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This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast

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The kickass weekly science and technology radio show presenting a humorous and irreverent look at the week in science and tech. Each show TWIS discusses the latest in cutting edge science news on topics such as genetic engineering, cybernetics, space exploration, neuro science, and a show favorite Countdown to World Robot Domination. The show is hosted by Dr. Kirsten Sanford, a PhD in neuroscience, Justin Jackson, a wisecracking professional car salesman and armchair physicist, and Blair Bazdarich, a zoologist. Consistently voted one of the top science radio shows on the web - check it out and hear a science news program like no other.
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Some JWSTful Thinking About the Universe

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Ethan Siegel, Clipper Sets Sail, Galactic Billiards, Hidden Tomb, Dental Reality Check, Jedi Rats, Lion Diet, Elephant Wrinkles, And A Whole Universe of More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, […] The post 16 October, 2024 – Episode 990 – Some JWSTful Thinking About the Universe appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
10/18/20242 hours, 23 minutes, 31 seconds
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Who Are The Science Winners?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: It’s Nobel Time!!!, Pessimistic Bees, Birds Of A Foot, Plunging Biodiversity?, Combining Jellies, Run Time?, Distant Mirror, DNA Maps, Eating Alzheimer’s, Divided Days, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. […] The post 09 October, 2024 – Episode 989 – Who Are The Science Winners? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
10/11/20242 hours, 27 seconds
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Slapfight Science Night

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: It’s Climate Week!, Bacterial Quick Change, Pollinators, Bronze-Age Cheese, Ancient AI, Magma Soup, Snake Origins, Ant Queens, Mile High Microbiota, Weird Galaxies, Virtual Fish Maze, Man Brain Cycle, Slapfights, Sleep On It, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited […] The post 25 September, 2024 – Episode 988 – Slapfight Science Night appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
10/1/20242 hours, 10 minutes, 1 second
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Take Out The Trash, Pour out the Cats

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: It’s IgNobel Time!, Thermal Collecting Coral, PLANT NEWS, Nanobreath, Food Dye Discovery, Get Out The Trash, Earth Rings, Bumblebee Memories, Decoy Dolphins, Liquid Cats, Spy Squids, Human Cement, ChatGTP does Good?, Learning By Thinking, Memory Trash, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check […] The post 18 September, 2024 – Episode 987 – Take Out The Trash, Pour out the Cats appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
9/20/20242 hours, 17 minutes, 28 seconds
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Have We Learned Anything?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Private Space, Welcome Home Starliner!!!, Fungal Factors, Deep Sea Dinner Bell, Food Dye Discovery, Peer review fraud detection, Egg Spa, Sperm Relief, ALAN is Back, How do I Look?, Don’t Eat Eels, Neander News, Crackpot Physics, Craving Activity, Anatomy of Consciousness, And Much More […] The post 11 September, 2024 – Episode 986 – Have We Learned Anything? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
9/13/20241 hour, 54 minutes, 48 seconds
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Will Robots Labor For Us?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Space Sails & Winds, Starliners Return, Radiant Cooling, Butterfly Wings, Dog Toys, Cat Play, Shark Hunts, Viking Culture, Thar Be Gold, ShroomBots, Neo Beta Unveiled, And More Science Robots! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube […] The post 4 September, 2024 – Episode 985 – Will Robots Labor For Us? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
9/6/20242 hours, 2 minutes, 10 seconds
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Stuck in Spaaaaaace!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Stucktronauts, Material Questions, Frozen Remains, Genetics Grammar, Megalithic mystery solved, Culling Crocodiles, Antlions Play Opossum, Sweet Bat News, NASA DART, Pong Goo, Brain Attack!, And Much More Science to get stuck with! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science […] The post 28 August, 2024 – Episode 984 – Stuck in Spaaaaaace! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
8/30/20241 hour, 56 minutes, 49 seconds
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Wow! How Do We Know That?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Not So Wow, Global Humidification, Dodo’s, Electron Excitement, Food Delivery, Humpback Whales, Spiders, Mammoths, Better Brain Movies, Building Memories, Photonic Consciousness, And Much More Science to Know! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. […] The post 21 August, 2024 – Episode 983 – Wow! How Do We Know That? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
8/23/20242 hours, 37 seconds
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Is This A Mayo-Science Fusion Podcast?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Crusty Content, More Mayo!, Horses, Lemurs, Hot Hearing, Shifting Values, Music Helps!, Memory Mechanism, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find TWIS in all […] The post 14 August, 2024 – Episode 982 – Is This A Mayo-Science Fusion Podcast? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
8/15/20241 hour, 26 minutes, 26 seconds
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Will Science Take Us From Tropes to Hopes on This Oblate Sphere... oid?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Dr. Emily Fischer, Cats, Dogs, COVID and Flu Nasal Vaccines, Concrete, Greenland, Thick Leaves, Sea Lions, Racing Horses, Starliner, Early Evolution, Rock Art, Brains, Earbud Fatigue, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast […] The post 7 August, 2024 – Episode 981 – Will Science Take Us From Tropes to Hopes on This Oblate Sphere… oid? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
8/9/20242 hours, 10 minutes, 39 seconds
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How is Science Just Like the Olympics?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: The Nose Knows, COVID-19 in Wildlife, Flying Hippos, Warp Drive, CBG, Toxo for Good, Komodo Dragons, Snakes, Doctors, Firearms, No Buy AI, Agents of Fear, Attractive Odors, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast […] The post 31 July, 2024 – Episode 980 – How is Science Just Like the Olympics? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
8/1/20241 hour, 47 minutes, 32 seconds
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Is This Tractor Beam Hope?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Dark Oxygen, Breaking Heat Records, Tractor Beam?, Ancient Argentinian People, Static Butterflies, Avian Flu, Regeneration Genes, Common Gestures, Cuttlefish Falsehoods, Waste Management, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, […] The post 24 July, 2024 – Episode 979 – Is This Tractor Beam Hope? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
7/26/20241 hour, 31 minutes, 16 seconds
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17 July, 2024 – Episode 978 – How Are Animals Better Than People?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Space Shelter?, Boyz-Ah, Counting Poos, Cancer Donations, Plastic Proteins, Prime Bats, Seagulls prefer Seafood, Global Warming, Mushroom Chaos, Open Scope, Animals Society, Sense of Self, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube […] The post 17 July, 2024 – Episode 978 – How Are Animals Better Than People? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
7/19/20241 hour, 52 minutes, 25 seconds
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How To Reprogram Your Brain

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Bat Hearts, Baby Brain, Bone Building, Absorbant solids, Flu Boobs, Black Holes, Big Bad Bacteria, Prime Editing, Ancient Theaters, Plauge Problems, Big Brains, Reprogramming for Good, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on […] The post 10 July, 2024 – Episode 977 – How to Reprogram Your Brain appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
7/12/20242 hours, 15 minutes, 59 seconds
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Free To Be Science-Y

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Dead Humans, Fungal Future, Ant News, 12,000-year-old Comet Dust, Little Bird Big Memory, Dead Mammoths, Chimp Pharmacist, Lemur Divas, Bat Lab, Sleep Apnea, Brain Bath, Algorithmic Accusations, Robot Faces, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our […] The post 3 July, 2024 – Episode 976 – Free to Be Science-y appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
7/5/20241 hour, 44 minutes, 7 seconds
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Is This The Science Awakening?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Awakening Or Snore?, Island Rats, Null Result Rats, Healer Army, Bird Flu, Hepatitis E, Plastic Penis Problems, Cancer Sniffing Bees, Boring Urban Birds, Dwindling Arousal, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube […] The post 20 June, 2024 – Episode 975 – Is This The Science Awakening? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
6/21/20241 hour, 32 minutes, 53 seconds
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Making Science Popular with Vomiting Sharks

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: JWST, Supplements, Shark Vomit, Old in Space, Young in Space, Giraffes, Elephants, Bad Air, Brain Maps, Handy Babies, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can […] The post 12 June, 2024 – Episode 974 – Making Science Popular with Vomiting Sharks appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
6/13/20241 hour, 38 minutes, 39 seconds
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Take a Healthy Science Bath

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Space Success, H5N2, Toxo Trojan, Restoring Hearing, Water, Sponges, Policing Problems, AI Pathology, Menstruation Brain, Roman Bathing, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find […] The post 5 June, 2024 – Episode 973 – Take a Healthy Science Bath appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
6/7/20240
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How Now Science Cow?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: NASA Psyche mission, Noise Cancelation, Indigenous Land Management, Forest Fires, Crows, Stick Insects, Cow Cuddling, Toddlers Love Robots, Dinosaur Brains, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that […] The post 29 May, 2024 – Episode 972 – How Now Science Cow? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
5/30/20240
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Something in This Show is Shocking!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Shocking Stories, Solar Focus, Orange Rivers, Stress, Alzheimer’s Hope, Grasslands, Falcons, New Sixth Sense, Elephants, Neanderthal Dating, Bird Brains, Mouse Monogamy, LARPing, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, […] The post 22 May, 2024 – Episode 971 – Something in This Show is Shocking! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
5/23/20240
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Solar Flares Make All The People Look Up

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: People Looking Up, Milky Way Flares, Old Stars, Martian Dirt, Weaponized Beetles, Shark Food, Stone Age Bear, Orca, Flexible Neurons, Good Internet, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, […] The post 15 March 2024 – Episode 970 – Solar Flares Make All The People Look Up appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
5/17/20241 hour, 54 minutes, 56 seconds
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Where Are All the Science Moms?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Glueballs Exist!, Cows, Parrot Parents, Leprosy, Bad Business, Light Vaporization, Neanderface, Olive Oil, Hybrid Brains, Brain Scaffolding, Tiny Implants, Implant Abandonment, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember […] The post 08 May, 2024 – Episode 969 – Where Are All the Science Moms? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
5/10/20241 hour, 29 minutes, 16 seconds
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Science is in Our DNA

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Computerized CRISPR, Gut Microbiota, Lava Lakes!, Diabetes, Synthetic Living Cells, Chickadee Memory, Artificial Sweetener, Consciousness for All, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find […] The post 24 April, 2024 – Episode 968 – Science is in Our DNA appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
4/26/20241 hour, 10 minutes, 14 seconds
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Put More Science In Video Games

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Bright Burst, Blackholes, Genetic Material, Neanderthal Woodshop, Gamer Games, Asteroid Games, Human Evolution, Going Ape, Bacterial Vampires, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find […] The post 17 April, 2024 – Episode 967 – Put More Science in Video Games appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
4/19/20241 hour, 46 minutes, 50 seconds
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Want to Hear About Science Junk?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Guest Host Dr. Jessica Hebert, Barcode Birds, Molecular Transistors, Legs Or Junk, Speed of Vision, Naked Hearts, Don’t Vent, Bacteri-leather, Robo-Mirror, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember […] The post 3 April, 2024 – Episode 966 – Want to Hear About Science Junk? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
4/5/20241 hour, 33 minutes, 11 seconds
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Science for our Future Fossils

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Michael Garfield, Broken Memories, Bigger Brains,  Machine Learns Beer, Teens are the Goat, Tardii-people?, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find TWIS in […] The post 27 March, 2024 – Episode 965 – Science for our Future Fossils appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
3/29/20242 hours, 14 minutes, 4 seconds
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Mr. Watson, Come Here! It's Science!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: RNA, Hydrogen energy, Mammoths, Forever Chemicals, Light Chemistry, Old Humans of Ukraine, Origins of India, Chilling Science, Star Influence, Bee Friends, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember […] The post 6 March, 2024 – Episode 963 – Mr. Watson, Come Here! It’s Science! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
3/7/20241 hour, 33 minutes, 20 seconds
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Leaping Into Science Leaves a Mark!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: JWST, Life on the Moon?, Human Tales, Ancient Meat Substitute, Fluorescent Fingerprints, Brain Circuitry, Seeding the Stratosphere, Chemical Behavior, No Longer Vestigial?, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, […] The post 28 February, 2024 – Episode 962 – Leaping Into Science Leaves a Mark! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
2/29/20241 hour, 14 minutes, 25 seconds
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This Is Possible Thanks To A Virus

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Life & SATURN, Dainish Bog Body, Bulls & Balls, ADHD, Propagandist AI, Authoritarian Science, Gazeboed, Viral Brains, Meaning & Melody, And Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you […] The post 21 February, 2024 – Episode 961 – This Is Possible Thanks To A Virus appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
2/23/20241 hour, 30 minutes, 27 seconds
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What's Love Got to do with Science?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Dr. Allison Coffin, Be Irresistible, Unexpected Love Songs, Female Freedom, Erecting Erections, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find TWIS in all the […] The post 14 February, 2024 – Episode 960 – What’s Love Got to do with Science? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
2/16/20241 hour, 22 minutes, 6 seconds
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Why Are Blueberries Blue?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Rewriting Astronomy, Curing Cancer, Building Highways, Concussion Protein Protocol, Blue Berries?, Ancient Swedish mystery grave, Sexy Psychedelics, Childlike Learning, Night Walkers, And Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that […] The post 7 February, 2024 – Episode 959 – Why Are Blueberries Blue? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
2/9/20241 hour, 40 minutes, 7 seconds
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Why is The Ocean Venting?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Sarah Treadwell, Genome Maps, Muscle Bots, Against The Light, Squeaky Mice, Laundry Recycling?, The Planetarium Show, Joides Resolution Ship, Ocean Vents, Scuba Diving, Mount Everest, Bees, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast […] The post 31 January, 2024 – Episode 958 – Why is The Ocean Venting? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
2/2/20241 hour, 18 minutes, 55 seconds
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Filling in the Gaps with Science

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: RNA Outside, Mammoth Travels, HIV Entry, Early Hunters Gathering, Bone Switch, White Rhinos, Justin Rants, Kiki Hopes, Penguin Poop, Old Fossils, And Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that […] The post 24 January, 2023 – Episode 957 – Filling in the Gaps with Science appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
1/26/20242 hours, 18 minutes, 13 seconds
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2024 TWIS Science Predictions!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Predictions from 2023, Predictions for 2024, Supernovae, Ancient Archery, Grizzlies, Wing Source?, Giants of Southern China, Bats could cure diabetes, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube and Twitch! And, remember that you […] The post 10 January 2023 – Episode 956 – 2024 TWIS Science Predictions! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
1/13/20241 hour, 33 minutes, 11 seconds
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TWIS Top 11 Science News of 2023

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: What does This Week in Science think were the year’s top science stories? This end-of-year episode counts down the Top 11 science news stories of 2023 and much more science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube […] The post 9 January 2024 – Episode 955 – TWIS Top 11 Science News of 2023 appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
1/12/20242 hours, 2 minutes, 42 seconds
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How to Use Emojis For Science!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Trace Dominguez, Mapping Mouse Brains, Culture Coffee, Crusty Protection, What Big Eyes, Emoji Diversity, Geminids, Free Range Cats, Particle Physics, VR For Mice, Brain Computing, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on […] The post 13 December, 2023 – Episode 954 – How to Use Emojis For Science! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
12/15/20231 hour, 54 minutes, 45 seconds
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Jump on into the Science Gazpacho

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Tom Merritt, Open Carbon Data, Biobots, Dolphins, Optimism, Unity, Goodbye Offices, Ketamine, Mice, Birds, Penguins, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find TWIS […] The post 6 December, 2023 – Episode 953 – Jump on into the Science Gazpacho appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
12/7/20231 hour, 53 minutes, 32 seconds
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Under the Beaver Moon

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Climate Action, Surprising Cloacal Kiss, Cysts In The Snow, Angry Lady Flies, Aging Lady Chimps, Panama Protests, WHOA-Man, Bonobos, Neuronal WiFi, Bacterial Overlords, And Much More Under the Beaver Moon! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on […] The post 29 November, 2023 – Episode 952 – Under the Beaver Moon appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
11/30/20231 hour, 59 minutes, 31 seconds
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Should Science Monkey Around?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Natalia Reagan, Glowing Monkeys, Editing Cholesterol, Seawater Soup, Sperm Sorrow, Ovarian Teeth, Social Sickness, Sober Thoughts, Science Questions, And Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can […] The post 15 November, 2023 – Episode 951 – Should Science Monkey Around? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
11/17/20231 hour, 58 minutes, 47 seconds
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What's the Cosmic Log on Science?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Engineered Yeast, Satellite Viruses, No Body Just Head, Rhombot, Humans vs. Robots, Cosmic Interview W/Alan Boyle, Cat Evolution, Cat Stink, Aging & Cat Poo, Science Questions, And Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube […] The post November 9, 2023 – Episode 950 – What’s the Cosmic Log on Science? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
11/10/20231 hour, 16 minutes, 50 seconds
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Do Roosters Even Know Themselves?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: LIGO, Mummies, Language & AI, Policing, Pigs, Roosters, Birds Aren’t Real, Fuzzy Stems, Prehistoric Gender Roles, Zoomies, Memory Codes, And Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can […] The post 25 October 2023 – Episode 949 – Do Roosters Even Know Themselves? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
10/27/20232 hours, 3 minutes, 8 seconds
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Are Snoozers Losers?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Mapping The Universe, Snoozers aren’t losers, Bacteria Plus CAR-T, French painting, Theory Of Everything, Long arm of the lawn, Antacids and dementia, Brain Cell Atlas, Healin Strokes, And Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on […] The post 18 October 2023 – Episode 948 – Are Snoozers Losers? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
10/19/20231 hour, 54 minutes, 23 seconds
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What's in Your Head, Zombie?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Bennu Sample Surprise!, Cyber Hands Success, Heads Or Tails, Global Warming & Beer, Sourdough Starts, Going Off Course, Peregrine Prey Peril, Smoking, Female Frogs, Smelling Colors, And Much More Science in Your Head! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our […] The post 11 October 2023 – Episode 947 – What’s in Your Head, Zombie? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
10/13/20231 hour, 42 minutes, 55 seconds
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Science Is Always Nobel

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Nobel Prize Time, Stonehenge!, New Organelle?, New Organelle?, Snow Flies, Purring Pads, Fluorescent Animals, Math Bedtime Stories, Murder Rate at Oxford, Mushroom Microdosing, Mistaken Memories, Memory Support, And Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on […] The post 4 October 2023 – Episode 946 – Science Is Always Nobel appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
10/6/20232 hours, 8 minutes, 56 seconds
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Don't Be Afraid to Ask Stupid Questions!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: IgNobel Prize Winners!, Scams, Fresh Water, Physical Life of Cells, Old Wooden Structures, Weed, Worm Emotions, Loss Brain, Baby Learning, And Many More Questions! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that […] The post 27 September 2023 – Episode 945 – Don’t Be Afraid to Ask Stupid Questions! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
9/29/20231 hour, 59 minutes, 44 seconds
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You SHOULD Be Skeptical of This Show!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Justin’s audio isn’t great, Interview with Brian Dunning, UFOs, Biosignatures, UAP, NASA, Hominins, Research Behavior, Crash Propensity, Time Travel, End of the World Cult, Ancient Aliens, And Much More Skeptical Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast […] The post 20 September 2023 – Episode 944 – You SHOULD Be Skeptical of This Show! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
9/22/20231 hour, 45 minutes, 50 seconds
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TWIS with a TWIST

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview with Dr. Carin Bondar, Atmospheric Discovery, Ultrasound Impacts, Cancer Recurrence, Sterile Gloves, Poor Robots, Moral Brains, Deadly Geometry, Pollinator Struggles, AI For Ecology?, Dirty Talk, And Much More TWIS with a Twist! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our […] The post 13 September 2023 – Episode 943 – TWIS with a TWIST appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
9/15/20231 hour, 41 minutes, 40 seconds
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How Much Science Did You Inhale?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Inhale Science, Embryo Stems, Magic Mushrooms, Genetic Protection, Chronic Fatigue, Less Pollution, Batty Boxes, Homo Erectu balls, Dish Brain Advances, Baby Smarts, Go To Sleep, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube […] The post 6 September 2023 – Episode 942 – How Much Science Did You Inhale? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
9/8/20231 hour, 44 minutes, 47 seconds
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Why Are German Boars So Hot?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Free From Dialysis?, Ancient Apes of Turkey, Hot German Boars, Migratory Birds, AI Wins Again?, Can AI talk to animals?, Why Cats Like Tuna, Bees & Neanderthals, Bat Brains, Plastic Brains, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode […] The post 30 August 2023 – Episode 941 – Why Are German Boars So Hot? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
9/1/20231 hour, 57 minutes, 14 seconds
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When Will Science Solve Aging?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Moon Landing!, Lighter Magnets?, Consciousness of AI, Fly Medicine, Music For Cells, Martian Colonists, Sneaky Hummers, Population Overshoot, Rural Pandemic Woes, Memory Cells, Longer-Lived Mice, Slippery Slope, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast […] The post 23 August 2023 – Episode 940 – When Will Science Solve Aging? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
8/25/20231 hour, 31 minutes, 27 seconds
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All In All We Are All Just Bricks In The Science

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Demons, Songs via Brain Waves, Fly Plastic, Hidden Consciousness, Better Fake Meat, 3-D Seafood, Extinction Events, Dino Footprints, Octopus Memory, Male Mouse Sex Drive, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or […] The post 16 August 2023 – Episode 939 – All In All We Are All Just Bricks In The Science appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
8/18/20231 hour, 17 minutes, 55 seconds
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What's So Super About Science?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: The Milky Way, Denisovans, Social Distance, Super Conductor, Quantum Superchemistry, Nile Crocodiles, Atlantic Conveyer Belt, Humming Galaxy, Space Awareness, Spin Matters, And Much More Super Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, […] The post 9 August 2023 – Episode 938 – What’s So Super About Science? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
8/11/20231 hour, 28 minutes, 43 seconds
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This is the Day After. Whatchya Gonna Do Science?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Ancient Discoveries, NASA on UAPs, Tall Tall Trees, Ryugu Rocks, Scandalous Sports Supplements, Eating Plastic, Tickling Rats for Science!, Do power lines kill birds?, Mosquito-Friendly Gene Drive, Cooperation in Cancer Cells, Memory Rhythm, The Stop Spot, Robot Comedians, And Much More Science! Become a […] The post 2 August 2023 – Episode 937 – This is the Day After. Whatchya Gonna Do Science? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
8/4/20232 hours, 15 minutes, 41 seconds
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Nothing Compares 2 Science

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Ruining AMOC, Indonesian Barrier, Restoring Fertility?, Fighting Malaria, The Loch Ness Monster, Fish, Egg Stealing Birds, Stair Trouble, Curious Vs Urgent, Robot Preacher, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. […] The post 26 July 2023 – Episode 936 – Nothing Compares 2 Science appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
7/28/20231 hour, 40 minutes, 38 seconds
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Science to Sing About

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: No Dark Matter, English Study Bias, Private Medicine, Babies Love Opera, Underwater Pollinators, No Symptoms, Bat Music, Scared Flies, Mini-Brains, Smarter Better, And Much More Science to Sing About! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube […] The post 19 July 2023 – Episode 935 – Science to Sing About appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
7/21/20231 hour, 31 minutes, 31 seconds
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Follow the Science Threads!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Martian Minerals, Bird Nests, Deformation Dangers, Megalodon Menu, Same-Sex Relationships in the Wild, Spider Mites Undressed, Snake Friends, Silent Sound, Sugar Control Sleep, Information Trade, And Many More Science Threads! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on […] The post 12 July 2023 – Episode 934 – Follow the Science Threads! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
7/14/20231 hour, 28 minutes, 56 seconds
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Free The Science!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Pulsars, Quasars, & Neutrinos, Minimal Cells, Mink Brains, Life & Death, Photosynthetic Efficiency, Bee Homes, Static Ticks, Hunters, Hepatitis C, Brain Boost, And Much More Solstice Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. […] The post 05 July 2023 – Episode 933 – Free The Science! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
7/7/20231 hour, 50 minutes, 12 seconds
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Eat Two Pies for Science

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Life’s Not Begining, Hummingbirds, Morphbot, Dolphins, Electric Works, Elephant Testicles, Cannibalism?, Bunk Studies, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find TWIS in all the […] The post 28 June 2023 – Episode 932 – Eat Two Pies for Science appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
6/30/20231 hour, 24 minutes, 15 seconds
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Super Summer Solstice Science!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Horse toes, Global Cooling = Global Warming, Long-Necked Dinos, Cellular Selection, Cancer Cures, Gutsy Treatment, Detail, El Ribbit, Calming Rats, Why Snakes, Pain Fingerprints, And Much More Solstice Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube […] The post 21 June 2023 – Episode 931 – Super Summer Solstice Science! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
6/23/20231 hour, 43 minutes, 20 seconds
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The Upright Science Brigade!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Solar Systems, Rhino Horns, Asgardians, Australopithecus, Kangaroos, Peanuts, Turtles, Fruit Flies, Trees, Smokers, Brain Tunnels, Taurine, Modular Bots, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find […] The post 14 June 2023 – Episode 930 – The Upright Science Brigade! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
6/16/20232 hours, 6 minutes, 45 seconds
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What Will You Do... With All This Science?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: JWST News, Younger Dryas, Touchy Plants, Forever Chemicals, Robot Master Chef, Conservation, Assassin Bugs and Bombardier Beetles, Indigenous reforestation, Proteomics & Privacy, Psychedelics, Bird Dreams, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube […] The post 7 June 2023 – Episode 929 – What Will You Do… With All This Science? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
6/8/20232 hours, 6 minutes, 50 seconds
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You Otter be Listening to This Week in Science!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Otter Day, Reversing Autism, Silent Zoo Tours, Slimy Science, Sweet Damage, Spiders, Seagulls, Neanderthals, Sex Education, Curious Kids, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find […] The post 31 May 2023 – Episode 928 – You Otter be Listening to This Week in Science! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
6/2/20232 hours, 5 minutes, 18 seconds
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How Did We Get Here?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Boosting Life, It’s thanks to the sun we’re here!, Female spiders, Saturn, Ozone, Frog Sperm, Dinosaur Perspective, Ant, Plant, or Spider?, Healing Vibrations, Electric Boost, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube […] The post 24 May 2023 – Episode 927 – How Did We Get Here? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
5/25/20231 hour, 22 minutes, 51 seconds
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The Science of Soap & Mosquitoes

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Einstein, Female Space Crews, Sperm, Diamond Funnels, Stem Cells, Pangenome, Assassin Bugs, Crabs, Doctors experimenting, Magic Mushrooms, Soap, Mosquitoes, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can […] The post 10 May 2023 – Episode 925 – The Science of Soap & Mosquitoes appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
5/12/20231 hour, 58 minutes, 27 seconds
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May the 4th has Quantum Microscopes!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Quantum Microscopes, Textbooks in India, Photosynthesis, Aliens, Aminos, Frogs, Seals, Ice Caps, Blood Brain Barrier, Brain Reading, Anorexic Guts, UTIs, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find […] The post 3 May 2023 – Episode 924 – May the 4th has Quantum Microscopes! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
5/5/20231 hour, 51 minutes, 11 seconds
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Why aren't we studying sex in space?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Safety & Justice, Bears, Space Sex, Gut Differences, Poop, Asteroids, Sleeping Seals, Roadkill Lemonade, Microbial Resistance, Lost Lunar Lander, New Brain Network, Getting Nervous, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, […] The post 26 April 2023 – Episode 923 – Why aren’t we studying sex in space? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
4/28/20231 hour, 47 minutes, 31 seconds
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Fossilized Science!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: PFAS, Electric Healing, Good Cement, Ocean Plastic, Hot Animals, Bat Bones, Parasites, Salt Substitute, 2000 yr old necropolis, And Much More (Fossilized) Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find […] The post 19 April 2023 – Episode 922 – Fossilized Science! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
4/20/20231 hour, 23 minutes, 4 seconds
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There's Bacteria in Your Eye

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Upcycling For Eyes, Bacteria, Canadian dire wolf, Mint, Monkeys, Lip Reading, Alexa, Tiger Personality, Bird water, Broccoli, Ancient Drug Use, Aging, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you […] The post 12 April 2023 – Episode 921 – There’s Bacteria in Your Eye appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
4/14/20231 hour, 44 minutes, 4 seconds
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It's the Blairs Animal Corner Spectacular!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Cactus, Portable MRI, Monkey Slieght of Hand, Parakeet Vacations, Female Spiders, Dino Lips, And Much More Animal Corner! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find TWIS in all the podcast […] The post 5 April 2023 – Episode 920 – It’s the Blairs Animal Corner Spectacular! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
4/6/202353 minutes, 58 seconds
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How To Do The Science Dance?

, What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Hot & Rocky, Farming Pumas, Stressed Out Lizards, Robots, Healing Cockles?, Squid Camouflage, Fishy conspiracy theories, Ancient Gneomes, Signal Strength, Possible MS Cause, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, […] The post 29 March 2023 – Episode 919 – How To Do The Science Dance? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
3/30/20232 hours, 2 minutes, 50 seconds
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The Science Springquinox

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Neutrino Detection, Baltic Blasts, Fevers, Galaxies, Forever Chemicals, Big Eyes, Animal Personalities, Pee Shyness, Depression, Otters, Mice Imaging, Language Brains, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you […] The post 22 March 2023 – Episode 918 – The Science Springquinox appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
3/24/20231 hour, 53 minutes, 46 seconds
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15 March 2023 – Episode 916 – Ides Like the Science Pi?

This Week: Time Reflections, Just Bad News, Vaccinated Sleep, Butterfly Paint, AI Science Papers, Nickleback, Dizzy Apes, Bees, Monkey tools, Unicorns, Bats, Pollution, And Much More Science! The post 15 March 2023 – Episode 916 – Ides Like the Science Pi? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
3/17/20231 hour, 30 minutes, 26 seconds
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How to Get Brainier Thru Science

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Chornobyl Dogs, Water, Plasticosis, Mouse Antlers?, Coffee, Baby Biome, Macaques, Wasps, Dinosaur Bones, Sober Shots, Brain Cell Activation, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find […] The post 8 March 2023 – Episode 916 – How to Get Brainier Thru Science appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
3/10/20231 hour, 48 minutes, 22 seconds
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What's Your Science Superpower?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Brain Computers, Ancient Platypus, Sea Monsters, Walmart Insect, Neand, Hauling Logs, Octopus Brains, Insect Urination, Lemur Dads, Ice Age Survivor, Oldest Human DNA, Brainy Preferences, Hearty Emotions, And Much More Superpower Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast […] The post 1 March, 2023 – Episode 915 – What’s Your Science Superpower? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
3/3/20231 hour, 41 minutes, 59 seconds
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Welcome to the Science Carnival!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Innermost Core, Four-day work-week, Sir David Attenborough, JWST, Da Vinci, Sharkless Vaccines?, Naked Mole Rats, Monkees, Sleeping Students, Medieval Cranial Surgery, Heart Prints, Brain Repair, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube or […] The post 22 February, 2023 – Episode 914 – Welcome to the Science Carnival! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
2/23/20231 hour, 42 minutes, 10 seconds
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What's going on up there?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Mushrooms, Snakes, Solar Panels, GLOFs, Sheep, Cockatoos, Stone tools, Planet 9, Mouse Contraception, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find TWIS in all the podcast […] The post 15 February, 2023 – Episode 213 – What’s going on up there? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
2/16/20231 hour, 41 minutes, 18 seconds
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Science, Fungi, & Keanu Reeves

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Fossils, Baths, Sclera, Drug ads, Baby guts, Keanu Reeves, Wrasse, Bugs, Neanderthals, Brainy trademarks, Brain action, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find TWIS in […] The post 8 February, 2023 – Episode 912 – Science, Fungi, & Keanu Reeves appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
2/9/20231 hour, 50 minutes, 39 seconds
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Will the Dodo Fly?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Maps, Black Bears, Bigfoot, Asteroid Asymmetry, Squids, Fungus, Vaccines, Dodo Birds, Fly Sperm, Hydrogen, Neander Skulls, Drinking & IVF, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can […] The post 1 February, 2023 – Episode 911 – Will the Dodo Fly? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
2/3/20231 hour, 50 minutes, 57 seconds
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Who Wants to Play Asteroids?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Earth’s Core, The next Pandemic, Screen time bad, outside good, Old Asteroids, Music and stress, Artic Primates, Sea Spiders, Talking chimp, Knowing Dogs, T.gondii, Just Bad News, Antidepressants, Emotional Blunting, The Terminator, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode […] The post 25 January, 2023 – Episode 910 – Who Wants to Play Asteroids? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
1/27/20231 hour, 41 minutes, 55 seconds
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Laser-Guided Lightning, Very, Very Frightening!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Predicting Solar Flares, Laser-guided lightning, Toddlers & Dogs, Bird Vagrants, Concrete, Phantom Credits, Tree Tossing, Echidna, Stem Cells, Rebooting Age, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you […] The post 18 January, 2023 – Episode 909 – Laser-Guided Lightning, Very, Very Frightening! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
1/20/20231 hour, 45 minutes, 39 seconds
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2023 Science Predictions!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Predictions from 2022, Predictions for 2023, Lemurs, Bonobos, Algae Bandaids, Even Older Native Americans, Dino Brains, AI voice mimic, Webb Findings, Memory Drug?, Animal Testing, And Much More Science… Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube and […] The post 11 January, 2023 – Episode 908 – 2023 Science Predictions! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
1/12/20231 hour, 52 minutes, 8 seconds
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Happy New Year of Science!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Cancer Vaccine, Microplastic, Lucky Pigs, Wasps, Glass Frogs, Seeing Voices, Hairy Research, And Much More Science… Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube and Twitch! And, remember that you can find TWIS in all the podcast directories. […] The post 04 January 2023 – Episode 907 – Happy New Year of Science! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
1/6/20231 hour, 25 minutes, 20 seconds
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Top 11 of 2022!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: What does This Week in Science think were the year’s top science stories? This end-of-year episode counts down the Top 11 science news stories of 2022, and much more science… Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube […] The post 21 December 2022 – Episode 906 – Top 11 of 2022! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
12/22/20221 hour, 45 minutes, 23 seconds
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Welcome To The Science Monkey House

This Week: Fusion, Jaguars, Cell Control, Cancer Cures, Chaperone Proteins, Microplastics, Snakes, Migrators, Just Good News, Slime Mold, The 6th Sense, Microbial Motivation, And Much More Science! The post 14 December, 2022 – Episode 905 – Welcome To The Science Monkey House appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
12/16/20222 hours, 20 minutes, 15 seconds
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How can you science your way out of a lying toddler?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Paleo Feud?, DNA, Club Competition, ADHD, Lying Toddlers, Cold Noses, Lady Locust, Animal Sounds, Just Good News, Ancient Kid Crafts, Neuralink Concerns, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember […] The post 7 December, 2022 – Episode 904 – How can you science your way out of a lying toddler? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
12/8/20221 hour, 39 minutes, 15 seconds
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Does This Wormhole Go To Science Town?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Holographic Wormholes, Monkey see, human see chimp…?, Carbon Removal, Cannabis Contradiction, Cocaine, Death Metal, Wolf Pack Parasite, Singing Bats, Canadian Geese, Meteorite Minerals, Emperors, Octopuses, Bird Jaws, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on […] The post 30 November, 2022 – Episode 903 – Does This Wormhole Go To Science Town? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
12/2/20222 hours, 8 minutes, 33 seconds
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Will Leprosy Save our Lives?

This Week: Vertebrate Gene Drive, Leprosy, Deaf Mosquitos, Artemis Launches!, Ancient Cooking, Nature, Nurture, or?, Termites, Ancient footprints, Just Good News, Hippocampal Connections, Psilocybin Activation, Brain Router, And Much More Science! The post 16 November, 2022 – Episode 901 – Will Leprosy Save our Lives? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
11/17/20221 hour, 27 minutes, 35 seconds
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Dr. Kiki Interviews Professor Matthew Cobb

  Special interview with Professor Matthew Cobb   Check out the full video interview on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find TWIS in all the podcast directories. If you are looking for science podcasts on Spotify, we are there! Science podcasts on Google? We are there! If you’re looking for science podcasts […] The post Dr. Kiki Interviews Professor Matthew Cobb appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
11/14/202236 minutes, 18 seconds
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900 Weeks of Science!

This 900th Week: World Science Day, Greenland, Music, Fertilizer Fields, Plants, Cosmic Spin Cycle, Vaccine Hoarding, Vaccine Choice, Pigs, Fish, Octopuses, Ötzi, Canaanite Comb, Get Low, Get Some Sleep!, And Much More Science! The post 09 November, 2022 – Episode 900 – 900 Weeks of Science! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
11/10/20221 hour, 51 minutes, 49 seconds
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Pick Your Nose or Snot?

This Week: Quantum Time, American Habitation, Pick it!, Don’t Pick It?, Social Microbes?, Meta Molecules, Bees play!, Jays Wait!, Political Science, Just Good News?, Path To Vomit, Inventing Sonar, And Much More Science! The post November 2, 2022 – Episode 899 – Pick Your Nose or Snot? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
11/3/20221 hour, 47 minutes, 17 seconds
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It's TWISoween 2022!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: It’s TWISoween 2022!, MOND Evidence, UV for Better Plants, Atmospheric Electric Bees, Ancient Viruses, Gene Editing, Hybrid Viruses, INTERVIEW W/ Dr. Vivek Kumar, Endangered Birds, They speak!!, Ancient Britons, Tentacle Robot, Self-Suppression, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode […] The post 26 October, 2022 – Episode 898 – It’s TWISoween 2022! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
10/27/20221 hour, 53 minutes, 20 seconds
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Are you a Mosquito Magnet?

This Week: Mosquito Magnets, Recipe for Disaster, Tuataras, Hidden Star Maps, Multicellular Bacteria, Ornithomimosaurs, Researchers Gone Wild?, COVID Brain Effects, Connection Destruction, Vaccinating Wild Animals, Social Spiders, Neanderthal Family Trees, Age of the Neanderhumanthals, Brain Whispers, And Much More Science! The post 19 October, 2022 – Episode 897 – Are you a Mosquito Magnet? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
10/20/20221 hour, 33 minutes, 32 seconds
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How to Save the Planet!

This Week: DART Success!, Doomed Nations, Wearable Insect Repellent, Toddler Teeth, Potato Pathogen, Robo Revolt, Eye Spots, Exotic Pet Trade, Fat Bear Week Winner, Magnetometers, Los Alamos, Neurons Play Pong, Rats Get Human, And Much More Science! The post 12 October, 2022 – Episode 896 – How to Save the Planet! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
10/13/20221 hour, 50 minutes, 45 seconds
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Who Teaches You Science?

This Week: 2022 Nobel Prizes, Whale Shark Hunt, Scientist Redundancy, Life Energy Origins, Dinosaur-killing asteroid, Fungal Cancers, Banana Beer, Safe Far LEDs, Chimps & Gorillas, Bird Life, It’s Fat Bear Week!, California’s Painted Ladies, New Electrodes!, What Is Consciousness?, And Much More Science! The post 05 October, 2022 – Episode 895 – Who Teaches You Science? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
10/6/20221 hour, 56 minutes, 44 seconds
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This Week in Science of the Future!

This Week: NASA DART, Fluid Chromosomes, Coffee, Meds, Interview with Dr. Steven Novella RE: The Future, Fruit Flies, Whale Brains, Mercury Levels, Longer Social Life, Just Good News, Transgenerational Epigenetics, Get Outside, And Much More Science! The post 28 September, 2022 – Episode 894 – This Week in Science of the Future! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
9/29/20222 hours, 2 minutes, 48 seconds
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Falling in love with Science

This Week: IgNobel Fun, Anxiety, Blue light, NASA News, Ants, Frogs & Mosquitos, Octopuses, Woodlice, Ancient Opium, Microbial Name-Calling, Alzheimer's, Moss & Man, And Much More Science! The post 21 September, 2022 – Episode 893 – Falling in love with Science appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
9/22/20221 hour, 45 minutes, 32 seconds
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It's Time for Science Potty Talk

This Week: Vomit, Poop, Cells, Crying Babies, General Relativity, Cryptococcus Neoformans, Interview with Bryn Nelson RE: Poop!, Cockatoos VS Humans, Camouflage, Mimicking Exercise, Virtual Reality, And Much More Science! The post 14 September, 2022 – Episode 892 – It’s Time for Science Potty Talk appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
9/15/20222 hours, 35 seconds
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What Is The Rain Shadow Effect?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Patience, Galling Wasps, Albatross, Human Pollution, Stock Markets and Cannabis, Concussion Skull, Drumming Chimpanzees, Rain Shadow Effect, Plastic Pollution, Gut-Brain Circuits, Axolotl Brains, Seasonal Plasticity, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube or […] The post 7 September, 2022 – Episode 891 – What Is The Rain Shadow Effect? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
9/8/20221 hour, 54 minutes
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31 August, 2022 – Episode 890 – How to Make an Embryo

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Synthetic Embryos, Zombie Ice, Digital Self-Harm, Rearranging Evolution, Siberia Warming, Slime Time, Beetles with Pockets, Dolphins, Oxygen on Mars, Micro Break, Pattern Finding, Chronic Pain & Cancer, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on […] The post 31 August, 2022 – Episode 890 – How to Make an Embryo appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
9/1/20221 hour, 40 minutes, 14 seconds
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How Big Could Lizards Get?

This Week: A Water World, Good news!, Color Blindness, Climate News, Drought, Schizophrenia & COVID, Long Covid, COVID Incubation, Pesticides, Super Frogs, Bipedal Old Times, Artificial Detection, Zapping Brains, Mouse Memory, And Much More Science! The post 24 August, 2022 – Episode 889 – How Big Could Lizards Get? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
8/26/20221 hour, 51 minutes, 30 seconds
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Interview - Dr. Kiki Interviews Dr. Moiya McTier

  Special interview with Dr. Moiya McTier   Check out the full video interview on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find TWIS in all the podcast directories. If you are looking for science podcasts on Spotify, we are there! Science podcasts on Google? We are there! If you are looking for science […] The post Interview – Dr. Kiki Interviews Dr. Moiya McTier appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
8/22/202232 minutes, 5 seconds
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17 August, 2022 – Episode 888 – Will We Return to The Moon?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Artemis, Curing, Sleepy Flies, Sponge Sneezes, Synthetic Circuits, Ancient Genes, Styrofoam Upcycling?, Long COVID, CDC Restructuring, Cannibalism, Social Connections, Misophonia, Sugar, Consciousness Solved??? And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember […] The post 17 August, 2022 – Episode 888 – Will We Return to The Moon? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
8/19/20222 hours, 2 minutes, 59 seconds
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10 August, 2022 – Episode 887 – Vlogs, Dogs, or Science?

This Week: Linking Gut to Heart, PFAS, Locusts, Restoring Hearing, Hold the Ice, Food Impacts, One Antibody to Rule Them All, Spiders Sleep, Sterile Mice, Rewilding the West, Montana Bison, Animal Aging, Sleepy Brains, And Much More Science! The post 10 August, 2022 – Episode 887 – Vlogs, Dogs, or Science? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
8/11/20221 hour, 40 minutes, 31 seconds
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None of This is Right, But Science

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Dead Pig Society, Oldest evidence of people in North America, Spider silk, Embryo Progress, CBD for anxiety, Biological Electricity, Shrimpy cement, Whale eyes, Bumblebees, Global Warming, Dolphin Memory, Neanderthal Brains, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our […] The post 03 August, 2022 – Episode 886 – None of This is Right, But Science appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
8/5/20221 hour, 32 minutes, 13 seconds
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How Do AIs See The Universe?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Alternate Physics?, HIV, Necrobotics, RNA Zip Codes, Wildfires, Death By Lactose, Wildlife Photography, COVID Update, Monkeypox Emergency, Placenta, Nasa core mission on Mars, Victory Memo, Ant Networks, AI Analogies, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science […] The post 27 July, 2022 – Episode 885 – How Do AIs See The Universe? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
7/28/20221 hour, 47 minutes, 24 seconds
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How to moonwalk

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: NASA Webb Results, Helpful Gonorrhea, Instruments and covid, Big Dino Era, Hot blooded ear wax, Sun & Satiety, Frozen rat livers, Vaccine’s and menstruation patterns, Headbanging woodpeckers, Bean moms, Four-legged Fish, Red Deer Cave DNA, Volcanic Dark Matter, Emotional Memories, Imagination Language, And Much […] The post 20 July, 2022 – Episode 884 – How to Moonwalk appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
7/21/20221 hour, 56 minutes, 52 seconds
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JWSTOMG!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: JWST, Gamer brains, Bee Waggle Dances, The anti-science brain, Sarlacc, Ancient Europeans, Foxes, Lice, Dinosaurs, Webbs, And Much More… Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube. You can do that here. And, remember that you can find […] The post 13 July, 2022 – Episode 883 – JWSTOMG! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
7/14/20221 hour, 22 minutes, 2 seconds
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Smells Like Fresh Science!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Arms and Karaoke skills, Friends of a Feather, Water, Plants, Wet Wood, Buggy Bite Strength, Go Dig a Well, Ancient Hominins, Missing Microbiomes, And Much More… Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube. You can do that […] The post 29 June, 2022 – Episode 882 – Smells Like Fresh Science! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
6/30/20221 hour, 25 minutes, 49 seconds
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What is Crawling on Your Face?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Charon’s Red Cap, Pee farming, Tea, Almost Meat, One-legged longevity, Eat Plants Locally, It’s time to talk about face mites, Frogs, Bats, Ancient pre-Brexit England, Cancer killing plants, Breathy Identity, Touching Itch, And Much More… Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of […] The post 22 June, 2022 – Episode 881 – What is Crawling on Your Face? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
6/23/20221 hour, 44 minutes, 10 seconds
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How to See the Galaxy

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: GAIA Data, Sample Return, Planetary systems, Wigs, Tired Plants, Human echolocation, Baby Brains, 1000 genes, Baby Whales, Seals, Baby Compass, Hot Heads, Sleepy Anger, And Much More… Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube. You can do […] The post 15 June, 2022 – Episode 880 – How to See the Galaxy appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
6/16/20221 hour, 47 minutes, 59 seconds
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Oceans of Science on Ocean Day

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Cancer Remission, We’re in the bad place, Noise pollution, Marsbucha, Rock on!!!, Zinc Poles, Ladies, always ask about your birth control, Ugly fish, Kelp, Otters, Conservatives die sooner, Welfare, Metabolites, Fungal Vision, Fungeyes, No Pole Swap?, And Much More… Become a Patron! Check out […] The post 8 June, 2022 – Episode 879 – Oceans of Science on Ocean Day appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
6/9/20221 hour, 44 minutes, 17 seconds
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How to Make a Big ole Science Omelet!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Techie Liver Transplant, Axolotl model, Polar Bear Poop, Electric Evolution, Eggstinction event, Big Plant, COVID Impacts, Aerosols & Exercise, Baboon bros before baboon ladies, Spider Dances, Ancient Underwater Cities, Ancient Overgrown Cities, Exercise Matters, Antibiotic Athletes, And Much More… Become a Patron! Check out […] The post 1 June, 2022 – Episode 878 – How to Make a Big ole Science Omelet! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
6/2/20221 hour, 43 minutes, 55 seconds
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Galactic Navel Gazing

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Tabula Sapiens, Denisovan tooth, Tiny dentists, NeuroMechFly, Renewables Lifeline, Rocket Realism, Eat your vegetables, Conservation Wins!, Cockroaches, Spiders, Headbutting Muskoxen, Medical contact lens for glaucoma, Video Game Smarts, Stimulate The Circuits, And Much More… Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our […] The post 18 May, 2022 – Episode 876 – Galactic Navel Gazing appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
5/19/20221 hour, 30 minutes, 33 seconds
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Why is Helium Rising?

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Atmospheric Rise, Viva La Virus, Concussions, One In 10, California, Fungal Fitness, Stress and fertility, Ominous Omicron, COVID Creativity, Good news, Dolphins with the Snake, Bee like Bats, Ancient indigenous Uruguay DNA, Healthy tattoos, Brain Fluid Boost, Brain Squirts, Brain Berries, And Much More… […] The post 11 May, 2022 – Episode 875 – Why is Helium Rising? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
5/12/20221 hour, 39 minutes, 27 seconds
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May the Fourth be with us!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Black Hole Sound, Poo Pills, Abortion, Global warming will kill all the fish, Coral Coves, Sweet CO2, What’s that? A tired bird?, Bats, Vegetarian kids, Bioreactor burgers, Eye Screen, Factory Resets, Reset Diseases, And Much More… Become a Patron! Check out the full episode […] The post 4 May, 2022 – Episode 874 – May the Fourth be with us! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
5/5/20221 hour, 38 minutes, 38 seconds