Conspiracy Theories

1:38 - Physics of Gymnastics

• Allain, R. (2019, August 8). The Twisty Physics of Simone Biles Historic Triple-Double.   Wired. Retrieved from https://www.wired.com/story/the-twisty-physics-of-simone-biles-historic-triple-double/

3:24 - Meteor Shower

• Lewin, S. (2019, August 12). Perseid Meteor Shower 2019: When, Where, and How to See It. Space.com. Retrieved from https://www.space.com/32868-perseid-meteor-shower-guide.html

3:53 - Total Solar Eclipse

• NASA. 2017. “Total Solar Eclipse - August 21, 2017”. NASA.gov. Retrieved from https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/

6:27  - Pesticide

• Erickson, B.E. (2019, July 15). Sulfoxaflor pesticide returns to the US market: The EPA allows new and former uses on many crops without restrictions. Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN). Retrieved from https://cen.acs.org/environment/pesticides/Sulfoxaflor-pesticide-returns-US-market/97/web/2019/07?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=CEN

13:29 - Fermi Paradox

• Kurzesagt-In a Nutshell. 2015. “The Fermi Paradox - Where Are All The Aliens? (1/2)”. YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNhhvQGsMEc&ab_channel=Kurzgesagt%E2%80%93InaNutshell

• Kurzesagt-In a Nutshell. 2015. “The Fermi Paradox - Solutions and Ideas- Where Are All the Aliens?”. YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fQkVqno-uI&ab_channel=Kurzgesagt%E2%80%93InaNutshell

13:31 -  Drake Equation

• Seti Institute. n.d. “Drake Equation”. Seti.org. Retrieved from https://www.seti.org/drake-equation-index

15:03  - Confirmation Bias

• Heshmat, S. 2015. “What is Confirmation Bias?: People are prone to believe what they want to believe.” Psychology Today. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/science-choice/201504/what-is-confirmation-bias

18:49 - Navigating Digital Information

• CrashCourse. 2019. Navigating Digital Information [Learning Playlist]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU

24:00  - The Tuskegee Experiment

• About the USPHS Syphilis Study. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.tuskegee.edu/about-us/centers-of-excellence/bioethics-center/about-the-usphs-syphilis-study

• Heller, H. 2017. “AP WAS THERE: Black men untreated in Tuskegee Syphilis Study”. Associated Press. Retrieved from https://apnews.com/e9dd07eaa4e74052878a68132cd3803a/AP-WAS-THERE:-Black-men-untreated-in-Tuskegee-Syphilis-Study

27:09  - Syphilis Stages

• CDC. “Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) - Syphilis.” Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/default.htm

28:52 - Penicillin was discovered earlier (1928)  but it had become used in clinical trials around 1945.

• Gaynes, R. 2017. “The Discovery of Penicillin-New Insights After More Than 75 Years of Clinical Use”. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23(5). 849 - 853. Retrieved from https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2305.161556.

30:54 - CDC Tuskegee Timeline

• CDC. “U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee - Timeline”. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm

31:05 - Syphilis Timeline Tuskegee

• About the USPHS Syphilis Study. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.tuskegee.edu/about-us/centers-of-excellence/bioethics-center/about-the-usphs-syphilis-study

32:46 - National Research Act of 1974. Pub. L. No. 93-348, Stat. 88 (1974).

48:20 - The Blowback Effect

• Mooney, C. 2011. “The Science of Why We Don’t Believe Science: How our brains fool us on climate, creationism, and the vaccine-autism link.” Mother Jones. Retrieved from https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/04/denial-science-chris-mooney/

52:29 - A Scientific Method Flowchart

• Helmenstine, A. 2020. “Six Steps of the Scientific Method: Learn What Makes Each Stage Important”. ThoughtCo. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/steps-of-the-scientific-method-p2-606045