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Starfish Sperm and Your Brain! ft. Dr. Esther

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AsapSCIENCE

Biology, Life Sciences, Comedy, Youtuber, Science

4.92.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Esther Odekunle studies the neurophysiology of Starfish, and your brain. She teaches us how starfish vomit out their stomachs, how "sensitive" they are and what they're sperm looks like, lol! She also explains the beautiful way in which she found science and teaches us about her science communication.

What Did We Learn This Week:

2:26 - New research on why elephants get drunk

5:12 - How gratitude makes you have better sex

INTERVIEW W/ DR. ESTHER:

9:12


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0:00.0

Controversial subjects with the faxie of e-tents, but we are a sub-science here to make things make sense.

0:06.8

Today we are talking to the brilliant Dr. Esther about neurophysiology, your hormones, but most importantly, starfish sperm.

0:16.2

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

0:18.3

We did already have this conversation and it's in the future for you, but it's in the past for us and it was really amazing.

0:22.8

It's so freaking good. Oh my god, I'm obsessed with the sexy, sexy energy of the starfish!

0:29.2

Um, how's it going Greg?

0:31.2

Um, pretty good, I guess, consider it. I feel very grateful to live in Canada, not the, not the US.

0:39.3

I'm scared and sad for the numbers and I just, wow.

0:43.3

This podcast is probably coming in a couple weeks, so it's possible that the numbers are even scarier.

0:47.2

Hopefully not though. We'll find out.

0:48.9

Well, I mean, oh, whatever. I don't, I mean, that's not what this episode is about, but the world is watching America.

0:54.0

We're thinking of you and I mean, elect politicians who believe in science. That's all for a concern.

0:58.8

Okay. I've been feeling fairly centered because I have been meditating a little bit every day and it's been like two weeks in a row

1:04.7

and I feel good about that. Wow, that's just like 10 minutes a day. I just like have, so Simone Gertz, who's another YouTuber, has this thing called it.

1:12.1

I believe it's not to get out. I think it's, I think it's, yeah.

1:15.9

Actually, I think it's a gift.

1:17.9

Okay, sorry. Hopefully she's not lesbian.

1:20.5

No, I mean, she's literally told it. She's been off this podcast and told us how to say it and we still don't know.

1:25.3

Okay.

1:26.3

But she made this calendar that you can light up each day that you do something and she actually created it so she could meditate more.

1:32.5

And I didn't start for a while because I knew once I lit up one day, I would not be able to stop and I wouldn't be able to skip a day

1:39.2

because it ruins the look of the calendar.

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