different thing. Nicole already made that mistake.) Per Patricia’s request, the group has gathered together to discuss the cheesy 1997 disaster movie, creatively named "Volcano”. Patricia is here to answer all of your lava-related questions? Can volcanoes just shoot out of the ground like daisies? How hard is it to outrun a lava flow? If you step into lava, will you melt into it just like the Wicked Witch of the West?These may all sound like stupid questions, but they all literally come up in the movie Volcano.Find the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessPatricia: twitter.com/Gravity_PatTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodTNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

Heeeeeeeeeeey, we haven’t forgotten about the fact that we have a podcast! In this episode Nicole and Caitlin celebrate our one-year anniversary, which was … some … time ago. But hey, it’s our birthday, so we get to celebrate it the way we want to, right? Right? RIGHT?At any rate, since lots of people voted in our “Which TV show should we watch next?” poll but didn’t actually send us any questions to answer for our anniversary celebration, Nicole and Caitlin discuss some questions that Caitlin thought up — questions related to science, to our interests, and so on. We also discuss the cutest Science Corner topic of all time and, drumroll please, announce the results of said poll! Was Caitlin happy with the results? Was Nicole happy with the results? This was a zero sum game, with no way for both our hosts to be happy. Listen, and find out! Or at least skip ahead to the end, and find out! Either way, don’t miss the best science corner ever!Find the rat study article here.Find a report on the rabbit cuteness study here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodTNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

We were on an unannounced hiatus (let’s face it, all our hiatuses are unannounced), but we have returned! Caitlin and a (very congested) Nicole are back to talking about Marvel and, in particular, Spider-Man: Far from Home. The duo discuss the science of magic and just how far we are from real holograms. We also talk about the quite real and quite scary realm of deep fakes. What we do not discuss is what our superhero names would be, which in retrospect seems like a huge oversight. Nicole’s would be the Copyrighter, for the record.Find the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodTNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

Alrighty, folks, we’ve come to the last of our alternative Flash shows: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. And we’re joined by the fabulous Nicole Sweeney of Snark Squad and Complexly! Woah, Caitlin and Nicole Prime are dazzled by her internet celebrity! And yes, obviously, Sweeney was informed of the rules for challenging Nicole Prime for Supreme Nicole of the Nerdy Podcasts, but she declined, to Nicole Prime’s great relief. We discuss the weirdness of messing with alien technology that’s giving off radiation. We also discuss the issues with suddenly depressurizing a plane. But most of all, Caitlin tries her best to scare everyone with true science.Find the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole Prime: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessNicole Sweeney: twitter.com/SweeneySaysTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodTNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

The OG Godzilla team is back together to discuss Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the sequel to the 2014 Godzilla. And wow. Just wow. The plot is something. There is a lot to talk about in this episode. How you can’t just mix together animal sounds to make a magical bioacoustic that allows you to talk to giant monsters. How monsters can’t just give off magic radiation that will heal the planet. How Caitlin, Nicole, and Madicken should apparently start an ASMR podcast with electronic dance music. Like I said, a lot to talk about.Also, I just want to point out that our Godzilla episodes are cursed. In the first Godzilla episode, I (Nicole) had to rerecord a bunch of my dialogue because the website we were using to sync our audio also distorted it. Here, my microphone decided to stop working at some point, and then my laptop decided that it needed to be restarted about 15 minutes later. After it restarted and I checked my microphone, I swear I pressed record and then … it didn’t record. Fortunately I caught it after a few minutes, but basically, there’s a reason I suddenly drop in and out of this episode near the beginning. Also, Godzilla, I’m sorry for what we’ve done to offend you. Please forgive us! I wrote a song about you!Check out Nicole’s music video featuring her Godzilla: King of the Monsters song here!Find the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessMadicken: twitter.com/munkiumTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodTNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

Longtime TNHSW buddy Space Nicole is back to talk about Netflix’s reboot of Lost in Space. Will she challenge Nicole Prime to be Supreme Nicole of the Nerdy Podcasts? I guess you’ll just have to listen to find out! At any rate, there’s plenty of danger in the first two episodes of Netflix’s Lost in Space reboot and plenty more bad science, but the robot only says, “Danger, Will Robinson” once. ONCE. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?At any rate, back to science. Double Nicole and Caitlin discuss how you can’t just find yourself in a lake freezing around you from the bottom, how lots of elements burn white, poor shuttle design, and more! It’s a fun episode people!Also the robot’s name is Larry. This is canon now, and we at TNHSW will not accept any other answers.Find the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole Prime: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessSpace Nicole: twitter.com/SpaceAgNicoleTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodTNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

Nicole and Caitlin are joined by Nicole’s friend Lynn, a neuroscientist who moved to San Francisco from California and who lived down the street from a bakery that probably sold broccoli pizza. No, seriously. This time Nicole isn’t just making stuff up for the sake of snarkiness. The TNHSW crew discusses the science of the brain and memory in the context of Inside Out. They also theorize about the brainy worldbuilding of the movie and its implications (as you do).Once again, if you want to talk about the puzzling biology of the Cars franchise, hit Nicole up on Twitter @NicoleLuckless.FInd the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodTNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

They doubted us. They told us we were crazy. They said it we would never be able to accomplish this, that it would be too much for any one podcast to handle alone. BUT WE DID IT. WE FINISHED SEASON ONE OF THE FLASH, HATERS. Who exactly are these haters, you ask? Doesn’t matter, moving on.In this episode, Caitlin and Nicole discuss the last episode of season one of The Flash and the first episode of season two of The Flash with their excellent friend Natalie! There is much ranting about singularities and black holes. We also finally discuss the burning topic that’s been looming over the podcast from the beginning: What on earth is a particle accelerator really? The answer might surprise you! (Ignore that clickbaity ending. The answer won’t surprise you. There is a 0% chance it will give you superpowers.)Articles:How Particle Accelerators Work: https://www.energy.gov/articles/how-particle-accelerators-workWhat Exactly Is a Black Hole Event Horizon (and What Happens There)? https://www.space.com/black-holes-event-horizon-explained.htmlWhat 10,000 Steps Will Really Get You: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/05/10000-steps-rule/590785Find the rest of the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodTNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

The internet, the final frontier. These are the voyages of That’s Not How Science Works. To expose strange new science. To fact check new movies and new TV shows. To boldly go where no podcaster has gone before! Yes, that’s right folks. We’ve come to the mother of all science fiction shows: Star Trek. Caitlin and Nicole are joined by their friend Amanda to discuss one of the underrated Star Trek movies, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. We discuss some of the less plausible science in this movie specifically, such as the fact that you will not go into a hypothermia coma in under a minute and how it’s strange that you could pick up neutron radiation with a torpedo but not, say, a sensor on the bridge of your spaceship built to detect such things. We also touch on some of the science of Star Trek more broadly, including the implausibility of teleportation. (Sorry, Scotty!) However, maybe it’s just the fact that we’re used to the trash science of The Flash, but really, this science isn’t half bad. As it turns out, caring about “accuracy” and having “science advisors” that you actually “listen to” can make a world of difference in the plausibility of your show. Good work Star Trek! Now, if they had only done the same thing for Kirk’s combat skills…Articles:The science of Star Trek (from NASA): https://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/star_trek.htmlCDC PDF infographic about hypothermia and frostbite: https://www.cdc.gov/cpr/documents/hypothermia-frostbite_508.pdfCool antique toaster video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OfxlSG6q5YFind the rest of the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetwork KMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.com Here’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

Articles:Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sewer Gas … But Were Afraid to AskPowering CERNNarwhal genetic diversity write-up in ScienceFind the rest of the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessTalya: twitter.com/LazerusProjectTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

Michael took a break from packing up his cabin in Alaska in preparation to moving to the North Pole to discuss two more episodes of The Flash with us! First, we talk about finding bodies underground using sound and light (once again, FBI, Nicole says, “Hi”). We also discuss programmable matter and how a person cannot be made of it. Honestly, do the writers of The Flash know what a cell is? We then move into discussing applying stimulation to trigger lucid dreaming, listening to binaural beats for going to sleep, and different sleep cycles and … what is this? The writers … they wrote something halfway plausible instead of 0.2% plausible? WHAT UNIVERSE HAVE WE STUMBLED INTO? DID A PARTICLE ACCELERATOR JUST EXPLODE SOMEWHERE?Articles:The Promise and Peril of Programmable Matter: https://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/14967/The-Promise-and-Peril-of-Programmable-Matter.aspxUsing technology to locate mass graves: http://discovermagazine.com/2015/oct/14-body-of-evidenceThe Limits of Ancestry DNA Tests, Explained: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/1/28/18194560/ancestry-dna-23-me-myheritage-science-explainerHow Big Data for DNA Puts You at Risk — Even If You’ve Never Taken a Test: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/16/18312048/dna-testing-genetic-privacy-data-at-home-family-tree-golden-state-killer-crimeFind the rest of the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

Caitlin and Nicole break from The Flash to talk about a movie that Nicole really loved and Caitlin really didn’t — Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom! Caitlin shows off her animal studies cred by discussing why you can’t just give a blood transfusion to a velociraptor from a T-rex … even if that velociraptor is by far the best character in the movie. Nicole and Caitlin also talk about the hazards of randomly shooting tranquilizers into a grown man, as well as the surprisingly good depiction of a volcanic eruption (aka, the second best character in the movie).Also, Nicole didn’t get into this in the episode, but she really loves how Mr. DNA says “dinosaurs” in the first movie and just felt that you should know that.Articles:What vulcanologists thought of the Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom eruptionScience fact checking Jurassic World: Fallen KingdomFind the rest of the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

Space Nicole is back to talk about The Flash, and she doesn’t even want to fight Nicole Prime for the title of “Supreme Nicole of the Nerdy Podcasts”! That is a huge relief to Nicole Prime. She did not want to rain fire and destruction on her friend. First, we talk about Mark Hamill, poison, and bombs. Yes, we are still referring to The Flash and not the 90s Batman animated series. Also, guess who did the research on bomb residue? (Dear FBI, Nicole says, “Hi.”) Then, Space Nicole tells us all about the aerodynamics of bees, which is fascinating. Also fascinating is the fact that Barry is unable to run away from bees and has magic lightning hands. You can’t make this stuff up, people.Now that I think about it, maybe the problem is that the speedforce is afraid of bees?Closing Music from Jukedeck - create your own at http://jukedeck.com (Okay, I had to put this in here per their license terms, but Jukedeck is not working right now, so this is a bald lie.)Articles:Bee Physics: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2141802-maths-explains-how-bees-can-stay-airborne-with-such-tiny-wingsHow to survive a bee attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8jY-Sw0i2MVideo with 500 years of the top 10 most populous cities in < 1 minute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2uoqJmJaGoFind the rest of the articles for the episode here. There are a ton of articles, so please don't let my work writing up the summary for this episode be (bee?) in vain!Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole Prime: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessSpace Nicole: twitter.com/SpaceAgNicoleTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

We’re a big fan of siblings on this show, and this time Caitlin’s brother Ryan joins us to talk about our old, reliable, science-baddie, The Flash. Although, honestly, there’s not that much to talk about with respect to the science this week. No, you cannot travel back in time by running really fast. No, you can’t create a wand that harnesses the weather. No, you can’t create a gun that turns things into gold. We thought those things were obvious. Apparently we were wrong. Writers of The Flash, we are always here to provide you with remedial science lessons should you ever choose to take us up on that offer. But hey, at least Captain Cold is back! We here on TNHSW are basically just Team Cisco and Team Cold. I guess that makes us Team Ciscold?Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessRyan: twitter.com/ryanvanasseTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

Hey, it’s time for another break from The Flash! Caitlin and Nicole, who shall henceforth be known as “Nicole Prime,” welcome their friend also named Nicole, who shall henceforth be known as “Space Nicole,” and whom, although having intellect of the highest degree, is understood to serve below Nicole Prime in the TNHSW hierarchy. Should Space Nicole wish to supplant Nicole Prime as Supreme Nicole of the Nerdy Podcasts, Space Nicole must initiate a duel of strength, wits, or love of llamas (note: Nicole Prime does not recommend that last one for she shall always win by virtue of her excessive love of llamas). However, should such a duel be initiated by Space Nicole, the location and weapons of the duel shall be selected by Nicole Prime. Caitlin or another neutral third party of her choosing shall stand as witness and referee of the outcome and shall also confirm the winner of the duel as the new or existing Supreme Nicole of the Nerdy Podcasts with an impromptu karaoke duet of “Call Me Maybe”. As it is written here, so shall it be known within the TNHSW laws.Whew, sorry folks, had to get that legalese out of the way. Where were we again? Oh, right! Caitlin, Nicole Prime, and Space Nicole discuss the 2017 film Geotrash … er, Geostorm starring a bunch of famous people and Gerard Butler. Hoo boy is the science bad. Did the writers know that you can watch videos of the life and times on the International Space Station on YouTube? Because we don’t think they did, and it shows. It really, really shows.Articles:Orbits, how do they work?ISS Mission PageLive Video Feed from ISSFind the rest of the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole Prime: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessSpace Nicole: twitter.com/SpaceAgNicoleTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

We welcome back special guest Madicken because this episode is about more nuclear nonsense in The Flash. Madicken and Caitlin (Nicole is absent due to sad, boring work reasons) discuss how hmm, yeah, no, combustion is not the same thing as a nuclear explosion. Madicken and Caitlin also rant about Nicole’s favorite ridiculous science moment in The Flash: Cisco making a three-dimensional hologram based on the night Barry’s mom died (and only that night) imprinting on an old silver mirror because mirrors are basically the same as photographs. Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessMadicken: twitter.com/munkiumKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

Okay, we were on a hiatus due to boring work reasons/Caitlin being (kinda) useless when it comes to editing, but we are back, baby! We discuss the next two episodes of The Flash with Michael, who has returned from his off-the-grid life in [redacted] for reasons due to [redacted]. We start by talking about cochlear implants and tinnitus, which Nicole and Michael discovered that they both have! You’d think being siblings they would’ve figured that out before this episode! We also discuss resonance: what is it, what can it do, and what can it break? (Good news: not you). Then we talk about teleportation and light and who are we kidding ourselves… We mostly end up talking about Iris’s bad character development because the science is so patently wrong in this episode. It’s possible that Caitlin, Nicole, and Michael also consider themselves “critics” instead of just “science enthusiasts.” Folks, it’s only a problem if we become pretentious.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

Our guest this episode is not a scientist. In fact, you might say that he’s the reverse. We talk about the next two episodes of The Flash with Nicole’s brother, who is studying economics but who Nicole and Caitlin, in their desperation for guests, were able to con into appearing on this podcast. First, we discuss tachyons and how it’s pretty difficult to build a device with particles that we haven’t proven exist. Then the ice man cometh. That’s right, folks—it’s Captain Cold, part 2! And this time he’s brought along his brother he broke out of prison! Oh wait, wrong show. He’s brought along another criminal named Heat Wave! We’ll give you one guess as to what kind of gun he packs. We talk about the dangers of playing with fire when that fire is at the balmy Planck temperature. We also puzzle through what exactly F.I.R.E.S.T.O.R.M. is (seriously, could they have chosen a worse acronym) and what on this sandy earth Dr. Stein was trying to accomplish with it.Also, we seriously apologize for the bad audio. We were using a program to record the audio as a group and did not realize until later that the program was garbling the audio. (You might be able to hear the same issues in the Godzilla episode. Again, apologies.) We are not using that program anymore, and Nicole has sworn it off as her mortal enemy, so we should not have audio problems like this in the future.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

Get excited, it’s the quantum episode! If we’ve learned anything from Ant-Man and the Wasp it’s that putting “quantum” in front of a word makes it “extra sciencey.” We talk about the quantum science in Ant-Man and the Wasp and how, weirdly, despite it being so far from reality, it doesn’t bother us all that much. We also discuss the bizarre density of the Ant-Man and Wasp suits and the even more bizarre fact that Scott Lang can somehow afford to live by himself in San Francisco.Articles:Explaining the Almost-Real Quantum Science of Ant-Man and the WaspThe Shrinking Building in Ant-Man and the Wasp Would Cause Massive ProblemsThe Problem with DC Action ScenesFind the rest of the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

Let them fight! That’s right folks, this week we are covering the 2014 version of Godzilla. Even more exciting, we feature an actual, real-life nuclear engineer to discuss all of the problems with nuclear power plants, nuclear bombs, nuclear radiation, nuclear banana bread, nuclear breath, nuclear sense of smell, and nuclear kung fu in the movie. Okay, it’s possible we may have made some of those up. There are so many problems with the science in this movie that it’s hard to keep track. You might even say that the science in this movie is a nuclear disaster (cue drum bu-dum).Articles:What is an EMP, and Could North Korea Really Use One Against the US?NukemapBryan Cranston’s Super Sweet 60Find the rest of the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessMadicken: twitter.com/munkiumTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

We open on an electricity vampire. What? You haven’t heard of electricity vampires? They’re the black sheep of the Dracula family, obviously. We talk about how current and voltage can be used to kill a person. (NSA, Nicole promises that this is all theoretical science. Please, don’t put her on a no-fly list.) And then it’s the crossover episode of Flash v. Arrow! We know, you’re all shocked. In all fairness, this episode is way better than the Batman v. Superman movie, except for some color psychology nonsense that we discuss. I hear that Martha knows a lot about color psychology.Articles:A YouTube video discussing the difference between the effects of current and voltageThe Psychology of Color in Branding and MarketingFind the rest of the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

Bomb Chicka Wow Wow! We first discuss bombs and how they cause damage through overpressure. Cool fact: When the writing team of The Flash writes down a number, there is a 92% chance they made it up. Then we discuss the physics of fighting and go through a bunch of calculations related to supersonic punches. Hey! Don’t tune me out now! It’s fuuuuun math about puuunches, okay, listeners. Fun math.Articles:Here’s the Wired article about running up buildingsA great article by FEMA about overpressureWhy Humans Can’t Run on WaterWhy do they put the suits back on the mannequins? A web comic.Find the rest of the articles for the episode here.Find us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

The four states of matter are solid, liquid, gas, and DNA that can sublimate into a gas, right? We discuss the probability that a person could turn himself into a gas cloud and how difficult it would be to cure hydrogen cyanide poison. Then we segue into talking about Nicole’s favorite villain, Captain Cold, and what we like to call (and this is the scientific term) “absolute zero nonsense.”Articles:What Happens At Absolute ZeroWeirdly, you can reach negative temperature that are "colder" than absolute zero but not actually colder than absolute zeroFind the rest of the articles for the episode here.Caitlin's book recommendations:The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New YorkBad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley StartupFind us all on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

It’s the origin story of our favorite red speedster, the Flash! First, we talk about the real-life effects of lightning strikes on the body (spoiler: you probably won’t get superpowers, but you might get psychic powers?) and tornadogenesis. Then we discuss the fascinating field of therapeutic organ cloning, as well as the less fascinating field of employment contracts.Article links:Hit by Lightning: Tales from SurvivorsHow Tornadoes Form and Why They're So UnpredictableTherapeutic Cloning and Stem Cell ResearchScientists Grow Full-Sized Beating Human Hearts from Stem CellsFind the rest of our articles for the episode here.Find us on Twitter:Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasseNicole: twitter.com/NicoleLucklessTNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpodthatsnotscience.comKaleidoscope Media Network:KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetworkKMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetworkKMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.comHere’s Johnny: twitter.com/HeresjohnnycastWizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies