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Continue reading →: Manspreading in Tinder profile photos gets you 27% more likesWhy do men manspread? Is it a form of communication? Do women on dating apps prefer men who manspread their legs (and arms) in their profile pictures? Do men on dating apps prefer women who manspread? A team of psychologists found that nonverbal displays epitomized by manspreading are quite beneficial…
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Continue reading →: Phantom scratching: how to relieve itch on one arm by scratching the otherScratching an itch is bad for the skin. What if you can relieve an itch on one arm by scratching the other arm? A team of neurologists examined whether they can use mirrors to achieve this. Lu and Tirth discuss this tingly study on S01E06 of the Recreational Science podcast (timecode 28:14): Tirth: This study is…
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Continue reading →: Quiz: can you answer these tricky science questions from ChatGPT?Are you smarter than ChatGPT? Do you know more science trivia than ChatGPT? Try to answer these science questions* from ChatGPT to find out! *some may actually be bad science jokes. Check out ChatGPT science quiz part 2 More quizzes How did you do compared to us? Watch our video…
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Continue reading →: All the reasons why you shouldn’t double dipWhy is double dipping frowned upon? Does it transfer oral bacteria from the chip to the dip? Does it transfer enzymes from your saliva to the dip causing unwanted pre-digestion? That would be gross. In the first study, some microbiologists and food scientists investigated whether double dipping actually contaminates various…
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Continue reading →: Quiz: do you know your science trivia?How well do you know science facts? Can you answer these questions spanning biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, and geography? A++ if you can answer the hardest questions at the end. Check out science trivia quiz part 2 More quizzes How did you do compared to us? Watch our video to…
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Continue reading →: Are beards the perfect cesspool for bacteria?Is having facial hair hygienic? Are they a ripe breeding ground for dangerous bacteria? Should bearded hippies be allowed to work in a microbiology laboratory? A group of square microbiologists suspected that their bearded colleagues were a contamination risk due to their long facial hair and devised interesting experiments to…
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Continue reading →: Eating meat makes you quantifiably immoral, according to scienceTo some people, eating meat is immoral. That’s a subjective opinion. However, does eating meat make you immoral objectively? Some scientists fed beef to college students and found that afterwards, the students developed quantifiably more immoral opinions of cows. Lu and Tirth discuss this meaty study on S01E05 of the Recreational Science podcast (timecode 13:39): Lu:…
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Continue reading →: Fake alcohol, real confidence: drinking fake booze makes you find yourself more attractiveAfter consuming alcohol, people tend to find others and themselves more attractive. However, do people also find themselves more attractive after drinking fake alcohol? Some scientists tricked a group of people into taste testing fake alcohol and discovered that the participants found themselves to be more attractive afterwards. Lu and…
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Continue reading →: Humans don’t swim slower in syrupIf you replace the water in a swimming pool with syrup and convince some of your colleagues to swim in it, will they swim slower or faster? A swimmer and an engineer filled a swimming pool with syrup and timed several professional and recreational swimmers doing laps. Using rigorous scientific…
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Continue reading →: When you need to drag sheep, choose wooden flooringSheep shearing is hard, especially the step where you drag sheep around. What type of flooring is easiest to drag sheep on? There’s only one way to find out. Some scientists asked sheep shearers to drag sheep 400 times across different types of flooring to determine how best to make…
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