Why do men manspread? Do women on dating apps prefer men who manspread their legs (and arms) in their profile pictures?
Are goats brave? Can the Dutch air force scare goats using attack helicopters?
In this episode, Lu tests Tirth's knowledge of the people with a "family feud" style game and the two discuss how to get likes on Tinder and an attempt to scare goats using air force helicopters.
Timestamps:
- 0:00 Intro
- 2:10 Science-themed "family feud" style game
- 16:39 Manspreading Tinder study
- 30:55 Goat helicopter study
- 42:34 What did you learn today, outro
Article links:
- Vacharkulksemsuk et al., 2016. Dominant, open nonverbal displays are attractive at zero-acquaintance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1508932113
- van der Staay et al., 2011. Physiological and behavioral reactions elicited by simulated and real-life visual and acoustic helicopter stimuli in dairy goats. BMC Veterinary Research. https://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1746-6148-7-16
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