Ice, Ice, Baby!! — This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS) - Episode 581
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Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS) · 2016 · Science & Technology
Episode #581 - Ice, Ice, Baby!! — Chilly (or not so much anymore?) Arctic Ice, that is. All right STOP! — Collaborate and listen: SCIENCE is back with my brand new invention! This Week, TWIS gets a visit from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Research Scientist Walt Meier (http://go.nasa.gov/2bPdb2v) to tell us all NASA is doing to monitor the changing Ice of the Arctic! Dr. Kiki, Justin, and Blair explore the world of science news with a few of the week's popular stories: (0:00) - Very quiet pre-show (0:35) - Start of Show w/ Dr. Kiki - Show title (@drkiki) (0:51) - Intro w/ Dr. Kiki (1:03) - Bad Disclaimer (bad Justin [@jacksonfly] robot voice - technical difficulties) ... much technical difficulties ensued.... then... (7:54) - Actual Disclaimer - Justin (9:45) - TWIS Show Opening Theme (10:20) - Opening Good Science Greetings with Dr. Kiki, Justin & Blair (@blairsmenagerie), Intros & Top Story Headlines /*** - NASA'S WALT MEIR INTERVIEW - ***/ (12:22) - Interview with Walt Meier, Research Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (http://go.nasa.gov/2bPdb2v) on NASA monitoring changing Arctic Ice. [For specific Time Codes and Points of Interview, see — http://bit.ly/2bDunqG ] (44:58) - thank you's by Dr. Kiki to Walt. /*** - END INTERVIEW - ***/ (45:27) Aaaaand — we're at the Half (w/ Theme Music)! Thanks to NASA's Walt Meier! 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! (48:57) 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. (49:28) Dr. Kiki will bring TWIS Live! to the Portland, Ore. Mini Maker Faire at OMSI (https://www.omsi.edu/maker-faire-pdx), September 10 - 11, at a How-to Podcast Booth. (50:07) Interstitial Music: George Hrab, "Skeptic," from the album "Vitriol." (https://itun.es/us/H1qUe). (50:54) 2nd Half! (51:02) - Dr. Kiki's Exo-planet, Plan-et B Planet found in habitable zone around nearest star, http://bit.ly/2bAHRGp - TWIS Minions!: tweet @TWIScience w/ #sendlife or #dontsendlife (#sendKaren ?). (57:42) - Dr. Kiki on the StarShot mission colliding with space dust! - Just how dangerous is it to travel at 20% the speed of light? - http://bit.ly/2bk2LJB (1:08:51) - Justin, UCLA physicists discover 'apparent departure from the laws of thermodynamics’, http://bit.ly/2bDrYwl (1:16:37) - Blair's Animal Corner (Theme Music) (1:17:08) - Blair, Gay Termites, http://bit.ly/2bJKlCM (1:22:13) - Blair, Climate change alters the rules of sperm competition in the sea, http://bit.ly/2bEAAHj (1:29:36) - Quick Science News! (1:29:40) - Dr. Kiki, Updated: Companies settle gene technology patent fight that was shrouded in mystery, http://bit.ly/2bKs7jz (1:30:45) - Blair, Hibernating pygmy-possums can sense danger even while dormant, http://bit.ly/2bk3Lgz (1:34:09) - Dr. Kiki, Octobot! http://bit.ly/2bAPahg (1:38:30) - Wrap up show! Thank yous to Patreon supporters. (1:43:02) - End theme! But wait! There's always... (1:46:35) The After Show Featuring Blair's sound noises, and... (2:00:40) - Dr. Kiki, Are you a Face Super-Recognizer? On-line test from University of Greenwich, http://bit.ly/2bmEb7y & http://bit.ly/2bKx4Zp NEXT WEEK - 31-Aug.-2016, Interview with Carl Zimmer! http://www.carlzimmer.com/ What do you think we should talk about? Let us know in the comments below! Or you can contact us directly: Dr. Kiki: [email protected], Justin: [email protected], or Blair: [email protected]. Put TWIS in the subject line, so your email doesn't get spam-filtered into oblivion! On Twitter: @TWIScience, @drkiki, @jacksonfly, and @blairsmenagerie. We love your feedback! Watch live here on Google+ 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 Like us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/ThisWeekinScience/ Subscribe to us on YouTube! http://youtube.com/ThisWeekinScience Support us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/ThisWeekinScience
