Brain Junk

From wheat to mice to rabbits to...you won't believe the techniques we've used to determine if a woman is pregnant. The history of detecting pregnancy is long, inexact, and strange. Buckle up for some crazy science.Show Notes:Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Pee is for Pregnant: The history and science of urine-based pregnancy tests NIH timeline of the history of the pregnancy testMargaret Crane the 26 year old inventor of the home pregnancy testDollar Store pregnancy testsTranscript:[00:00:03] Speaker A: Welcome to Brain junk. I'm Amy Barton.[00:00:05] Speaker B: And I'm Trace Kerr. And today is everything you never knew you wanted to know about pregnancy and pee.[00:00:14] Speaker A: I feel like I've experienced enough and I'm done with that. But I'm sure you're going to dazzle me.[00:00:19] Speaker C: Well, yeah.[00:00:20] Speaker B: Okay. So have you ever done the pregnancy? I mean, you have two kids, you've done the little stick, like the ept kind of thing? I've had two different