E73 - Dust and Ears

JAN 2, 202631 MIN
Don't Pee on Your Leg (and other scientific misconceptions)

E73 - Dust and Ears

JAN 2, 202631 MIN

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<p>Camden and Margaret discuss if household dust is mostly just your dead skin floating around (2:45) and whether our ears keep getting bigger our entire lives (16:05).</p><p>Camden&#39;s Misconception: Dust is mostly dead skin</p><p>Citations:</p><ul><li>&quot;What If? 2&quot; by Randall Munroe</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn5M48MVWyg" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">&quot;Is Dust Mostly Dead Skin?&quot; by Veritasium</a></li><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2861991/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">&quot;Making an epidermis&quot; by Maranke Koster, University of Colorado Denver</a></li></ul><p>Margaret&#39;s Misconception: Our ears keep getting bigger our entire lives</p><p>Citations:</p><ul><li><a href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/23173-cartilage" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Cleveland Clinic - Cartilage</a></li><li><a href="https://mednews.hofstra.edu/2024/01/02/do-your-nose-and-ears-really-grow-with-age/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">&quot;Do Your Nose and Ears Really Grow with Age?&quot; by Justin Chupungco</a></li><li><a href="https://jhanley.biostat.mcgill.ca/bios602/MultilevelData/BigEars.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">&quot;Why do old men have big ears?&quot; by James Heathcote</a></li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18653105/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">&quot;Ear size as a predictor of chronological age&quot; by R Tan, V Osman, G Tan</a></li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18196763/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">&quot;Human ears grow throughout the entire lifetime&quot; by Niemitz, Nibbrig, and Zacher</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/Z2Tp2z4-m_o" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Today I Found Out</a></li><li><a href="https://flushinghospital.org/newsletter/truth-or-myth-our-nose-and-our-ears-never-stop-growing/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">&quot;Truth or Myth: Our Nose and our Ears Never Stop Growing&quot; by Michael Hinck</a></li></ul><p>What We&#39;re Consuming:</p><ul><li>Camden: &quot;Project Hail Mary&quot; by Andy Weir</li><li>Margaret: Books</li></ul><p>Follow us on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dontpeeonyourleg" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@DontPeeonYourLeg</a></p><p>Email us your misconceptions: [email protected]</p>