Sweet Magic Science - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS) - Episode 632
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Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS) · 2017 · Science & Technology
Watch Episode 632 now! This week on TWIS: Sweet Magic Science - with hosts Dr. Kiki, Justin Jackson, and Blair Bazdarich! Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin explore the world of science news with a few of the week's popular stories: (0:00) - Recording Start (with funny Science Figures in everyone’s headphones & hair...) (0:38) - Show Start, Intro - Dr. Kiki (1:02) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin (2:36) - Opening Theme Music. (3:10) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines. (5:02) - What has Science done for ME, lately? A wonderful story on how the Science of IVF helps an Australian couple down-under have a child from TWIS Minion: Loui Please send your own science stories to [email protected] or message us on Facebook - facebook.com/ThisWeekinScience. (7:44) - Study solves mystery of how first animals appeared on Earth, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/j9XkbN See also - The origin of complex life on Earth just got a little less mysterious - https://goo.gl/Nr5tTW See also - Food for early animal evolution - https://goo.gl/cWVG9J (14:07) - 400 million year old fish fossil reveals jaw structure linked to humans, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/jMgnwF (17:01) - 'Frankenstein dinosaur' mystery solved, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/nZ88dA See also - A dinosaur missing-link? Chilesaurus and the early evolution of ornithischian dinosaurs - https://goo.gl/DbGTuY (21:52) - Heavily used pesticide linked to breathing problems in farmworkers' children, Justin - https://goo.gl/DnF8Yw (29:26) - Blair’s Animal Corner (29:38) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme. (29:57) - Researchers find that teamwork helps jellies jet around the ocean, Blair - https://goo.gl/wZjuY1 (37:42) - Will the Great American Eclipse make animals act strangely? Science says yes, Blair - https://goo.gl/x8gVvj (50:27) - And we're at the break! (50:49) - Half-Time Theme Music. (51:43) - 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! (56:06) - Interstitial Music: George Hrab, "Skeptic," from the album "Vitriol." (https://itun.es/us/H1qUe). (56:31) - And we're back from the break! (56:35) - UMass Amherst researchers find 'switch' that turns on immune cells' tumor-killing ability, Justin - https://goo.gl/eKQyxC (1:05:48) - ‘Magic mushroom’ enzyme mystery solved, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/o4Tnwt (1:17:36) - Daily e-cigarette users had highest rates of quitting smoking, Justin - https://goo.gl/NwP9yN (1:23:06) - Study: diet soda can really mess with your metabolism, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/4noMpH See also - Integration of Sweet Taste and Metabolism Determines Carbohydrate Reward - https://goo.gl/Jttx4y Quick Science Bytes! — (1:31:56) - Tiny jumping spiders found preying on frogs and lizards, Blair - https://goo.gl/CMy2MT (1:34:21) - Researchers use lasers to weld spider silk to kevlar, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/2LuyKz (1:37:59) - Micromotor-enabled active drug delivery for in vivo treatment of stomach infection, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/eV8RfG See also - Drug-delivering micromotors treat their first bacterial infection in the stomach - https://goo.gl/ztbXZs (1:40:16) - “Alternative” medicine’s toll on cancer patients: Death rate up to 5X higher, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/rHHWDa (1:45:30) - Wrap up (1:46:15) - Thank you’s to patreon sponsors - with the credit scroll/crawl — it’s back! (1:50:36) - End Theme And that's all, folks! Except, we still have... (1:54:23) - The After Show - now with even MORE Science Poppets! What costume will you wear to the Eclipse? Dr. Kiki says she feels like a pretty pretty Science Princess. And now that the show is over, she can keep drinking her wine . Blair’s not sure how long she can last, and everyone is packing for the eclipse. AND... much, much more... 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
