The origins of life and love and sight and who we are, all questions we have had about the universe. Well today we answer the one question we all had once and didn’t dwell on (but we did), and that is the contentious link between myopia (short sightedness) and intelligence.

The sound recording is unfortunately less than optimal because the individual tracks were lost (sabotage for being too hot by the universe I'm sure) so we have tried to do the best we can with the audio from literally the phone recording. So please be nice, we tried our best and that’s literally all you can ask of us.

Anyway enjoy our chats on whether the length of your eyeball impacts how smart you are, and how complex and nuance conversations on intelligence are to even have at all.

References below if you too have myopia and at least an inflated sense of intelligence (yes that’s tongue in cheek)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17cu5qyWF67Bfh0-kh5mbjjB4Af812mQgBktkuDgq6og/edit?usp=sharing

Welcome to the second part of the tattoo ep! If you are new here please kindly listen to the first one to get an 'ink'ling of what's in that dye, and how tattoos even stay in our skin!

Too tattoo or not too tattoo that is indeed the question that we intend to answer in this weeks episode of Hot Science!

What is a tattoo, what is in the dye, how does it stay in our skin and are there any potential repercussions that could mean we are up stream with only the image of a paddle to get us out.

We talk a whole lot and were way too jovial for it to be considered rigorous academic debate, so instead we are calling it a rigorous stick and poke the science around with a very small stick attached to a needle.

Personally enjoyed editing this episode as much as I did recording it, and you will notice the most abhorrent additions of random guitar to spice it up. If you hate it, keep it to yourself and send me a bunch of flowers to get the message out there, but if you loved it please tattoo the episode link onto your forearm to show you’re a real fan, or if that level of commitment is testing the inner playboy in you just rate and review (5 stars only…).

Enjoy and stay hot (and tatted) science.

To make sure our sources are up to "scratch"

⁠https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J_9wcd7fcVP_zBwK1uo5wrCQb7sMFGfPKPbRZVF6wWc/edit?usp=sharing⁠

Too tattoo or not too tattoo that is indeed the question that we intend to answer in this weeks episode of Hot Science!

What is a tattoo, what is in the dye, how does it stay in our skin and are there any potential repercussions that could mean we are up stream with only the image of a paddle to get us out.

We talk a whole lot and were way too jovial for it to be considered rigorous academic debate, so instead we are calling it a rigorous stick and poke the science around with a very small stick attached to a needle.

Personally enjoyed editing this episode as much as I did recording it, and you will notice the most abhorrent additions of random guitar to spice it up. If you hate it, keep it to yourself and send me a bunch of flowers to get the message out there, but if you loved it please tattoo the episode link onto your forearm to show you’re a real fan, or if that level of commitment is testing the inner playboy in you just rate and review (5 stars only…).

Enjoy and stay hot (and tatted) science.

To make sure our sources are up to "scratch"

⁠https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J_9wcd7fcVP_zBwK1uo5wrCQb7sMFGfPKPbRZVF6wWc/edit?usp=sharing⁠

Helllooo everyone, and you're welcome xxx

Enjoy my deep dive on the recent study out about Tampons and presence of metals! Hopefully it helps give some much needed context to the study that has been missing in the headlines!

Study reference: Shearston, J.A. et al. (2024) ‘Tampons as a source of exposure to metal(loid)s’, Environment International, 190, p. 108849. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2024.108849.

PART 2 on our discussion of boredom!

Boredom boredom boredom, listening to Tyler the Creator while watching Netflix, while doing a puzzle, while painting your toenails- we've all been there.

And quite frankly some of you are probably right there now, and to let you in on a little secret, I painted my toes too while editing this ep xx.

Is boredom something that we should be villainising, or is it just a little warning signal from our body to re-prioritise our attention and our meaning?

Todays episode is a little more 'woo woo' and by woo woo I mean based in the science of psychology which relies on slightly more interpretable data aka that being peoples opinions, perceptions, interactions. This doesn’t make it any less rooted in fact or in science, and in fact it probably is more robust because of the scrutiny that this type of science is often subjected to.

Please enjoy our discussions and philosophising and let us know if you too think that boredom is a natural, and while maybe not celebrated, a more neutral emotion than everyone would lead us to believe. And maybe If we allowed ourselves to fully feel bored we would gain monumental insight into our own motivations and desires and this could lead us towards a more meaningful and intention life. But who knows that’s just my hypothesis on the matter...

Stay hot science xx

References for this episode:

⁠https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GvV8QznnZs2FnIw77h0wQ2LixkIXxZiGUcoxmvX52j8/edit?usp=sharing⁠

PART 1 on our discussion of boredom!

Boredom boredom boredom, listening to Tyler the Creator while watching Netflix, while doing a puzzle, while painting your toenails- we've all been there.

And quite frankly some of you are probably right there now, and to let you in on a little secret, I painted my toes too while editing this ep xx.

Is boredom something that we should be villainising, or is it just a little warning signal from our body to re-prioritise our attention and our meaning?

Todays episode is a little more 'woo woo' and by woo woo I mean based in the science of psychology which relies on slightly more interpretable data aka that being peoples opinions, perceptions, interactions. This doesn’t make it any less rooted in fact or in science, and in fact it probably is more robust because of the scrutiny that this type of science is often subjected to.

Please enjoy our discussions and philosophising and let us know if you too think that boredom is a natural, and while maybe not celebrated, a more neutral emotion than everyone would lead us to believe. And maybe If we allowed ourselves to fully feel bored we would gain monumental insight into our own motivations and desires and this could lead us towards a more meaningful and intention life. But who knows that’s just my hypothesis on the matter...

Stay hot science xx

References for this episode:

⁠https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GvV8QznnZs2FnIw77h0wQ2LixkIXxZiGUcoxmvX52j8/edit?usp=sharing⁠

TRIGGER WARNING: we discuss depression and suicide in this episode (from a statistically and analytical perspective) If this raises issues with you please reach out to Lifeline 13 11 14.

Our second instalment of the isotretinoin (accutane) episode!

Here we discuss the potential ramifications of going on accutane and dive into the strength of the mental health claims associated.

It feels rather like a chicken or the egg situation whereby acne causes mental health issues, making it very hard to establish cause, but you'll have to listen to hear our deeper analysis.

Remember we need to be checking our cognitive bias babes before researching.

This is especially needed when researching a topic that we feel a strong emotional connection to.

We are prone to place more value on sources that affirm what we already believe and less on those we see as incorrect, but we need to strive to come from a place of curiosity, to learn and to understand rather than to pedestal or to villainise.

Anyway stay hot science xx

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References below!

⁠https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VwH1--EKiydBPUpBUuOKNuhDlPy6JV_qg_yV5pyB9Nc/edit?usp=sharing⁠

Everything (or nearly everything) you wanted to know about Accutane!

The skin care drug that keeps the acne away, by daily stealing of your sebaceous gland cells and their oil.

Have you been on Accutane or want to?

Want to feel seen in your joint pain, sunburn, chapped lips?

Join the very exclusive club only joined by many teenagers and adults alike!

Not sponsored by any dermatologists or companies personal interests (we're literally not paid to do this at all I do this in my spare time for FUN…)

If you didn’t get all the answers maybe try following us on social media and if you ask nicely we will answer all your questions!

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References below!

⁠https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VwH1--EKiydBPUpBUuOKNuhDlPy6JV_qg_yV5pyB9Nc/edit?usp=sharing⁠