Can you guess the topic of scientific journals based on their wacky titles? Check out the quiz!
scientafic.com/2026/02/09/q...
#science #journals #publishing #recreationalscience #recscipod
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Does the sound a trombone makes have a defined taste? Turns out, maybe it does! Check out this interesting study on a unique form of synesthesia:
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
#science #recreationalscience #recscipod #synesthesia
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Does the presence of Batman increase how likely a pregnant woman will get offered a seat on a crowded train?
Find out in this creative study:
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#batman #darkknight #science #recreationalscience #recscipod
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Can you predict who uses iPhones and who uses Android phones? What traits and characteristics would you use? Find out in this interesting study:
www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#science #recscipod #iphone #android #phone #recreationalscience
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If your thanksgiving turkey is fat and plump, that doesn't mean it didn't exercise. According to this wonderful study, you can check the leg bone thickness to find out if your turkey was a gym rat:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#thanksgiving #turkey #exercise #science #recscipod
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Do you suffer from rhinotillexomania, or pathological nose picking? How common is this "disorder"? A couple of psychiatrists surveyed a group of high school students to find out. Read about it here:
scientafic.com/2025/11/17/a...
#science #recscipod #recreationalscience #medicine
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Do kids know where food comes from?
No, they do not.
Kids think bacon and hotdogs come from plants.
Kids think popcorn comes from animals.
Check out this incredible study:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#science #recreationalscience #food #recscipod
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Despite its popularity in the 80s and 90s, shocking yourself with jumper cables attached to a car battery is probably not a good way to treat venomous rattlesnake bites. Check out this fascinating case report:
www.annemergmed.com/article/S019...
#rattlesnake #recreationalscience #recscipod
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Should you take your date to a scary movie or haunted house this Halloween? According to this study, yes you should! Turns out fear-inducing situations create sexual attraction:
psycnet.apa.org/record/1975-...
#science #recreationalscience #halloween #fear #recscipod
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Does eating meat make you quantifiably immoral?
This study showed that consuming beef makes people view cows less humanely:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#science #recreationalscience #recscipod #meat #beef
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Do animals that get hit by cars have smaller brains? Are they dumber than their friends who avoid a similar fate?
This study examined over 3500 postmortem specimen to find out:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#science #recreationalscience #recscipod
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The Nobel Prize is exciting and all, but the most prestigious prize in science may actually be the Darwin Awards. We discuss some of the winners in the latest episode of #recscipod!
open.spotify.com/episode/74hl...
#nobel #nobelprize #darwin #darwinawards #recreationalscience #science
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The title of this fascinating study says it all: Fellatio by Fruit Bats Prolongs Copulation Time
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#recreationalscience #recscipod #science
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"One would expect that elephants yawn, although to our knowledge, no one has reported observations of yawning in any species of elephant."
Do elephants yawn? Find out the answer in this study:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/vet...
#recreationalscience #recscipod #science
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Turns out, manspreading and other forms of "dominant, open nonverbal displays" get you more matches on Tinder. Check out the PNAS study here!
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
#recscipod #recreationalscience #science #tinder #dating #manspreading
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Are beards breeding grounds for bacteria? Is it safe to have a beard in a microbiology lab? Will chickens get sick if you rub them into beards contaminated with bacteria? This studies answers all of the above:
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#science #microbiology #recscipod #recreationalscience
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Dogs can identify their owners by smell, but can dog owners identify their dogs by smell? Find out on the latest episode of #RecSciPod!
open.spotify.com/episode/602W...
#science #dogs #recreationalscience #placebo #smell
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Did you know you can relieve an itch on your left arm by scratching your right arm? Just need a mirror.
Check out this interesting study from Helmchen et al., 2013:
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#itch #scratch #phantomitch #phantompain #science #recscipod #recreationalscience
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Does size matter? Find out on the latest episode of the Recreational Science podcast!
open.spotify.com/episode/35N1...
#science #recscipod #recreationalscience #podcast
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Dogs are apparently somewhat magnetic! According to this study, dogs are quite sensitive to the earth's magnetic field and align their bodies to it while they, uh, do their business.
frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
#dogs #magnets #science #recreationalscience #recscipod
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Do you get SPAM conference invitation emails? Well, we replied to one and ended up going on quite an adventure. Listen to the story on the latest episode of #recscipod
open.spotify.com/episode/0YMR...
#spam #science #recreationalscience
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Are goats scared of the Dutch Air Force? A group of scientists wanted to find out. The answer? No, not really.
bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
van der Staay et al., 2011
#goats #airforce #science #recreationalscience #recscipod #experiment
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What type of dipping sauce is most vulnerable to contamination by oral bacteria?
This study double dipped chips in several different kinds of dipping sauces to find out
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#doubledipping #science #recscipod #recreationalscience #foodscience
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Where does your kid think bacon comes from? In this episode of the pod, we discuss some of the wackiest journal titles out there, plus how kids think meat are plants. open.spotify.com/episode/1nRN...
#science #recscipod #recreationalscience
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When you need to drag a lot of sheep around, choose wooden flooring. This is an very well done study by Harvey et al., where they dragged several sheep 400 times across various flooring types.
#science #sheepshearing #sheep #recscipod #recreationalscience
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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In the latest episode of the pod, out today, we discuss an unusual, newly-recognized ability in dogs (apparently only detectable while they poop) and whether elephants yawn. Find it wherever you get your podcasts open.spotify.com/episode/05CI...
#podcast #recscipod #recreationalscience #science
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Will humans swim faster or slower in syrup? It's a simple question requiring a simple experiment. Just have to find enough syrup...
Gettelfinger & Cussler, 2004. AlChE Journal. aiche.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/....
#science #recscipod #recreationalscience #research #sciencesky
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Family Feud, but science
A clip from #recscipod #recreationalscience #science #familyfeud
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Big episode out now! We play a science-themed family feud game, discuss how to get likes on Tinder according to science, and how to scare goats using helicopters. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! open.spotify.com/episode/3yjQ...
#science #podcast #recscipod #recreationalscience
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In this awesome study, a group of scientists tricked some participants into taste testing fake alcohol and then asked them to record a fake commercial and rate themselves in attractiveness. We discussed this article on an episode of the podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/15GW...
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