We've got physicist/author/Wikipedia nerd Dr Jess Wade in the studio to find out how putting your hands on top of one other could hold the key to understanding more about what happens to very very very very small molecules.

Plus we learn what it's like to write a coffee table science book for children (who mostly lack disposable income/coffee tables) and why creating Wikipedia pages to highlight underrepresented figures in science can get messy.

You can find Jess at @jesswade on Twitter.

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For more than 18 months, the global COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every part of society. And with more and more data being shared by the minute, we've become swamped with information - and that's not a good thing right now.

So to learn more about the "infodemic", we're joined by Samantha Yammine (Canada's favourite science communicator/neuroscientist/podcast fan) to chat about how compassion leads the way in the fight against disinformation, super secret blacklists, and why hot-takes & clout-chasing can screw things up for everyone.

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• You can find Sam at @heysciencesam on Twitter
• You can check out @science.sam on TikTok
• Follow her on Instagram @sciencesam
• Going viral: how to boost the spread of coronavirus science on social media - Nature

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We're back for Episode 50!

Break ups can be hard for everyone but eventually, you get over them. Right?

This week, we take a deep dive into the world of relationships, neuroscience and medicine as we try to find out if science can answer the question: "can heartbreak actually break your heart?"

We jump into:

Coming to America (4:03)

Lockdown love lives (10:17)

Heartbreak heart damage & Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (18:25)

Is love is a drug? (25:55)

Can seeing your ex cause actually hurt you? (41:09)

Is there a rejection gene? (46:23)

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Extra reading:

https://www.cardiomyopathy.org/takotsubo-cardiomyopathy/intro

https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jn.00784.2009

https://news.umich.edu/study-illuminates-the-pain-of-social-rejection/

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This week, we find out what Suhail has been doing for all the months he's spent in lockdown.

From navigating work and sex during a global health crisis to lockdown vices and Discord vaccine conspiracies, we chat about how his life has changed over the last year.

A quick note: this episode talks about death, mental health issues and intensive care.

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This week, Dr Suzi Gage takes us on a deep dive into the misconceptions, myths, and misinformation surrounding drugs.

Plus, we find out about jealous Buddhists, Suhail exposing hypocritical government officials, and re-wiring the brain.

(Just a quick note: this episode was recorded in March and contains some references to ketamine)

You can get Suzi on Twitter (@soozaphone)

Get Suzi's new book Say Why To Drugs on Amazon.

Check out her podcast (also called Say Why To Drugs)

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This is the final episode in our mini-series exploring health conditions.

Oz sat down with Shaheen to find out about her expierences with her mum's rare form of dememntia and the journey to diagnosis. We chat about stigma, care responsibilities and gender roles in the Bangladeshi community, and what it's like to be isolated as a carer.

He also hears from Nadine Mirza, a researcher at the University of Manchester, who's exploring how her work revamping dementia testing services could make sure fewer PoC fall through the cracks and get the help they need.

You can find Shaheen on Twitter at @Shaheensloan98

You can find Nadine on Twitter at @thealmostpsych

For information relating to a specific dementia diagnosis, you can contact Rare Dementia support on [email protected] or on their website contact page.

If you or someone you know is in the Greater Manchester area, over the the age of 65, are South Asian and speak Urdu - you could help with Nadine's research! 

You can get in touch with her at [email protected]

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We're on the third episode of our mini-series looking at health conditions.

This week, we're chatting to Roma Agrawal (engineer/author/build-er of The Shard) about her experience with infertility and her journey through IVF. We hear about engineering a baby, overbearing aunties, and her very real fear of embryo mix-ups.

You can find Roma on Twitter (@RomaTheEngineer) and check out her podcast "Building Stories" wherever you got this one.

Thanks to British Podcast Awards, Wellcome Trust, and everyone that took the time out to chat to us about this.

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The second episode in our new series where we explore various aspects of health!

This episode, we're joined by Tyla Grant - an autism advocate behind the YouTube channel "Adulting Autistic." She talks us through what it's like being a Black woman diagnosed at 17, mental health, and why people need to stop talking about "curing" autism. Also there's chat about a terrible golden jumper.

We get to chat to neurodevelopmental psychologist Mary Agyapong. Based out of King's College London, her work looks at early signs and symptoms of Autism. We hear about the scientific advancements in diagnosis techniques and ask whether culture and language plays a role in how we perceive autism

You can find Tyla on Twitter (@tylgrnt) and on YouTube at Adulting Autistic.

You can get Mary on twitter (@_MaryAgyapong).

Thanks to British Podcast Awards, Wellcome Trust, and everyone that took the time out to chat to us

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We're embarking on a new series where we explore various aspects of health!

To wave goodbye to its awareness month in March, we're looking into endometriosis, a chronic condition affecting 1 in 10 women in the UK.

Suhail had a chance to sit down with journalist Anita Jones (@AnitaNnekaJones) to find out more about her journey with endometriosis - discussing everything from her first experiences of it to her reliance on fluffy water bottles. 

We hear from Dr Annabel Sowemimo (@SoSowemimo) - a sexual and reproductive health doctor, writer, and founder of Decolonising Contraception (@DecoloniseContr) - a not for profit, community interest group formed by people of colour working within sexual and reproductive health who are devoted to improving the outcomes for marginalised groups.

You can find out more about DC on their website.

You can read all of the articles written by Annabel on gal-dem

Thanks to British Podcast Awards, Wellcome Trust, and everyone that took the time out to chat to us about this.

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This week, Suhail chats to George Anderson about his life.

The 2008 Financial Crisis left George homeless and wandering the streets of London. No longer having his job working within the NHS, he began selling the Big Issue magazine outside of the BBC building in the centre of the city. With a background in psychiatry, he talks to Suhail about how mental health issues can affect people who deal with rejection on a daily basis.

With the support of the Wellcome Trust, he's been gradually building up his own business - CRC Scotland & London - drawing on his previous experience working in biomedical research. It hopes to help researchers publish their work when English isn't their first language.

If you want to find out more about George, you can check him out at @andersongeorg15 on Twitter or on his website

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We're joined in the studio by journalist Shivani Dave to discuss the current Coronavirus outbreak that has spread internationally from Wuhan, China. We break down the science of the virus (termed 2019-nCoV or 2019 novel coronavirus) and find out what steps the World Health Organisation has taken to limit the spread of it across the globe.

And in a situation where researchers are working rapidly to fight the virus, what role does social media have in providing the latest information on the outbreak? What happens when misinterpreted results go viral?

Plus, we take a look at how the disease has become a vessel for racism - both online and in the real world - and Hana explains what it was like living in Singapore during the 2002 SARS outbreak.

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