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  1. Pinned Tweet
    10 hours ago

    Chips, crisps, fries, hashbrowns...we know you love your fried potatoes! But what would happen is these heavenly treats were all that you consumed? 🤔🍟

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  2. 3 hours ago

    Trees can talk to each other using fungi! Most of fungi's bodies are made up of mycelium: fine yarns that spread out underground and connect the roots of different plants. These networks allow plants to share food and information! Source: ;

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  3. Retweeted
    7 hours ago

    Look at this cool thing I did!

    The average person produces about 2 pints of saliva every day. That’s the equivalent of 2 cans of soda! Check out our new Stoned Science episode to learn more about digestion from !
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  4. 10 hours ago

    Studies have shown that chips strongly activate parts of the brain associated with reward, addiction, and food intake when compared to regular food.

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  5. 13 hours ago

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  6. Nov 28

    New research suggests that, within brain cells, the shape of mitochondria may indicate a potential role for the organelle. Smaller, speherical mitochondria found at the end of axons may help stimulate brain cell connections! Source:

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    Nov 27

    What has been your favourite Sidenote episode and/or moment of the year? Let us know using the hashtag ! ❤️

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  8. Nov 28

    Digestion doesn’t require gravity. Because of peristalsis, even if you were to eat while hanging upside down, the food would still be able to get to your stomach! Check out our new Stoned Science episode to learn more about digestion from !

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    Nov 28

    Archeologists are like gay men but the opposite. They are obsessively looking for the oldest aspects of human culture while we are obsessively looking for the newest.

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  10. Nov 28

    Your digestive system is closely bonded to your brain. Emotions (including stress) and brain disorders can affect how your body digests food! Check out our new Stoned Science episode to learn more about digestion from !

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  11. Nov 28

    The average person produces about 2 pints of saliva every day. That’s the equivalent of 2 cans of soda! Check out our new Stoned Science episode to learn more about digestion from !

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  12. Nov 28

    Check out our newest episode of STONED SCIENCE, starring the illustrious ! With the munchies in full swing, she schools us on the process of digestion:

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  13. Nov 28

    In our newest episode of Sidenote, we're lucky to be joined by to discuss and share stories about the dating app Grindr! Is it helping us build community or causing a different sort of isolation? Join us using the hashtag !

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    Nov 27

    We want to get young people excited about science but the UK just announced a competition for the public to choose a scientist to appear for on the new £50 note and the only rule is that they need to be dead.

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  15. Nov 27

    The world's first chromosome map of Cannabis sativa reveals how the plant split into the different hemp and marijuana strains after being colonized by ancient viruses! Read more: ;

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  16. Nov 27

    What has been your favourite Sidenote episode and/or moment of the year? Let us know using the hashtag ! ❤️

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  17. Nov 27

    I guess we can finally put this question to bed 😴 It’s currently thought that the egg first evolved in the very first amniotes about 340 million years ago during the Carboniferous period, while chickens evolved around 58 thousand years ago. Source:

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  18. Nov 26

    Scientists have managed to calculate where the proton's mass comes from. Only 9% of its mass comes from the mass of its quarks, while the rest is due to complexities of quantum chromodynamics! Read more: ;

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    Nov 26

    Watch NASA's InSight Mars lander make its harrowing descent to Mars 🚀

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    Nov 26

    'Smoking vs Juuling'

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