For the second part of our Retinol episode, we bring you what does retinol actually do to our skin and how can we discern good and troublesome information about skincare.

We bring you the first segment of "check your cognitive bias babe" which helps break down the first few google search results when conducting your own research so you can be both informed (hot) and avoid potential fear mongering traps (even hotter)!

Remember that to conduct your own research you need the adequate skills to ensure the information you are absorbing is correct, useful and not misleading!

But I trust y'all and hopefully you trust us, to help present you with the facts and help warn you from the scary people trying to sell you things (things you probably don’t need…).

Please let us know if you enjoyed the ep and wow maybe give us a five stars to help me live my dream of never working for someone else and getting to be a hot science hermit everyday !

Being informed is so hot and so is science so stay hot xx

A la referencé:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/194_eufkI2uLzsgogUbSU2-QzvKyGDDijtJaFoujdF2s/edit?usp=sharing

For the third episode of "What you don’t know might kill you" we bring you the fixation of any tiktok skin care girly: RETINOL.

The skin care product taking the world by a storm for its potent anti aging effects; we uncover in this preliminary episode (because we yapped too hard and had to split it in half) what is retinol, where does it come from, and what are we trying to fix by using it. We talk about the affects of aging on our skin and what causes it.

You'll have to tune in next week for the second half where we discuss what retinol actually does, and how to analyse different types of media that are often trying to sell us something and how you can be an informed consumer making smart (and hot) decisions about your own body and the products you use.

And if you like us please give us a lil follow here and rate us five stars so I can tell my mum I'm going to make it as a podcaster.

References for your hot fact check perusal:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/194_eufkI2uLzsgogUbSU2-QzvKyGDDijtJaFoujdF2s/edit?usp=sharing

A little bonus instalment of 'What you Don't Know Might Kill You' using all the unused research uncovered for the last episode. Since no knowledge acquired is wasted, I am making it available to clutter your brain space as well!

Loz is currently soaking up the very last of summer (?) in Fiji, so this is a solo episode to ensure our hot scientists are getting their fortnightly dose of us!

Unfortunately the sound quality this week is a little lower than normal because while Melbourne provides beautiful sites, sound proof solo work spaces are few and far between. I hope that you can endure the poorer quality as i had to while editing, and can forgive us for it.

We will be back as scheduled together next week so if you are missing Loz's input you wont have to wait too much longer!

Stay hot science xx

References as always below

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wk7ctjZSnHq_HDwI-EG2-mnNKIWKgH0-eTpASOgbKdc/edit?usp=sharing