A Spot of Science — Season 1, Episode 4: Why Your Body Jerks When Falling Asleep
Comedy, Talk • 14 min • 1 season, 12 episodes • ★ 6.0/10
Episode synopsis
Why does your body jerk when you're just about to fall asleep? And the beetle that shoots it's enemies with acid from its butt. How does it not blow its own legs off? Gus Sorola challenges Chris Demarais and evolutionary biologist Sally Le Page with some of the quirkiest science questions submitted by viewers.
About A Spot of Science
Viewers ask their craziest science questions, then it’s up to Gus Sorola and Chris Demarais to match wits with evolutionary biologist Sally Le Page in search of an answer. No science theory is too dumb, but someone on this panel probably is. (It's Chris.)
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Sexy Animals and The Science of Attraction
- E2Planet of the Apes Isn't Fiction
- E3Life According To A Fly
- E5The Second Brain in Your Body
- E6Human Mad Cow Disease
- E7Does Shaving Really Make Your Hair Grow Faster?
- E8Spicy Food Euphoria and Animal Accents
- E9Outer Space Does Your Body Bad
- E10Scorpion Killers in the Wild
- E11Crazy Cat Ladies
- E12Reproductive Systems, Who does it best? Humans or Animals?