TWISGiving 2018! - This Week in Science (TWIS) - Episode 696
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Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS) · 2018 · Science & Technology
TWISGiving 2018! - Watch Episode 697 of the This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS), with hosts Dr. Kiki, Blair Bazdarich and Justin Jackson, and our special interview guest, Dr. Andrew Maynard! Listen to the full episode in audio or check out the show notes at our website: http://www.twis.org ! Support us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/ThisWeekinScience Follow us on Twitter!@TWIScience Subscribe to us on YouTube! http://youtube.com/ThisWeekinScience View more videos like this: https://goo.gl/4luU1E -------------------------------- Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin explore the world of science news with a few of the week's popular stories: (0:00) - Recording Start (0:30) - Show False Start, Intro... Whoops! - Dr. Kiki (0:57) - ACTUAL Show Start, Intro - Dr. Kiki (1:25) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Blair (2:51) - Opening Theme Music (3:26) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines. (6:20) - Interview w/ Dr. Andrew Maynard Andrew Maynard is a former physicist, a professor in the Arizona State University School for the Future of Innovation in Society. He directs the ASU Risk Innovation Lab, and chairs the ASU Master of Science and Technology Policy program. He has recently published a book called "Films from the Future: the Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies". (7:09) - What do you mean "former" physicist?? Justin (7:24) - How did you come to work on risk from a background in physics? Dr. Kiki [Ed. Note — YouTube does not give us enough room for the whole interview, find all those notes, here — http://bit.ly/andrew-maynard-twis-interview.] (41:15) - Where can people find you and information about your book? Dr. Kiki https://2020science.org/about-andrew-maynard/ https://2020science.org/films-from-the-future-the-technology-and-morality-of-sci-fi-movies/ http://bit.ly/films-future https://twitter.com/2020science (42:34) - Interview Wrap-up, Dr. Kiki. (43:02) - And we're at the break! (43:29) - Half-Time Theme Music - "Our 1st Assumptions Were Correct" by Jake Mann from his album, "Daytime Ghost." https://apple.co/2G3ERxV (44:13) - 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! (48:52) - Interstitial Music (49:32) - And we're back from the break! (49:40) - What has Science done for ME, lately? A bit of Thanksgiving Day Science Gratitude from the TWIS Podcasters themselves. Please send your own science stories to [email protected] or message us on Facebook - facebook.com/ThisWeekinScience. (52:19) - Biologists create the most lifelike artificial cells yet, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/most-lifelike-artficial-cells (1:00:00) - Lab-grown ‘mini brains’ produce electrical patterns that resemble those of premature babies, Dr. Kiki - https://go.nature.com/2S3J0Iw See also - Nested oscillatory dynamics in cortical organoids model early human brain network development - http://bit.ly/early-human-brain-development (1:11:10) - 'Longevity protein' rejuvenates muscle healing in old mice, Justin - http://bit.ly/longevity-protein-mice (1:16:43) - Half of the world's annual precipitation falls in just 12 days, new study finds, Justin - http://bit.ly/world-precipitation (1:23:53) - Blair’s Animal Corner (1:24:02) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme. (1:24:25) - There's a New Study on Why Wombats Poop Cubes, And It Might Have Some Answers, Blair - http://bit.ly/wombats-poop-cubes See also - Why is wombat poop cube-shaped? - https://on.natgeo.com/2zmHVEJ (1:32:55) - Researchers discover a new gear in life's clock: Vitamin D, Blair - http://bit.ly/life-clock-vitamin-d Quick Science Bytes! — (1:41:55) - Strength of Recluse Spider’s Silk Originates from Nanofibrils, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/recluse-spider-silk See also - Spider silk is five times stronger than steel—now, scientists know why - http://bit.ly/spider-silk-strength (1:45:51) - Rare microbes lead scientists to discover new branch on the tree of life, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/rare-microbes See also - Hemimastigophora is a novel supra-kingdom-level lineage of eukaryotes - https://go.nature.com/2OXfCls (1:49:14) - Mom's teeth tell her history of giving birth and raising babies in Asian black bears, Blair - http://bit.ly/black-bear-mom-teeth (1:53:05) - Show wrap up (1:53:40) - The 2019 TWIS Calendar is available for order! http://bit.ly/twis-2019-calendar (1:54:07) - Thank you’s to our generous Patreon sponsors. (1:55:23) - NEXT WEEK: Dr. Alexander Himmel interview! (1:57:38) - End Theme (2:01:08) - The After Show!
