We've got physicist/author/Wikipedia nerd Dr Jess Wade in the studio to find out how putting your hands on top of one other could hold the key to understanding more about what happens to very very very very small molecules.

Plus we learn what it's like to write a coffee table science book for children (who mostly lack disposable income/coffee tables) and why creating Wikipedia pages to highlight underrepresented figures in science can get messy.

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For more than 18 months, the global COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every part of society. And with more and more data being shared by the minute, we've become swamped with information - and that's not a good thing right now.

So to learn more about the "infodemic", we're joined by Samantha Yammine (Canada's favourite science communicator/neuroscientist/podcast fan) to chat about how compassion leads the way in the fight against disinformation, super secret blacklists, and why hot-takes & clout-chasing can screw things up for everyone.

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• You can find Sam at @heysciencesam on Twitter
• You can check out @science.sam on TikTok
• Follow her on Instagram @sciencesam
• Going viral: how to boost the spread of coronavirus science on social media - Nature

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We're back for Episode 50!

Break ups can be hard for everyone but eventually, you get over them. Right?

This week, we take a deep dive into the world of relationships, neuroscience and medicine as we try to find out if science can answer the question: "can heartbreak actually break your heart?"

We jump into:

Coming to America (4:03)

Lockdown love lives (10:17)

Heartbreak heart damage & Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (18:25)

Is love is a drug? (25:55)

Can seeing your ex cause actually hurt you? (41:09)

Is there a rejection gene? (46:23)

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Extra reading:

https://www.cardiomyopathy.org/takotsubo-cardiomyopathy/intro

https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jn.00784.2009

https://news.umich.edu/study-illuminates-the-pain-of-social-rejection/

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