Live from Baltimore @ Maryland STEM Festival! - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS) - Episode #591
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Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS) · 2016 · Science & Technology
Episode #591 — Welcome to a Very, Very Special TWIS, LIVE Stream from under the shadow of the Domino Sugar and CITGO signs, at the Maryland STEM Festival (http://marylandstemfestival.org/) at the National Aquariam (http://www.aqua.org/) in Baltimore, Maryland — This week on TWIS (@TWIScience), hosts Dr. Kiki (@drkiki), Blair Bazdarich (@blairsmenagerie) & Justin Jackson (@jacksonfly) discuss this week's science news. Dr. Kiki, Blair, & Justin explore the world of science news with a few of the week's popular stories: (0:00) - Recording Start (0:07) - Show Start, Intro - Dr. Kiki. (0:39) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin (1:29) - Opening Theme Music. (2:02) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines. Thanks to Maryland STEM Festival organizer, Phil Regowsky. Onto the stories — (4:20) - Violent, Vaporizing Impact May Explain Moon's Mysterious Tilt, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/d5s4p5 (see also — https://goo.gl/0anAOV & https://goo.gl/b7AJ8o) (and remember — we LOVE the moon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9MZNEXrElw) And now the first Interview! (8:32) - Intro of first Interview with Laura Bankey, Director of Conservation at the National Aquarium (favorite animal? Sea Turtle, of course!) - https://goo.gl/hzqrzk. (Ed. Note - many questions were asked, for complete Time Codes on Interviews for this episode #591, see —https://goo.gl/RrjURW) (21:40) - How can people get involved & help with conservation of Baltimore Canyon? Dr. Kiki (sign the petition! http://aqua.org/baltimorecanyon) (23:09) - Can anyone anywhere sign petition? Blair (Yes!) (23:26) - Thank yous & Interview wrap-up (23:44) - Cosmic Pasta! Justin - https://goo.gl/Ac7R2U (28:43) - New instrument could search for signatures of life on Mars, Justin - https://goo.gl/udNxOB 2nd Interview! — (31:18) - Intro of Dr. Robert Gabrys, Director of NASA Goddard's Office of Education, Goddard Space Flight Center (favorite spacecraft? Osiris Rex!), Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/efhbPM (32:40) - Tell us about your job as Director of Office of Education at Goddard, Dr. Kiki (Ed. Note - again, many questions were asked, for complete Time Codes on Interviews for this episode #591, see —https://goo.gl/RrjURW) (46:30) - Will James Webb Space Telescope be an equally influential teaching instrument? Dr. Kiki (51:25) - Thank yous & Interview wrap-up (51:33) - And we're at the break! (51:49) - Half-Time Theme Music. (52:09) - Pre-sales on TWIS 2017 Calendars! $20 + shipping. https://goo.gl/1phr0L (53:07) - This is where you can find out about 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! (55:46) - Interstitial Music: George Hrab, "Skeptic," from the album "Vitriol." (https://itun.es/us/H1qUe). (56:10) - And we're back from the break! and so it's time for... (56:17) - Blair’s Animal Corner (and what's that on the wall behind her?!) (56:21) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme Music (56:58) - Climate change impairs survival instincts of fish and can make them swim towards predators, Blair - https://goo.gl/pK4Urm (1:01:10) - Midwater ocean creatures use nanotech camouflage, Blair - https://goo.gl/SU2GEd (1:05:29) - Study reveals previously unknown component of whale songs, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/4XIpCS 3rd Interview - Shodekeh! (1:07:46) - Intro by Dr. Kiki of Shodekeh (Ed. Note - again, many questions were asked, for complete Time Codes on Interviews for this episode #591, see —https://goo.gl/RrjURW) (1:16:50) - The Laryngoscopy video of Shodekeh (warning: not for the squeamish!) (see - https://youtu.be/JbrGag0raX8) (1:23:26) - Shodekeh performs Live in counterpoint to the video. (1:27:04) - Dr. Kiki requests one more performance with Throat Singing. (1:28:26) - Promo of Shodekeh's album with Alash Tuvan Throat Singing Ensember, "Achai (Father)" - https://goo.gl/nCGs92 . Shodekeh's Facebook page: https://goo.gl/Rt1aMX (1:29:52) - End Interview & Thank yous. (1:30:07) - Show Wrap-up & Thank you's. (1:35:08) - End Theme And that's all, folks! - no after show, they went for pizza at Zella's in Baltimore! 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 Support us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/ThisWeekinScience View more videos like this: https://goo.gl/4luU1E
