The Sound Of Science: Psilocybin News | Sleep Eating | 'Hot Jupiter'

Stephen examines new developments from the world of science, including the effects of magic mushrooms on the brain and a newly discovered hot, smelly planet.

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[benthomason]

the alien sounding like a balloon being manhandled is far funnier than the actual lines they gave it.

[nelsonhunter-valls]

Love the live screw-up with the balloon! 😂

[M.Linoge]

The alien staring menacingly before delivering a laughter-choked "Surrender" is one of the funniest things this show has ever done.

[yellowwoodstraveler]

I knew what was coming but the extended fumbling sounds with the balloon made it extra funny 🤣

[TheLastChickenWing]

I was given Ambien for the first time when I was 22. My husband told me that on the first night I made some tuna salad and smeared in onto small tortillas to make fish tacos. The second night I woke up with a couple empty cupcake boxes on my bed, and an outline of snack wrappers in an outline around my body like with chalk. It looked like a little debbie graveyard.

[Forge]

An alien that speaks in squeaky plastic rubbing noises?
Star Trek producers: write that down! write that down!

[benzaiten]

we need the blooper cut of Stephen's balloon shenanigans.

[TheCamiclo]

I'm a bit worried about how much helium Stephen has been breathing lately

[shehulking]

I used to have that sleep eating disorder. It is NOT a new thing. It was triggered by sleep apnea. If anyone is watching this and is suffering, please get tested for sleep apnea. It saved my life. I toasted napkins one night, ate a half pound of raw hamburger and on another night I drove around my block. Did that crazy crap for years. On a good night, I'd wake up the next morning vomiting with an oreo stuck to side of my face. It was horrible. C-Pap stopped everything. If you know anyone going through this, please advise.

[Zabetta]

As an Italian I always howl with laughter when Stephen does his Mario and Luigi impression

[lazyperfectionist]

2:19 "I've always had a theory that he died while doing _magic."_
I was forming the suspicion that he died while doing the _dab._

[AnthonyBailey-sudd]

Research has shown psilocybin to have potent to treat a range of psychedelic and behavioral disorder.

[ingridfong-daley]

I feel like the audience missed that "blue gatorade" joke entirely. @4:50

[zesty]

2:48 Cooking and eating while asleep sounds great -- a real time-saver. Especially if you do the washing-up while still asleep.

[AllWIllFallMe]

Interesting, if somewhat depressing fact: the wind has been 'racist' in this way for quite some time, actually. In basically every large city, you'll find that the poorer neighborhoods are the ones that are in whatever direction the wind most commonly blows from industrial centers, leading to those neighborhoods getting disproportionate pollution. It's one of the reasons many minority enclaves are specifically associated with a direction, with the various "east/west/north/south side" neighborhoods.

[sparkythancztwise]

yeah, the sounds (and delays) of fumbling with the balloon were even funnier that the sound you knew was the goal! 😄

[brainiac]

OMG they finally know about the sleep eating! After the videos I've seen, I'm just glad I only eat foods I wouldn't normally eat and not dish soap.

[joergmaass]

Actually, Steven, the brain network dissolving properties of a GOP and NRA membership and, most of all, a RNC attendance have been massively underestimated!

[AmusementLabs]

I think we can get a nice long blooper real from just the side segments 😅 curse Stephen's mortal enemy, a balloon with a clothes pin 😂

[lukea]

honestly, we need more off camera bloopers. That was great.