Happy Rabies Day!!! - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS) - Episode 586
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Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS) · 2016 · Science & Technology
Episode #586 — Happy Rabies Day!!! — This week on TWIS (@TWIScience), hosts Dr. Kiki (@drkiki), Blair Bazdarich (@blairsmenagerie) and Justin Jackson (@jacksonfly) discuss this week's science news. Dr. Kiki, Blair and Justin explore the world of science news with a few of the week's popular stories: (0:00) - Recording Start - Justin hand-waving, Dr. Kiki does strange whispering... (0:34) - Show Start, Intro - Dr. Kiki. (1:00) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin (2:34) - Opening Theme Music. (3:09) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings with Dr. Kiki, Blair and Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines. (5:05) - The Ig® Noble Award Winner for 2016 (all sorts of silly science!) - Dr. Kiki, https://goo.gl/CDq7VP (15:35) - Unanswered questions surround baby born to three parents - Dr. Kiki, https://goo.gl/hZ7NZm (21:44) - Scientists confirm the universe has no direction - Dr. Kiki, https://goo.gl/RQRXo4 (26:02) - Nature or nurture: is violence in our genes? - Justin, https://goo.gl/cU2TQ5 (33:38) - Blair's Animal Corner! (33:49) - Blair's Animal Corner Theme Music. (34:09) - Science reveals male widow spider's dastardly deeds - Blair, https://goo.gl/yz4GOX (39:15) - Horses found able to use symbols to convey their desire for a blanket - Blair, https://goo.gl/OD38Gw (45:17) - And we're at the break! (45:42) - Half-Time Theme Music. (46:15) - TWIS will also be Live! at the Maryland STEM Festival (http://marylandstemfestival.org/) at the National Aquarium (http://www.aqua.org/ — Blair will be ecstatic!) in Baltimore, MD on November 4th (47:08) - 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! (50:55) - Interstitial Music: George Hrab, "Skeptic," from the album "Vitriol." (https://itun.es/us/H1qUe). (51:40) - And we're back from the break! (51:47) - Elon Musk envisions 'fun' but dangerous trips to Mars (Update 4) - Justin, https://goo.gl/nGUqDP (1:02:04) - Epigenetic clock predicts life expectancy - https://goo.gl/aInuwd & https://goo.gl/Fw2CBa (and Blair says go to: HTTP://WWW.DEATHCLOCK.COM !) (but just for fun, it ain't science!) (1:11:35) - Psychics help psychiatrists understand the voices of psychosis - Justin, https://goo.gl/D9Elsl (1:17:09) - The birth of politics in children : the case of dominance - Dr. Kiki, https://goo.gl/JpTUOa (1:23:45) - Devil Frog Vomits Up a New Ant Species! - Blair, https://goo.gl/R3Qi4i (1:24:40) - Team uses wasps to monitor exotic Joro spider - Blair, https://goo.gl/hpeHTU (1:26:24) - Breaking Taboo, Swedish Scientist Seeks To Edit DNA Of Healthy Human Embryos - Dr. Kiki, https://goo.gl/DzdYtb (1:27:43) - Hubble finds additional evidence of plumes on Europa [Updated] - Dr. Kiki, https://goo.gl/CLD5Fe (1:28:30) - Show Wrap-up & Thank you's. (1:32:17) - End Theme (with hand/chair dancing & hand-drawn slugs!). And that's it! Except for.. (1:35:49) - The After Show! - in which Blair seeks crowd sourcing on a Halloween costume to go with a black Cleopatra-style wig with blue streaks (Aeon Flux, anyone?), and Justin pines for a pair of Indonesian fisherman pants. 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
