You've probably heard of Carbon Dating, but how are Astronomy, Biology, and Nuclear Physics involved? What are the problems with having babies in space, and how many animals have had babies in space? (surprisingly more than you'd think!) And what is the history of nail polish, and more importantly, our relationship with painting nails?Videos we talk about:- Mice in SpaceSupport us with a Max Fun Membership!Join our Discord!We also learn about: counting the rings in a carbon atom, Dendrochronology, Space & Life & Radioactivity, unstable tennis balls, a surprise callback to last episode, shoutout to baltimore! oh shit we can carbon date anything!! Ella is good at guessing, a rewrite of history??? OES, the real carbon dating was friendship, definitely points, what do you name a space baby? the ISS is not a safe form of contraception, sea urchin space sex, freeze dried mouse sperm resembling instant coffee, space sushi, space babies look cuter, jellyfish that don’t know the right way up, but snails do! how humans might evolve in space, Disney’s Moon Mouse Colony, what the moon teaches about Earth, Polish vs Varnish, our favorite color, fashion always goes in cycles, mummified pharaohs with nail polish, Van Gogh wasn’t color blind, he just had cheap paints, Mary Cobb was a girl boss if you will, car paint gave us nail polish, wear nail polish if you want to! Sources: ---History of Radiocarbon DatingRadiocarbon RevolutionJanet Ambers on Chronological MethodsDendrochronologyFritz Schweingruber on DendrochronologyCosmic Rays and Carbon DatingLibby's Nobel AddressLibby Carbon Dates EverythingCarbon Dating going 75,00 years BackOverly Dramatic Carbon Dating Error ArticleOES (Ostritrch Egg Shell)Carbon Dating gets UpdatedIntCal20 Calibration CurveEmilie Jager on Geochronology---Fertilization in MicrogravitySea Urchin Space SpermFreeze Dried Mouse SpermSperm Count in Space RatsMouse Space Baby DevelopmentJellyfish in SpaceSnails in SpaceDizzy Space RatsSpace and Bone DensitySpace AdaptationsRussian Space CockroachMice Adapting to Microgravity ---The History of Nail PolishCleopatra and NailpolishNail Polish HistoryHow Stuff Works Nail PolishHagley History of NailpolishHistory of CosmeticsNail Polish Trends

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