Top 11 Science Stories of 2018! - This Week in Science (TWIS) Podcast - Episode 701
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Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS) · 2018 · Science & Technology
What were the Top 11 Science Stories of 2018! - Watch Episode 701 of the This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS), with hosts Dr. Kiki, Blair Bazdarich, & Justin Jackson now to find out! Support us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/ThisWeekinScience View more videos like this: https://goo.gl/4luU1E. Watch live here or check out our feed over at http://twis.org/live - we have a chatroom! Join us! Listen to the full episode in audio or check out the show notes at our website: http://www.twis.org ! Follow us on Twitter! @TWIScience Subscribe to us on YouTube! http://youtube.com/ThisWeekinScience -------------------------------- (0:00) - Recording Start (1;25) - Show FALSE Start - Dr. Kiki (1:32) - REAL Show Start, Dr. Kiki (1:59) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - w/ Blair! (3:14) - Opening Theme Music. (3:48) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. For further notes and story links, visit https://www.twis.org/2018/12/27/2446/ (7:28) - Get the 2019 TWIS Calendar with art by Blair - http://bit.ly/twis-2019-calendar (7:46) - 11 - Geology Diamond cache deep in Earth's interior, massive impact crater in Greenland, etc. (13:45) - 10 - Black Holes Black holes in colliding galaxies, most detailed observations of material orbiting close to a Black Hole, etc. (16:40) - Number 9 - Mars! Giant underground lake of water on Mars, NASA Mars InSight Mission, etc. (21:26) - Number 8 - Gene Drive (Justin had ONE JOB!) A CRISPR–Cas9 gene drive and Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, ‘Gene drive’ passes first test in mammals, etc. (27:57) - Number 7 - Mini-brains! Miniature human brains grow for months when implanted in mice skulls, Lab-grown ‘mini brains’ produce electrical patterns that resemble those of premature babies, etc. (33:58) - Number 6 - Microbiology The Gut of Mice Communicates with the Brain Through the Vagus Nerve, Gut bacteria provide key to making universal blood, etc. (42:32) - And we're at the break! (42:52) - Half-Time Theme Music (with some Dr. Kiki & Justin commentary) - "Our 1st Assumptions Were Correct" by Jake Mann from his album, "Daytime Ghost." https://apple.co/2G3ERxV (43:33) - This is where you can find out about the upcoming 2019 TWIS Calendar by Blair (http://bit.ly/twis-2019-calendar), our Zazzle store (http://www.zazzle.com/thisweekinscience) and supporting us through Paypal (http://bit.ly/twis-paypal) and Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinsci... Tell more folks about TWIS (http://twis.org). And please leave great reviews for the podcast on iTunes (http://apple.co/2bJGvtB). More minions, please! (47:25) - Interstitial Music (48:00) - Back from the break! (48:17) - Edward Dyer's Top Picks of 2018 (50:06) - Number 5 - Evolution Fossil turtle didn't have a shell yet, but had the first toothless turtle beak, ancient steroids establish the Ediacaran fossil Dickinsonia as one of the earliest animals, Giant & ancient viruses, etc. (1:00:15) - Number 4 - Neuroscience Brain discovery could block the mind's aging, secret tunnels between the skull and the brain, micoglia, the brain's tiny thrill-seekers, biologists 'transfer' a memory, etc. (1:10:24) - Number 3 - Pregnancy/Stem Cells Chinese scientists are creating CRISPR babies, Chinese scientists break key barrier by cloning monkeys, gene editing creates mice with two biological dads for the first time, first baby born via uterus transplant from a deceased donor, etc. (1:18:34) - Number 2 - Climate Change UN Intergovernmental Report, the U.S. Fourth National Climate Assessment, rising temperatures may cause birds to shrink, climate change damaging male fertility, etc. (1:26:48) - Number 1 - Anthropology & Paleogenomics New population of ancient Native Americans, Neanderthals art, finger fossil 'shows humans went east of Africa earlier than thought', viral defenses from Neanderthals, and sooooooooooo much more, etc. Honorable Mentions - (1:34:26) - Sharks digest seagrass and fertilize coral, love bees but hate wasps?, mammal-like milk in jumping spider, spiders go ballooning on electric fields, SpaceX opened the cosmos to the masses, etc. (1:41:39) - Show wrap up (1:42:30) - Thank you’s to our generous Patreon sponsors (1:43:34) - NEXT WEEK: Our Science Predictions for 2019. 🔮 (1:44:10) - 2019 TWIS Calendar is available! - http://bit.ly/twis-2019-calendar (1:46:16) - End Theme And that's all, folks! Except, we still have... () - The After Show! - Calendars — HOT OFF THE PRESSES! The Origin of TWIS Calendar Days, like — National Sneak A Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day (Aug. 8th)! Blair's relationship with banana phones. Dr. Kiki's Foot-phone (never again). Other aches & pains & yoga. And much, much more...
