Sciq With Jayde Lovell

G’Day everyone – Welcome to ScIQ on TYT Network.In today’s society, people are very concerned about race. Is Elizabeth Warren really Native American? Is Mitt Romney really human? Or a cyborg sent from planet nine?But if you thought you owned that DNA test, think again, because by getting a test done you just lost the rights to your genetic data! Recently news came out that FamilyTreeDNA shared it’s databank of 2 million people with the FBI – so if you’ve taken a DNA test and were planning to murder someone, you might want to reconsider. Now, I think we all agree that solving crimes is good. But the Family Tree database is also free to access and can be used by anyone, which you probably didn’t know when you spat on that q-tip. Yes, Public DNA databases are a real thing, and they are a big risk to your privacy risks.Scarily, the FBI can also use the database to find the relatives of criminals, and then use those relatives to find the real suspect. Now, people who get their DNA tes

With prescription drug prices soaring in the US, there has been growing bipartisan and public anger over the tricks and shady deals of Big Pharma companies. Recently, the CEOs of several U.S. drug makers testified before a senate hearing - but made the same excuses they'd made before. Here in America, prescription drug prices are as out of control as Beto’s youth pastor vibes.It’s probably the only thing in america right now that everyone agrees with.“We pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs - the drug companies are ripping us off every single day.” “The rising cost for prescription drugs, and outcry to do something about it.” “The number one issue for so many people - the high cost of these prescription drugs.”A recent study by the Public Policy Institute found prices have more than tripled since 2006. Another study found the cost of insulin has doubled in just four years. Talk about 0-100 – the only thing i’ve seen go up as fast is R Kelly’s temper.I probably need to

G'Day you! Yeah, I’m talking to you mate. What are you doing to save the environment?Oh, you recycle. Good for you! It’s a pain in the ass, isn’t it? Rinsing those yogurt tubs and then keeping them under the sink, all stinky like a dunny in summer? But it gives you a good feeling, right? Well, it may be giving you a good feeling, but I’m here to tell all you happy recyclers of the world – you ain’t doing sh*t for the environment. In fact, this whole recycling thing – it’s a big. Fat. scam.Right now you’re probably thinking – fair go Jayde, “What about all the recycling labels and the recycling plants…?!” Well – you’re right – recycling did actually used to help… in some way. But let’s cut to the chase: Recycling waste in the US is expensive. That’s why America used to only recycle about one third of its plastic domestically. We’d ship all our plastic sh*t to China, who’d buy it, melt it down and cheap plastic Chinese shit. In fact, China was the world’s dumping ground – impo

According to a national report,  almost a quarter million US kiddies were married between 2001 and 2010. It also found, and interesting – that the highest rate of child marriage goes to (drumroll please) Idaho! The state that just voted against banning child marriage.Idaho’s current law allows anyone, no matter how young they are, to get married if both a parent and a judge consents to the marriage. So theoretically, you could marry a baby. You’d have a hard time getting said baby to remember it’s wedding vowels, but there’s no law to stop you from giving it a red hot crack!Now, most child marriages aren’t “Romeo and Juliet” situations, where 17 year olds fall in love with their high school sweetheart.Only about 1 in 7 child marriages are children marrying other minors. 77% of the children wed were underage girls marrying adult men, often with a significant age differences – some of the marriages simply legalized what would have been statutory r*ape.Like in an Alabama, where a US state jud

Now, humans have killed off many mammal species before, including: TASMANIAN TIGER:  HUNTINGWESTERN BLACK RHINO: POACHINGVAKIDA - OVERFISHINGYANGTZE DOLPHIN: POLLUTIONSOUTH CHINA TIGER: POACHING SAUDI GAZELLE: HUNTINGAnd CHRISTMAS ISLAND SHREW (thanks to the INTRODUCED SPECIES yellow crazy ant - and yes - those ants are deadset mental)But the Bramble Cay Melomys is the FIRST mammal to die out due to climate change.  Ummm, Congrats Australia?So, how exactly did the adorable rat-like Bramble Cay succumb to climate change?Was it that, it didn’t have adequate access to food, unlike the pizza rat? Nope.Was it that it looked like a rat, and it basically was a rat, so no one gave a rats arse? Kinda, Basically. Yeah.Scientists and the conservation community knew the Melomys was critically endangered – for a while. They believe the last melomys may have drowned in a storm surge that, because of rising sea levels caused by climate change, flooded the entire island.  But It was only when so

With all the news focused on spending bills that Trump won’t sign, you might not have noticed one bill Trump did sign, right before the shutdown began. It’s called the US Farm Bill, a bill that’s been going since 1933 and gives away almost a trillion dollars of your taxpayer money. Now, in 1933 the Farm Bill was created to protect vulnerable farmers who mostly looked like this. But today, many farmers look like this: huge Agriculture companies that own thousands of acres and make billions of dollars. So why do we still even have a Farm Bill, and where’s all that money going?Now, before we get started, let me just say that the latest US Farm Bill does loads of good things, like guarantee food stamps for the poor, legalize hemp, and outlaw the farming of cats and dogs for meat. Which I thought was already a thing in the US, but anyway, the Farm Bill was supported by both parties and passed almost unanimously. But like a golden beachy glow that might also be malignant skin cancer, the fa

Jayde Lovell sits down with climate scientist Dr. Michael E. Mann, co-recipient of the 2019 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (often referred to as the 'Nobel for the Environment'. Lovell:                    G’Day. Well, as you know, climate change is one of the biggest threats facing the world today, and to talk about some of the recent political developments in climate change. I have with me a titan of the climate change defense movement, Dr. Michael Mann. Thank you so much for joining us.Mann:                Thank you. I thank you, It's good to be with you.Lovell:                     Now, you were originally famous for producing a really important piece of science that's become known as the Hockey Stick Graph back in 1998. Can you tell us briefly what that is?Mann:                Yeah, well, we only have about a

Ever since this guy Trump extolled the virtues of’ ‘grabbing em by the pussy’, we’ve all been wondering:How bloody hell is it that a guy can admit to sexually assaulting someone – and then be elected president?And it’s not just ‘ol baby fingers who gets to blend the creepy uncle stuff with public office. There’s also:Arnold Schwarzenegger – confessed groper of ladies – elected Governor! Brett Kavanaugh – accused of attempted raped – ok’ed to serve on the supreme court Roy Moore - accused of child m*lesting – and supported by GOP leadersNow look, I understand – sometimes things are in the gray area – but even when Trump and Schwarzenegger admitted their sexual misconduct – people still seem to love and support them!Society says rape, groping, domestic violence, sex with minors is not ok, but then – is totally ok with it. Does that not do your head in?I mean: ‘How come famous people get away with behaving badly?”Turns out, scientists have been pondering this social phenomena for ages. And Here’s Aussie comedian

The birth control pill has a dirty little secret: the inventors  designed it so they could please The Pope.If you're on the pill, you can safely skip your period. Medically speaking - periods aren't necessary. And yes, you heard us right – the 28-day cycle with a 'period' is all because male inventors were trying to bend to the needs of religious men. Sound familiar? Jayde Lovell explains on the latest episode of ScIQ.Support the show