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Rabbit Hole of Research

Rabbit Hole of Research

著者： Jotham Austin II PhD Nick Elizalde and Georgia Geis
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Our goal is to have fun learning science through the lens of science fiction, fantasy, and pop-culture. We will start in one place and let the conversation lead us down the winding scenic road exploring the science in science fiction, separating the facts from the Handwavium. We’ll have a little fun and you’ll learn a few facts you can use to impress your friends at a party or use as a conversation starter to go down your own rabbit holes.

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  • Spider-Man villains part 1: Lab Safety

    Spider-Man villains part 1: Lab Safety
    2026/06/24
    In Episode 72 of Rabbit Hole of Research, Joe, Nick, Georgia, and Mary are joined by returning guest Tera Lavoie, PhD, cell biologist, electron microscopist, and the Advanced Electron Microscopy core facility’s lab safety director. This episode kicks off the 3 episode Spider-Man Villain Series, and we’re starting where it all goes wrong, the lab.It turns out many of Spider-Man’s villains are a catastrophic series of safety procedure failures. Some intentional and some not, but could have been avoided with proper safety training. We dig into what actually makes a safe lab, why those guardrails exist, and the very real, and sometimes very dark, history behind modern research ethics.We also get into DIY biohackers, CRISPR self-experiments, the original Superman’s meteor rock ethics violation, prions, hantavirus, the Radium Girls, Madame Curie’s radioactive notebooks, and whether Nick can lick various elements from the periodic table.Check out what the RHR crew is creatingJoe:Named by the Guild Literary Complex as one of the 35 writers to watch!Red Line: Chicago Horror Stories Anthology featuring a story by Joe!Joe’s Sci-fi physiological thriller Novel: Will You Still Love Me If I Become Someone Else?Joe’s Rom-Com Novella: Tomorrow May Be Too LateEssay by Joe: From Beyond Press: Specific Knowledge: Jotham Austin, II, PhD on Transformations in FictionIt’s Science for WeirdosWant to support the show? Tell your friends. Follow us on social media, Discord, share the podcast, and let us know what topics you are excited about. Leave a Comment. And for email alerts sign-up for the Substack newsletter and never miss an episode, exciting updates or the bonus images we talk about on the episodes.We want to Hear From You (leave a comment):1) Have you or would you participate in a clinical trial?2) Do you think biohackers are bold pioneers pushing the boundaries of human potential, or walking lab safety violations? Where do you stand? Would you experiment on yourself?3) And the question we all need answered: Would YOU lick a rock for a superpower?Future EpisodesThree Part Spider-Man Series continues to get ready for the new MCU Spider-Man: Brand New DayEpisode 74 – Spider-Man Villain Series 2: Scorpion and the Other ChimerasGuest: Erin C. AnthonyEpisode 76 – Spider-Man Villain Series 3: What His Villains Reveal About HimGuest: Comic YouTuber, Alex Hanes (@Hanes4Heroes)Future Events to Hang with the Crew:Podcast Cross-AppearancesJoe on GoIndieNow: 21grams with Joe ComptonRHR Crew on This Podcast Will Change Your Life with Ben TanzerEvents & Conventions to hang with the Crew:Events & Conventions:Slay the Lake Chicago Pride Book Fest Soundgrowler Brewing Co., Tinley Park, IL 60487 (June 27, 2026 12PM-5PM)Shore Leave 46 - Lancaster, PA (July 10-12, 2026)Lancaster Wyndham Resort and Convention CenterDragon Con - Atlanta, GA (September 3-7, 2026) - Joe attending as ProfessionalFor more stuff (Images, Episode Highlights, Notes and Fun Facts, events, etc), subscribe to our Substack newsletter!Join Rabbit Hole of Research on Discord: https://discord.gg/2nnmKgguFVDon’t forget to give us 5 stars or a like! Get full access to The Rabbit Hole of Research at jothamaustin.substack.com/subscribe
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  • The Mini: Geoglyphs

    The Mini: Geoglyphs
    2026/06/17
    In Episode 71: The Mini, Joe, Nick, and Georgia recap Episode 70: Nazca Lines of Peru and Crop Circles featuring guest Lorena Salinas, Peruvian artist and owner of Jose’s Family Restaurant in Highland, Indiana. The crew reflects on the episode’s deeper theme, how culture shapes perspective, and how something small can change your entire relationship to a place.Joe follows up on a comment about fireflies Nick made in a previous Mini and shares some backyard conservation tips from the Xerces Society.Nick talks about a New York Times story about scientists connected to NASA and alien research who have gone missing or been found dead, and the crew talks through the fine line between correlation, causation, and conspiracy.In Science Holes, Joe covers three stories: spinach-derived photosynthetic machinery used as eye drops to treat dry-eye disease, AI and large language models improving brain-computer interfaces for patients with paralysis, and a new preprint on more precise CRISPR “base editing.” This spirals into DNA sequencing, fingerprints, and how your iris is more unique.The crew wraps with what media they are consuming, from the indie horror film Backrooms to T. Kingfisher’s Wolf Worm.Pre-Order: Touch of Noir 2027 Wall Calendar —12 months of all-original art by Jim and Georgia; pre-orders open now, with mailing expected in SeptemberJoe will be at the Slay the Lake —June 27th 3-8pm at SoundGrowler Brewery, Tinley Park, IL (This event will will benefit LGBT Books to Prisoners & Transgender Law Center)Check out what the RHR crew is creating:Joe:Named by the Guild Literary Complex as one of the 35 Writers to Watch!Red Line: Chicago Horror Stories Anthology featuring a new story by Joe!Joe’s Sci-fi physiological thriller Novel: Will You Still Love Me If I Become Someone Else?Essay by Joe: From Beyond Press: Specific Knowledge: Jotham Austin, II, PhD on Transformations in FictionFuture Events to Hang with the Crew:Podcast Cross-AppearancesJoe on GoIndieNow: 21grams with Joe ComptonThe RHR crew on Ben Tanzer's This podcast will change your life: episode three hundred seventy-nineEvents & Conventions:Slay the Lake — June 27th event at SoundGrowler Brewery, Tinley Park, ILShore Leave 46 - Lancaster, PA (July 10-12, 2026)Lancaster Wyndham Resort and Convention CenterDragon Con - Atlanta, GA (September 3-7, 2026) - Joe attending as ProfessionalUpcoming Episodes*The Mini will now be every other episode!Three Part Spider-Man Series to get ready for the new MCU Spider-Man: Brand New DayEpisode 72 – Spider-Man Villain Series 1: Lab SafetyGuest: Tera Lavoie, PhDEpisode 74 – Spider-Man Villain Series 2: Scorpion and the Other ChimerasGuest: Erin C. AnthonyEpisode 76 – Spider-Man Villain Series 3: What His Villains Reveal About HimGuest: Comic YouTuber, Alex Hanes (@Hanes4Heroes)It’s science for WeirdosWant to support the show? Tell your friends. Follow us on social media, Discord, share the podcast, and let us know what topics you are excited about. And to see all the content (studio images and artwork) subscribe to the Rabbit Hole of Research newsletter!Stay curious, stay speculative, stay safe, and we’ll catch you in the next Rabbit Hole. Love Y'all! Get full access to The Rabbit Hole of Research at jothamaustin.substack.com/subscribe
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  • Nazca Lines of Peru and Crop Circles

    Nazca Lines of Peru and Crop Circles
    2026/06/10
    In Episode 70 of Rabbit Hole of Research, Joe, Nick, Georgia, and Mary welcome special guest Lorena Salinas, Peruvian artist, architectural drafter, entrepreneur, and owner of Jose’s Family Restaurant in Highland, Indiana, to dig into one of archaeology’s greatest mysteries: the Nazca Lines of Peru.Lorena, born and raised in Peru, shares her unique cultural perspective and walks the crew through the Nazca geoglyphs, and explains why, as impressive as they are, why to Peruvians, the real engineering marvel isn’t what you can see from the air. It’s what’s underground. The puquios, ancient spiral aqueducts still functioning today, represent the Nazca people’s extraordinary engineering response to life in one of the driest places on Earth, a desert that sometimes sees only one rain a year.The crew explores the theories: ceremonial offerings to the gods, astronomical alignments, mathematical precision without modern tools, and the deeply human impulse to create something vast and beautiful that you’ll never fully see yourself. They push back on the alien narrative, not just because the science doesn’t support it, but because attributing ancient genius to extraterrestrials is, as Mary puts it, a way of not giving our ancestors the credit they deserve.From there the conversation shifts to crop circles; their emergence in 1970s England, the Doug and Dave confession of 1991, the 20% of formations that still don’t have a clean explanation, that a plank and a rope can produce.As always the crew dives down many rabbit holes including, Machu Picchu’s earthquake-proof stonework, the German mathematician who dedicated her life to protecting the lines, the Nazca civilization’s rise and collapse, Peruvian food and ritual, the word jerky, 3000 varieties of potato, and a Quechua farewell .Jose's Family Restaurant2934 Highway Ave, Highland, IN 46322 — the only Peruvian restaurant in Northwest IndianaCheck out what the RHR crew is creatingJoe:Named by the Guild Literary Complex as one of the 35 writers to watch!Red Line: Chicago Horror Stories Anthology featuring a story by Joe!Joe’s Sci-fi physiological thriller Novel: Will You Still Love Me If I Become Someone Else?Joe’s Rom-Com Novella: Tomorrow May Be Too LateEssay by Joe: From Beyond Press: Specific Knowledge: Jotham Austin, II, PhD on Transformations in FictionIt’s Science for WeirdosWant to support the show? Tell your friends. Follow us on social media, Discord, share the podcast, and let us know what topics you are excited about. Leave a Comment. And for email alerts sign-up for the Substack newsletter and never miss an episode, exciting updates or the bonus images we talk about on the episodes.We want to Hear From You (leave a comment):1) The crew landed on human ingenuity over aliens, but what's your take? Were the Nazca Lines ceremonial offerings, astronomical calendars, engineering blueprints, or something else entirely?2) The alien theory gets dismissed a lot, but as Nick points out, it's a hard idea to shake. What is it about unexplained ancient structures that makes us reach for extraterrestrial explanations, and what does that say about us?3) Lorena says that as a Peruvian living in the States, she sees herself as an ambassador for her culture. Is there a culture, heritage, or place you feel that kind of responsibility toward? How do you carry it with you?Future EpisodesThree Part Spider-Man Series to get ready for the new MCU Spider-Man: Brand New DayEpisode 72 – Spider-Man Villain Series 1: Lab SafetyGuest: Tera Lavoie, PhDEpisode 74 – Spider-Man Villain Series 2: Scorpion and the Other ChimerasGuest: Erin C. AnthonyEpisode 76 – Spider-Man Villain Series 3: What His Villains Reveal About HimGuest: Comic YouTuber, Alex Hanes (@Hanes4Heroes)Future Events to Hang with the Crew:Podcast Cross-AppearancesJoe on GoIndieNow: 21grams with Joe ComptonRHR Crew on This Podcast Will Change Your Life with Ben TanzerEvents & Conventions to hang with the Crew:Events & Conventions:Highland, IN Arts Walk — Saturday June 13th, 11am–2pm; Georgia will be at Fuzzyline BrewerySlay the Lake Chicago Pride Book Fest Soundgrowler Brewing Co., Tinley Park, IL 60487 (June 27, 2026 12PM-5PM)Shore Leave 46 - Lancaster, PA (July 10-12, 2026)Lancaster Wyndham Resort and Convention CenterDragon Con - Atlanta, GA (September 3-7, 2026) - Joe attending as ProfessionalFor more stuff (Images, Episode Highlights, Notes and Fun Facts, events, etc), subscribe to our Substack newsletter!Join Rabbit Hole of Research on Discord: https://discord.gg/2nnmKgguFVDon’t forget to give us 5 stars or a like! Get full access to The Rabbit Hole of Research at jothamaustin.substack.com/subscribe
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