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Shrimp Treadmills and 5 Other Odd Research Projects

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Science isn t always a straightforward process. Here are 6 seemingly odd but absolutely creative ways researchers have approached their subjects. Special thanks to Dr. Lou Burnett and Burnett Lab and Dr. David Scholnick. We re conducting a survey of our viewers! If you have time, please give us feedback: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SciShowSurvey2017 Hosted by: Olivia Gordon ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Kelly Landrum Jones, Sam Lutfi, Kevin Knupp, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, سلطا الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Bella Nash, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick Merrithew, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali, Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Justin Lentz ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: Shrimp https://nsf.govawardsearchshowAward?AWD_ID=0212921 https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/articleshrimp-treadmills-some-science-only-sounds-silly https://www.npr.org/20110823139852035shrimp-on-a-treadmill-the-politics-of-silly-studies http://www.chronicle.com/blogsconversation20141113how-a-47-shrimp-treadmill-became-a-3-million-political-plaything https://www.livescience.com/4221-scientists-put-shrimp-treadmill.html https://www.nsf.gov/discoveriesdisc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=121887 Hyrax http:www.sciencedirect.com/sciencearticlepiiS0031018209005240?via%3Dihub http://www.academia.edu/2037661/Rock_hyrax_middens_A_palaeoenvironmental_archive_for_southern_African_drylands https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/feb/16/rock-hyrax-toilet-habits-climate-scientists https://www2.le.ac.uk/news/blog/2010-archive/october-2010/that-great-story-about-rock-hyrax-urine https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/101015-urine-pee-rock-hyrax-climate-science-ancient-prehistoric/ http://www.hyrax.univ-montp2.fr/project_rock.html http:www.sciencedirect.comsciencearticlepiiS0033589410000438 https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/green-sahara-african-humid-periods-paced-by-82884405 Egg: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmcarticlesPMC4388321pdfnihms675938.pdf https://news.uci.edu/20150123uci-fellow-chemists-find-a-way-to-unboil-eggs https://www.scientificamerican.com/articleunboiled-egg-untangles-a-knotty-protein-problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VArb8kGnew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHMY4G9gTPA Rat massage https://www.goldengooseaward.org/awardeesrat-and-infant-massage http://www.nytimes.com/19880202sciencethe-experience-of-touch-research-points-to-a-critical-role.html?pagewanted=all http://med.miami.edu/newsneonatal-touch-therapy-pioneer-receives-golden-goose-award-in-washington Bees http://www.news.gatech.edu/20160922three-isye-researchers-receive-2016-golden-goose-award-honey-bee-algorithm http://news.cornell.edu/stories201609golden-goose-award-honors-bee-experts-impact-computing https://www.goldengooseaward.org/awardeeshoney-bee-algorithm https://www.aaas.org/newsgolden-goose-award-goes-scientists-who-use-bees-web-hosting https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsgrade-pointwp20160922how-honeybee-research-improved-your-internet-experience?utm_term=.6e157a93ea3f https://nsf.govnewsmmgmmg_disp.jsp?med_id=81462 Slime Mold: http://science.sciencemag.org/contentsci3275964439.full.pdf https://www.sciencemag.org/cgicontentabstractsci;3275964439 https://www.wired.com/201001slime-mold-grows-network-just-like-tokyo-rail-system http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience20100121slime-mould-attacks-simulates-tokyo-rail-network http://www.sciencemag.org/news201001ride-slime-mold-express http://ieeexplore.ieee.orgabstractdocument6482606?reload=true https://arxiv.org/pdf1203.2851.pdf https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natureif-the-interstate-system-were-designed-by-a-slime-mold-93309928 https://www.theguardian.com/cities2014feb18slime-mould-rail-road-transport-routes

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