7 Scientific Discoveries Made by... Licking Stuff?

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Can scientists actually make discoveries by licking things? Believe it or not, they can. Join Hank Green and learn the surprising amount of discoveries made by scientists....and their tongues.
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@sunsetsynth 4 года назад

Remember, the only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.

@geraldfrost4710 4 года назад

So commenting like this is science? (asking for a friend)

@luddity 4 года назад

And measuring accurately.

@carters.4652 4 года назад

Isnt that a mythbusters reference?

@BayrischerKerl 4 года назад

@@carters.4652 yes, yes it is

@CallMeMimi27 3 года назад

Its not a fetish! When you are a scientist its called an area of interest!

@trentrubenacker9718 5 лет назад

"Don't lick the science!" "I have five senses. The 4 I've tried so far aren't cutting it!"

@shadowlynxv6082 3 года назад

I really want to lick the science. Want to join me?

@cookeymonster83 3 года назад

I much prefer to feel the science

@zeynabuthman639 3 года назад

@@shadowlynxv6082 I’m down.

@Reno_Slim 3 года назад

Scientists won't quit until the mystery's licked.

@patsprehe4538 3 года назад

"Don't lick the science!" should be a SciShow t-shirt.

@kulrigalestout 4 года назад

You know that kid in elementary school who ate glue, even though the teachers told him not to? He's probably a geologist now.

@Whatevsbabes 4 года назад

I used to regularly eat glue. If the glue stick wasn’t even after use, I would use the lid to scrape off the top. Bon a petite if you ask me.

@wafflegamer2647 3 года назад

The glue stick's flavour is a quite mildly sweet taste.

@shadowlynxv6082 3 года назад

Ugh. Why and what is the use for geology.

@Alsry1 3 года назад

ShadowLynx V foundation architecture, material sciences, mineral extraction, etc. basically without geology you wouldn’t have any materials that come from the earth.

@shadowlynxv6082 3 года назад

kaiqi yang. U would but it would be hard to find it again. Also were there any major discoveries in geology or do they know everything there is to know except what exactly is in the center of the earth.

@TrueMegaManiac 5 лет назад

I'm reminded of Skyrim's alchemy system now. "What does this do?" >Licks it *Lingering Damage Health* *Invisibility* *Fear* *Paralysis* _Alchemy 100_

@AniMaria1014 4 года назад

This made my day XD

@Thanathos1991 4 года назад

I'm an alchemist mage and I STILL can't eat one root to identify it, cause my health is so low that it kills me instantly! D=

@omegametroyd 4 года назад

intriguing, but highly disturbing

@hoddtoward5220 3 года назад

You don't just lick it in game, you devour it whole

@monmaker 2 года назад

@@hoddtoward5220 Mmm, Giant Toe

@Magmafrost13 5 лет назад

I love listening to Hank just mercilessly mock these people and their awful lab practices

@lucasbeck1391 5 лет назад

Eventually we will hear of some moron who discovered that x chemical turns acidic when it comes into contact with saliva Or we wont because his tongue will be gone so he would probably be dead

@arthas640 5 лет назад

"I'm sorry Hank, but how many elements have _you_ discovered?" - Carle Sheele's ghost, probably

@frozenlettuce293 5 лет назад

Well...I mean the only difference between science and goofing off is that you record the results

@leah-marie1241 5 лет назад

@@frozenlettuce293 Perfect definition

@aftersexhighfives 5 лет назад

SMOKING in the lab??!! I startled the lady next to me laughing. She wasn't interested in what was funny.

@adamgray9212 5 лет назад

*licks one of the most toxic substances in the world* "Hmm, slight tingling sensation"

@IT_RUN1 3 года назад

🤤🤣🤣🤣

@hh9150 2 года назад

"...I must write that down"

@monroerobbins7551 2 года назад

I’m just glad they didn’t try to put it on their bodies. I’ve seen too many articles about people putting their genitals into beehives, putting alligators down their trousers, putting menthol ointment on their genitals, etcetera etcetera.

@DesertDog Год назад

@@monroerobbins7551 how small of an alligator is that?

@J.A.huscher Год назад

@@DesertDog the whole thing

@leifharmsen 4 года назад

You missed stainless steel. After discarding random new experimental alloys into a rusting pile of them one remained shiny so stood out. A casual lick test proved it to have no metalic flavour like all the other alloys did.... which meant it didn't tarnish and remains the perfect thing for making cutlery! Sometimes it is best to be tasteless.

@SaebriSelect Год назад

instead of Stainless Steel, i will now refer to it as Tasteless Steel.

@n3v3rg01ngback 4 года назад

Diabetes mellitus: so named for the honey-like taste of the patient’s urine. Yes, medieval urinalyses involved tasting pee.

@Reth_Hard 4 года назад

That's how I discovered my girlfriend began to have her periods... 😋

@EvilTwinRC51 4 года назад

They noticed that ants were attracted to the area’s that people had urinated on.

@adoptdontshop3911 4 года назад

@@Reth_Hard hol up

@justinl2009 4 года назад

Just fill a beer mug with em and pass it off as a new custom brew.

@eyemoisturizer 4 года назад

Reth Tard AAAAAAAA

@gabriel300010 5 лет назад

rule number 1 of science: do NOT lick the science rule number 1 of geology: ALWAYS lick the science (thats how you find how scientific it is)

@madzod0076 4 года назад

I can confirm the licking/geology thing. In uni, I took a few geologist classes. During a test we had to identify rocks, tasting them really helped.

@luddity 4 года назад

@@madzod0076 Particularly the Halide

@alex-fs9yt 4 года назад

Lol

@shadowlynxv6082 3 года назад

Why does one need to taste the rocks and what is the use for geology

@cookeymonster83 3 года назад

@@shadowlynxv6082 lots of rocks look really similar but have difference mineral compositions. Different minerals often have different tastes and know what minerals are present can tell you the geological processes that made that rock, which in turn can tell you how an entire landscape was formed and how it will erode.

@agentmothman5343 5 лет назад

Archaeologists also do the 'lick test'. I was on an excavation in my second year of university and a fellow student thought they'd found a piece of animal bone. We all crowded around because it was the first exciting find, and to everyone's horror... You guessed it, our professor licked it and said "Yep, it's bone", with a smile. I've seen her tasting soil too, because we need to find the exact texture and composition of the soil we find an artefact in, and tasting it is a quick and easy way to figure out the texture (or so I'm told).

@marween4047 4 года назад

EAT THE PREHISTORIC BONES

@krisostomoyabarrera2255 4 года назад

That's an easy way to get a parasite

@hajarmdn4883 4 года назад

@@krisostomoyabarrera2255 and that's why before you go on an excavation mission, you are sometimes required to get a bunch of vaccines.

@hajarmdn4883 4 года назад

Yes yes yes. Just had my first excavation last summer and our professor licked the soil so many times. I was horrified at first. But it is seriously hilarious everytime I think about it. What University do you go to? I'm just starting and I want to meet archeology students from around the world

@kipechawolfeortiz8791 4 года назад

I love your pfp

@jemmascott5559 5 лет назад

This is one of those videos you see on your feed, speed read the title, continue scrolling, hesitate, scroll back up and finally let your curiosity take control.

@micahphilson 5 лет назад

10:11 "How was your day at work, honey?" *"Oh, you know, licking 2 and a half **_BILLION_** year old primordial water.* The usual."

@justinl2009 4 года назад

"Well, you are a scientist after all. Primordial stuff is the norm." " *Yeah but you don't see Alan chomping on Therazinosaurus fossils now do ya?* "

@alex-fs9yt 4 года назад

That lady is a legend

@DogDogGodFog 4 года назад

@@monke811 Water evaporates.

@jonathanellis8737 3 года назад

@@monke811 When you burn hydrogen, you get water. So no, not all water is old.

@shadowlynxv6082 3 года назад

How that scientist orders fast food a work. I want some pterodactyl wings with buffalo sauce with primordial water.

@ZeoViolet 5 лет назад

"And suddenly, artificial sweetener! And also, _smoking in the lab_ !" I don't know why, but the way he said this had me in a serious giggle fit. XD

@alex-fs9yt 4 года назад

Lol same

@thegreenvibe9958 3 года назад

I was looking for this comment

@miabobeea2644 3 года назад

An old mentor of mine once told me about a (no longer used) procedure for working with hydrogen cyanide. To see if it had escaped containment, the scientist was instructed to chain-smoke for the duration of the procedure, and to evacuate the lab if their cigarette started tasting bitter.

@eadgbefreak 2 года назад

He never said...it was tobacco....let that sink in.

@ZeoViolet 2 года назад

@@eadgbefreak Bone up on older-fashioned forms of smoking and facial hair styles that would create loose tobacco caught in beards and moustaches, and let that sink in for what else could possibly be around his mouth. You could say weed, but for the lab that odor is too distinct for that time and era, pal, and get a grad student in major hot water. Let that sink in, kiddo.

@evannewman5489 5 лет назад

Teacher: why are licking your desk. Me: I got 7 reasons for you.

@JavierFernandez01 5 лет назад

Science!

@paulpablopaolo9065 2 года назад

For approximately 50 years I have watched Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and I’ve always wondered why Yukon Cornelius would lick his pick axe, and now I finally know! Thanks Hank! 😁👍

@damyenhockman5440 4 года назад

"Don't lick the science!" I hate that a sentence like that is necessary. Why can't science be lick safe?

@azureaviantoo2352 4 года назад

I want this on a shirt.

@WhiterainXxX 4 года назад

Because licking the science is actually pretty handy sometimes. Licking the lab rocks was expected in my college geology class. Easiest way to identify the salt crystal. Though safety is important. We often used a very diluted hydrochloric acid on the same rocks. It is also salty. The tip of my tongue was numb the rest of the day. Did that stop me from tasting the science? Nope, but I was much better about washing them before hand.

@kanade55 4 года назад

Well if you lick some uranium 😳

@shadowlynxv6082 3 года назад

Because science be too kool to be licked by hoomans

@blackbeardteach1193 5 лет назад

Wash my hands?! And miss out on my chance to discover the newest strain of e coli??? *I THINK NOT!*

@knodalishell5636 4 года назад

BuffaloHam almond extract? it doesn’t taste like it!

@blackbeardteach1193 4 года назад

Should I edit my comment to say Corona virus instead?🥺

@knodalishell5636 4 года назад

blackbeard teach no no no thank you i don’t think we need a new strain of coronavirus, we’re good with the ones we’ve got...

@blackbeardteach1193 4 года назад

@@knodalishell5636 hahaha noted.🤣

@evanrigel954 5 лет назад

considering one of the top students in my GCSE science classes would continually ask "is it edible?" every time a new compound was mentioned, I'm really not surprised. it seems it is human nature to lick things

@dontknowdontcare1934 5 лет назад

It actually is

@moosemaimer 5 лет назад

"Oh, this is _awful,_ have some. No really, it's the worst, try it."

@NameHierEinfuegen 5 лет назад

@@moosemaimer Literally me when we went to a potassium salt mine while I was at university :P

@benjaminolsson2162 5 лет назад

My chemistry teacher told us that everything is edible. But some things you can only eat once.

@LulitaInPita 5 лет назад

@@benjaminolsson2162 that's a stroke of genius

@aliaduamni2492 4 года назад

As my professor always said, the difference between soil scientists and geologists is that soil scientists would NEVER lick their samples, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT'S IN THEM

@sam4330 4 года назад

"tasted everything on his lab bench" This is very bad. And also why ADHD scientists are needed.

@terryenby2304 4 года назад

Sam S and auties 😅 I ate all my stationary at school... I’m the reason non toxic glue and crayons are essential 🤣

@BooksandBuns 4 года назад

We need neurodiverse scientists who think outside the box. If only outside the box wasn't so potentially toxic & dangerous

@cobalius 4 года назад

sudden adhd comment, instant like xD

@LordKhuzdul 4 года назад

That's the field of chemistry for you. There is a very good reason chemists on average tend to have shorter lifespans compared to other scientists, even with all modern safety equipment and standards.

@ppeater2552 4 года назад

Ya know we with adhd would do good I think

@crovax1375 5 лет назад

This has inspired me to lick all of the rocks in my yard! Edit: All of the rocks in my yard do not taste good.

@markschwartz1565 5 лет назад

crovax 13, But some of them do, right?

@kittenpeachyos4278 5 лет назад

😂

@dumbledoor9293 4 года назад

You are just doing it wrong. Try again, and this time more thorough. 👍

@thenno4538 4 года назад

I lick one brown rock my mom say it was cat poo

@sneepsnorp1404 4 года назад

You're doing gods work.

@gunnarherzog5538 5 лет назад

Fun fact: 8:35 Prussian Blue, whilst originally used as a Pigment for painting and as a dye, it is nowadays also featured on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, along such juggernauts as Morphine, Aspirin, Paracetamol and Epinephrine. It is used as a treatment for ingesting certain toxic heavy metals, like Thallium.

@LaineyBug2020 5 лет назад

Lol, I came to the comments just to see if anyone else knew that!

@nephicus339 4 года назад

ah, but who licked the thallium and then the prussian blue to discover this cure?

@melissaharris3890 3 года назад

This might kill me. But idk. I'll eat it just to be sure I won't die

@orchdork775 2 года назад

Omg, that is so cool! Imagine how beautiful your poop and pee would be after getting that treatment 😂

@bellezavudd 2 года назад

@@orchdork775 Yes very Bluetiful . 💙

@NothingButGiggles 5 лет назад

“It’s always grad students!” I about died laughing (Is a grad student)

@kormagogthedestroyer Год назад

I’m surprised you didn’t mention sucralose as one of the artificial sweeteners. It was discovered by researchers testing derivatives of sucrose, when one of the researchers asked the other to “test the substance”. The other researcher thought he said “taste the substance” and tasted it, finding it extremely sweet.

@dimaminiailo3723 Год назад

yeah I thought about it first

@chrisalan5610 5 лет назад

Normal Person: "bet you won't eat industrial chemicals with unknown toxicity." Research Scientist: "Hold my charts."

@JollyJustice 4 года назад

Chris Alan you need more likes for this xDD

@shadowlynxv6082 3 года назад

Same

@_LinusVanPelt 2 года назад

lol

@petalmagic8391 5 лет назад

Don't lick the blue salt. A legitimate Chemistry yearbook quote from High School.

@siyacer 4 года назад

@Afra The Cat Girl shut up

@Cianuro26 4 года назад

"Why so many grad students are licking potentially poisonous materials", you ask? Cause we grad students are desperate to get results... and some do not fear death... only fruitless research! :S

@luddity 4 года назад

low risk = low reward

@shadowlynxv6082 3 года назад

I want them to teach me to never fear death for science. Also, this rock tastes weird

@zimmercj 4 года назад

"Don't lick the science!" needs to be on a shirt.

@alyssa34567 3 года назад

Here you go: teespring.com/don-t-lick-the-science?pid=658&cid=102908

@inpinksuit Год назад

@@alyssa34567 nice

@jacobdobbins5443 Год назад

Has the same vibe as "do not the cat"

@Totema1 5 лет назад

> Trying to synthesize medication > Smoking in the laboratory at the same time The 30s were a different time.

@kayleemiddlebrook5082 5 лет назад

I think Hank almost had an aneurysm while making this episode.

@Kickilia 4 года назад

Hank, your outrage at the licking is absolutely fabulous! I had a fellow student bring a water bottle into our microbiology lab; let's just summarize with that the TA went ballistic. Thank you all for a very nice episode!

@sageexotics1589 5 лет назад

“It’s probably not the best way to explore the world, licking things” My gecko would disagree. You get a thousand points if you understand that.

@luddity 4 года назад

Babies learn a lot about the world by putting as much of it in their mouths as they possibly can.

@Garbagejuicewaterfall 4 года назад

My geckos are down to 👅

@Leleanor8 5 лет назад

I need a T-shirt that says "Do Not Lick The Science!"

@that1nerdyblackgirl736 5 лет назад

Agreed

@TURBOMIKEIFY 4 года назад

I need a Science that says "Don't lick the T-shirt."

@shadowlynxv6082 3 года назад

Michael Turner-Smith a, what?!?! In this context. What is a science.

@ShatterPalm 5 лет назад

As a guy with a geology degree I can say from experience that Sylvite tastes REALLY weird. I actually kinda like it XD

@stormisuedonym4599 4 года назад

@@swirlingabyss He could, sure.

@MegaAnonymoussupport 4 года назад

@@swirlingabyss studies say salty with a distinct bitterness. So I like to imagine it tastes like salty coffee or something similar

@Target83916 4 года назад

@@MegaAnonymoussupport Having licked the sylvite (working on undergrad in geology), it isn't a coffee bitterness, it is a hard to describe muted bitterness.

@cookie856 4 года назад

@@swirlingabyss It's hard, actually. Just know that sylvite has a unique tast hard to dedcribe. Probably nobody would agree with me, but «like you drink sea water after eating sand».

@echognomecal6742 Год назад

So, I guess the snacks at your parties really rock *ba-dun-tssss!

@quaver2565 4 года назад

"how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop" :) "I don't care" :(

@cedricbani8691 5 лет назад

Thank you so much for this amazing show. No one makes me laugh this much while also being extremely informative.

@rubbers3 5 лет назад

@7:34 - I can confirm, geologist do lick rocks. I had 1 semester of Geology, and apart from normal descriptions like colour, texture, structure, grain size etc, one of the tests was a lick test. You just had to be careful to do it before the acid test, or at the very least choose a spot where you didn't pour hydrochloric acid.

@randomuser5443 5 лет назад

Your girlfriend likes you at parties

@NameHierEinfuegen 5 лет назад

Geologists know when licking is appropriate ;)

@nickparr8524 5 лет назад

rubber3 for sure aye. Probs the best way ive ever known to work out the difference between a siltstone and mudstone (geos dont get mad that i didnt say claystone or whatever). Works better than chewing a rock, get less grit in your mouth

@meyricktablizo8471 5 лет назад

I tried to lick coal during my first semester in Geology cause I thought it was mudstone.

@miekekuppen9275 5 лет назад

Licking the spot where you poured the acid really wasn´t much of a problem either, at least at the dilution we used.

@tttITA10 5 лет назад

The most common discovery of this kind must be like "oh, that's toxic".

@teamsarcasm-redacted2032 5 лет назад

And suddenly, DEATH

@literallyglados 5 лет назад

Ah, that's hot

@nurlindafsihotang49 5 лет назад

"Ooooo, zat iz tozisss"(tounge being swelling)

@nancyallen603 Год назад

Your ability to engage people combined with your sense of humor are greatly appreciated. Making learning fun makes it so much better. Not just for kids either, because I am 65 years old and I've learned alot from everyone on this channel. Thank you to everyone involved !!

@spidernoob64 4 года назад

Scientist: Imma lick this. *Discoveres something Scientist: Woah

@Garbagejuicewaterfall 4 года назад

Licks 👅 ........ *looks up at the other scientists with a nod of confirmation*

@taitano12 5 лет назад

"DO NOT LICK THE SCIENCE" should be a bumper sticker.

@sana__6 5 лет назад

in all fairness though, isn't it sometimes said that the reason young kids put stuff in their mouths so often is that they're trying to learn about their environment that way? if so, i guess there's some biological instinct to determine some measure of chemical properties that way via our chemical senses, even if our collective knowledge says otherwise

@GoldSrc_ 5 лет назад

Little kids are all scientists, whether is putting random things into their mouth or making a mess, I see those things as experiments. But then you have the parents who get mad when that happens, and their curiosity most of the time dies, sad.

@Strawberry92fs 5 лет назад

It's a base animal thing, dexterous hands evolved long after dexterous mouths and tongues. Hell, putting stuff in the mouth is the primary way many animals have of manipulating or learning about a thing

@coldmossonarock7743 5 лет назад

That or they end up becomming little brats that enjoy braking things for the sake of it even long past their childhood

@sam4330 4 года назад

"It's not that children are small scientists, but that scientists are big children" - scientists are the children who never stopped exploring :) (Not sure if 100% correctly quoted, but something like that was in one of the books I read for developmental psychology.)

@yellowcactustvz4929 4 года назад

@CosmicToaster25 4 года назад

“Do not lick the science!” - Great advice from Hank Green

@taylordansmith 5 лет назад

"also... Smoking in the lab!" haha! Hank you are awesome sir. Definitely would love to see you on more!

@glenngriffon8032 5 лет назад

moral of the story: Science, it's finger lickin' good.

@barkingmad50 5 лет назад

THAT should be the t-shirt/coffee mug/bumper sticker!

@micahphilson 5 лет назад

1:30 Good idea. After having licked every single thing around following the trail of sweetness, *now* you should definitely worry about if it's safe! How many artificial sweeteners were discovered, but then they realized they were toxic immediately, so we never heard about them?

@rich1051414 5 лет назад

I am suspicious of all artifical sweeteners since SO MANY have eventually been found to be toxic, and we only have new artificial sweeteners left that haven't been subjected to such time.

@SysterYster 5 лет назад

@@rich1051414 I totally agree. I avoid them at all costs. Many of them give the same symptoms as cirrhosis if you eat too much of it anyway. So nope nope nope.

@jakexd5524 5 лет назад

Richard Smith artificial sweeteners are actually quite safe.

@SysterYster 5 лет назад

@@jakexd5524 They don't actually know that. They use mostly new ones and they haven't been tested in the long run. Also, why do people who drink lots of those sweetened things get livers like alcoholics? I won't put weird substances in my body if I can choose.

@jakexd5524 5 лет назад

Syster Yster en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame?wprov=sfti1 It says clearly that aspertane doesn’t cause cancer, and is recognized as safe for consumption in more that 90 countries. All artificial sweeteners, preservatives, and other additives have to go through lots of testing to insure that they are safe. People think MSG is bad for you, when it is completely safe and adds a ton of flavour to many dishes. It’s like the salt and pepper of Asia.

@artificialidiot1654 5 лет назад

I have multiple 1. Tastes of all food 2. Tastes of most liquids 3. Tastes of every object

@michaelfixedsys7463 4 года назад

Hank being heavily dissatisfied with these people's subpar lab practices is incredible

@jeremyheminger6882 5 лет назад

You forgot Albert Hofmann accidentally discovering the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide number 25 .

@Satan666Official 4 года назад

I was thinking the same thing! Such a fun story lol

@HungNguyen-pf8zm 4 года назад

LSD?

@azz75sl 4 года назад

Hung Nguyen yes

@azz75sl 4 года назад

He didn’t lick it though. A small amount was absorbed through his skin and to confirm that the lsd was the cause of the psychedelic effects he doses himself.

@theblackpeark 4 года назад

@@azz75sl sooo.. how did he dose himself?

@johnpossum556 5 лет назад

This is also Cody's Lab standard operating proceedure.

@haiderabdaldaim 5 лет назад

This comment is underrated 😂😂😂

@Poppacap79 5 лет назад

Geologist, makes sense.

@micahphilson 5 лет назад

According to his rules, make sure not to wear gloves, unless you're doing math or drinking cyanide. They're worth wearing while working with nitroglycerin or enriched uranium, but you know how it be.

@JustNatax3 5 лет назад

I'm dead lmao

@arthas640 5 лет назад

my grandpa was a geologist and the dude smoked asbestos cigarettes, gave his kids uranium ore, gave my dad a gun when he was about 6 (not a BB gun, like an actual .22). Geologists are the cowboys of the science world.

@PushyPawn 5 лет назад

Made my dog watch this 3 times, even with dog-titles... yet, he continues to lick everything! :-P

@manoskallis3366 5 лет назад

Love the way you present these discoveries

@markiangooley 5 лет назад

Missed one: “Sucralose was discovered in 1976 by scientists from Tate & Lyle, working with researchers Leslie Hough and Shashikant Phadnis at Queen Elizabeth College (now part of King's College London). While researching ways to use sucrose and its synthetic derivatives for industrial use, Phadnis was told to "test" a chlorinated sugar compound. Phadnis thought Hough asked him to "taste" it, so he did. He found the compound to be exceptionally sweet.”

@dreyfusslugado 5 лет назад

"DO NOT LICK THE SCIENCE!" could be a sticker that you sell.

@SkoomaDoo 4 года назад

One you ironically have to lick

@gracehuvvy8781 4 года назад

Carl Wilhelm sounds cool! Not only did he survive eating poisonous chemicals MULTIPLE times, he was concerned with making sure his collaborators got credit too.

@alex-fs9yt 4 года назад

No one: Grad student: hm lets lick this bird

@Master_Therion 5 лет назад

I've discovered many things from watching SciShow. I always give their videos a lick.

@why3285 4 года назад

This comment deserves more licks

@danny4532 5 лет назад

How did LSD not make it on this list?

@askingforalyssa871 5 лет назад

I'm pretty sure Albert Hoffman wasn't licking his fingers when he spilled some of the liquid goddess on himself.

@TheBackyardChemist 5 лет назад

The dose required for that is so low, that he absorbed enough though his skin to send him trippin balls. Crazy stuff!

@randomuser5443 5 лет назад

He got it on his hand

@zachwalker7791 5 лет назад

The man drank it because he got some on his hand then decided to try a large dose

@danny4532 5 лет назад

I thought I read he licked his fingers somewhere, but you guys are right, just looked it up. Hoffman absorbed it through his skin and decided, much like the scientists in this video, to take some more...for science! He ended up taking a pretty solid dose of 250 micrograms and rode his bike home trippin balls. What a legend!

@Lislio 5 лет назад

last year in my chemistry class, someone always asked how things tasted, he would even sneak in a taste of random chemicals when the teacher wasnt watching

@paulwhalen2769 5 лет назад

You guys forgot about Ascanio Sobrero, who after synthesizing nitroglycerin for the first time decided to taste it. He noted that it had a sweet taste and gave him a terrible headache, which led others to deduce that it was actually a vasodilator which led to its use as a treatment for the onset of a heart attack.

@CroomTM 5 лет назад

For an episode about taste Hank seems really SALTY about these discoveries!

@zeppie_ 5 лет назад

*God dammit Connor, stop licking the evidence!*

@realcolataste97 5 лет назад

Zeppelans lol

@baranorak4080 5 лет назад

Zeppelans whew, I'm not the only one who immediately thought of that

@josephtaub20 5 лет назад

The purpose of the pancreas was discovered by a researcher who removed the pancreas from dogs....and noticed they died. He also noticed that ants were congregating at yellow wet spots in the dog cages, so he tasted it (urine) and it was sweet, like sugar: excess sugar: insulin production. Also, ancient doctors would taste urine to diagnose their patients.

@Stars11222 5 лет назад

Oh Connor your disgusting...

@katiekane5247 5 лет назад

@@josephtaub20 weird but true. Smells can lead to diagnoses too. Blood in poop smells distinctive despite the species. Better than licking it for sure!

@flibbernodgets7018 5 лет назад

Look up the "can you lick the science" chart I found on Pinterest. My favorite is physics "Wha..., HOW?!?" And astronomy. "Look, if your desire to lick Uranus results in advances in space travel, go for it"

@DemonFox369 4 года назад

This makes me realize how weird it is that scientists are generally limited to sight for their experiments and observations. We have touch, smell, hearing, and taste, yet sight is what science relies on.

@xck 5 лет назад

How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop? I DON’T CARE -hank

@barkingmad50 5 лет назад

Archaeologists are notorious for licking bits of unknown stuff which shows up while screening. Is it stone? Pottery? Really hard soil? - Pop it in your mouth & you're sure to find out, not only what it is, but also what kind of 'it' it is. What? You think Archaeologists are afraid of a little dirt? Baa! They're the cowboys, (& cowgirls), of science.

@smapa1185 5 лет назад

Coyboys

@barkingmad50 5 лет назад

@@smapa1185 Haha - caught me. Thanks. (Edit time.)

@the_algorithm 5 лет назад

We were taught the bone lick test in class and in field classes it was used extensively. I still use it.

@caselimor 4 года назад

I immediately thought of geology when you said "Don't lick the science."

@catduck5935 Год назад

I absolutely love Hank's mannerisms

@OtakuUnitedStudio 5 лет назад

Yeah, "debatable" is an understatement. Sodium cyclamate has been in use in Europe as the preferred artificial sweetener since the 1960's with no recordable increase in cancer rates per capita that can be even circumstantially linked. And the lab that concluded it causes bladder cancer? Paid for by a sugar refinery.

@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat 5 лет назад

Well, there's one artificial sweetener that's probably ok.

@cloudya28 5 лет назад

Also, the lab rats used in the study were probably highly inbred and prone to bladder cancer regardless of the exposure. It’s a problem that plagues any experiment with lab animals.

@dcarbs2979 4 года назад

A fine example of: Be scepticle of the results due to who paid for the research.

@InstrucTube 5 лет назад

The look on your face at "Smoking in the lab!" made me laugh. 2:24 I believe. Also I think we may need some "Do Not Lick The Science!" shirts now...

@maryrosekent8223 2 года назад

I love this channel because I find science fascinating but mostly don’t understand it, so this helps me learn all kinds of groovy stuff...like what happens when you lick rocks (your experiences may vary)...

@francescamele8077 5 лет назад

LOVED this episode, thanks so much for it!!

@JokesInBase13 5 лет назад

When will a "Don't lick the Science" coffee mug be available at dftba.com?

@BuddyL 5 лет назад

👅 Science!! Who knew the "baby technique" of licking everything would be such a crucial method of research?🔬

@aprilrhoden116 5 лет назад

Babies.

@elaineb7065 5 лет назад

And sharks

@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself 5 лет назад

Taste and smell are under-rated senses in science for sure. Probably because they are so intimate.

@geckoo9190 5 лет назад

Actually I developed a method to map a stuary salinity, but they refused to give me credit because they said that sipping water is not a method.

@rachelwoodcraft3783 5 лет назад

I feel like my chemistry teacher should have realised I would end up a scientist when she learned to finish the intro to each of our experiments with, "Rachel, don't ask anyone to eat this!"

@inervizionz 4 года назад

I want some "Don't lick the science" merch! XD

@mysterC58 5 лет назад

I doubt the lab was the only place they left without washing their hands

@Call-me-Al 5 лет назад

"A gentleman's hands are never dirty"?

@tomwestman1 5 лет назад

My dogs a good scientist

@mollsgreys5827 4 года назад

The best scientist. A good boy/Girl

@BooksandBuns 4 года назад

So's my bunny. He really likes to study me & my family, it seems

@shadowlynxv6082 3 года назад

Where can I find his lab notebook

@elongatedcarp6309 Год назад

I love the voice crack at the beginning! Dude is so real he didn't even bother doing it again, he said "that's what happened so that's what we're going with"

@kourii 4 года назад

'Smoking in the lab!' had me rolling

@mattmullett9521 5 лет назад

I was smoking in the lab, late one night, when my tongue tasted a sweet bite

@LulitaInPita 5 лет назад

Nice poem

@kobi3047 5 лет назад

I tried licking a nintendo switch cartridge...am i a scientist now?

@killapicklepiratepanda7373 5 лет назад

Lol

@chevychase3103 5 лет назад

Yes you are now called professor Kobi!

@JavierFernandez01 5 лет назад

You're practically an astronaut.

@Bacopa68 5 лет назад

Wasn't there a sci show segment a few weeks ago on that super bitter stuff? Didn't Hank say Nintendo put it in their controllers without telling anyone and then people complained?

@matthewzuelke6721 5 лет назад

Only if it had an unusually delicious flavor

@bird2034 4 года назад

I deadass want to be that guy who confuses “test this substance” with “taste this substance” I will eat a rock

@AqueousBoy 4 года назад

I assumed LSD was going to be on this list, as it’s one of the most famous cases of scientific discovery through accidental ingestion.

@ogopogo83 5 лет назад

Hank’s about to pop at the seams talking about all this unsafe science xD

@broskydoodle6697 5 лет назад

Sadly, many have contracted ligma in the process

@joshuanorman2 5 лет назад

Rip

@matteussilvestre8583 5 лет назад

Ripma b-- actually, don't.

@jikenart985 5 лет назад

What's ligma?

@TheFallingFlamingo 5 лет назад

@@jikenart985 ligma balls

@DevCasey 5 лет назад

But have you heard of bofa

@smolsand 2 года назад

My nutrition professor in collage was on the FDA committee that approved aspartame. He said it was one of the biggest regrets in his life.

@groovymovie3213 2 года назад

The lady who drank the old water is quite literally doing what people do at the beginning of Horror movies

@RangerRuby 5 лет назад

When I saw this title I was so worried for all the scientists who licked all the things mentioned in this video, but when a lot of these were food some of that stress was licked away with relief. ( I am so sorry for that )

@hotpockets2224 5 лет назад

who says "licked away" i dont get it sounds stupid

@daisshitpostclub1239 5 лет назад

Cyanide isn’t good though...

@andysampson2506 5 лет назад

Last spring I actually hosted a scientific talk for my science presentation class on artificial sweeteners and yes, I did include the first three stories in this video!

@NikitaSamourai 4 года назад

I love hank's exasperation to poor lab safety behaviours. Reminds me of a few chemistry teachers i had x)

@NikitaSamourai 4 года назад

"A grad student- IT'S ALWAYS GRAD STUDENTS !"

@fkninmatt 3 года назад

I laughed through nearly the whole video. Thank you.

@evaristegalois6282 5 лет назад

Level 1 *Discover something* Level 100 *Discover something by licking things* *_That’s how _**_-Mafia-_**_ science works_*

@dontknowdontcare1934 5 лет назад

You really forced that meme here dont lie

@LazyLifeIFreak 5 лет назад

God how I hate that stupid meme. Its not even funny.

@pandorasflame7742 5 лет назад

Just because Slazo brought it up doesn't make it funny.

@TheShizzlemop 5 лет назад

@@LazyLifeIFreak its not a meme, that really IS how mafia works.

@KillChaos7 5 лет назад

i found lies by licking dudes....

@c_and_l 5 лет назад

As a geologist I was waiting FAR TOO LONG for this mention in the video. Also one of my professors licked samples in the field because it's a good way to tell grain size in sedimentary rocks.

@CarlosRodriguez-dd4sb 2 года назад

There was a a certain 'wildness' to science in recent history. I remember some of my chem instructors who were missing fingertips, eyes, etc. Heck, washing your hands in Benzene was still a thing when I was in school.

@Euroflounder 4 года назад

Lol my high school chemistry teacher actually taught us to taste any new chemical we found, but *carefully*.

@shadowlynxv6082 3 года назад

How does one taste the chemicals “carefully”??????

@iartistdotme 5 лет назад

Question: Why isn't the extremely sweet and obviously non-poisonous plant Stevia used for a sweetener more widely? ALSO: I remember reading that before the giant squid was found alive, one of the scientists that was looking for it tasted a piece of meat that another scientist had taken from a tentacle of a dead giant squid which he had frozen for research. Evidently the men were sitting around discussing the chemical makeup of the squid and decided to try some. They reported is was like strong urine. YUM!

@jessephillips1233 5 лет назад

"A young boy puts a feather into his mouth." this is the opening line from a really odd cyberpunk novel by the author Jeff Noon called; Vurt. Couldn't help but think of this - if your int cyber punk you all should read it. It's like cyberpunk on drugs.

@bobsteinike7384 11 месяцев назад

I love your presentation on every video you make. I always enjoy the video. And you present your ideas so that i can understand. Them. This is a great way to continue learning while i am retired. I look forward to them every day. THANK YOU!!!