Defensive Puking, Self-Cooling Curls, Zambia's Teen Astronauts

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

Science, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Scientific Illustrator and Twitch Partner Liz Clayton Fuller joins the podcast to talk about turkey vultures, their defensive puking mechanism, and why you should thank the next one you see. Plus, Rachel explains how a head of curly hair is actually scientifically cooler, and Purbita talks about Zambia's teen astronaut program. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us! Click here to learn more about all of our stories! Links to Rachel's TikTok, Newsletter, Merch Store and More: https://linktr.ee/RachelFeltman Link to Jess' Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jesscapricorn Link to Liz's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ipaintbirbs -- Follow our team on Twitter Rachel Feltman: www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman Produced by Jess Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci Theme music by Billy Cadden: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LqT4DCuAXlBzX8XlNy4Wq?si=5VF2r2XiQoGepRsMTBsDAQ Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: bit.ly/WeirdestThingILearnedThisWeek Check out Weirdest Thing on YouTube: bit.ly/WeirdestThingILearnedThisWeekYouTube If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: bit.ly/WeirdestThingILearnedThisWeek Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week.
0:09.1	And while most of the stuff we stumble across makes it into our articles, we also find
0:13.4	plenty of weird facts that we just keep around the office.
0:16.7	So we figured, why not share those with you?
0:19.3	Welcome to the weirdest thing I learned this week from the editors of Popular Science.
0:23.4	I'm Rachel Feltman.
0:24.4	I'm Perbita Sa'ha.
0:26.1	And I'm Liz Clayton Fuller.
0:27.6	Liz, welcome to the show.
0:29.4	Thank you for having me.
0:30.4	I'm very excited to be able to chat about nerdy things with you.
0:34.4	Yay!
0:35.4	Liz, why don't you tell our listeners for those of them who aren't already familiar with
0:39.8	you a little bit about who you are?
0:42.5	And what kind of nerdy things you do when you're not here talking to us?
0:46.5	Sure.
0:47.5	So all of my nerdy-ness, well, okay, not all of it, a lot of my nerdy-ness is centered
0:51.4	around birds.
0:52.4	So I am a scientific illustrator and educator, I run my own business, and I also stream
0:58.4	on Twitch as I paint burbs.
1:01.8	And the name really says it all.
1:03.5	That is what I do all the time I work with ornithologists, and I learn a lot of cool things
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