Consider the Magnitude, Dude - This Week in Science (TWIS) Podcast - Episode 648
1,090 views · Published 7 December 2017 · 1:52:31 · Indexed 25 October 2026
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS) · 2017 · Science & Technology
Consider the Magnitude, Dude - Watch Episode 648 of the This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS), with hosts Dr. Kiki & Justin Jackson now! [Ed. Note — Blair's away this week, sorry!] Dr. Kiki & Justin explore the world of science news with a few of the week's popular stories: (0:00) - Recording Start (0:28) - Show Start, Intro - Dr. Kiki (0:53) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin (2:08) - Opening Theme Music. (2:42) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines. (4:35) - Pre-order your TWIS 2018 Color Book Calendar by Blair! Go to http://twis.org & click on the link for the Calendar in the top right of the page. (5:09) - TWIS will be LIVE! at the @SFSketchfest, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, 6 - 10 pm, at the California Academy of Sciences. Get your tickets now! https://www.sfsketchfest.com/ (5:45) - Interview - Kimberly Arcand and Megan Watzke "Together, Arcand and Watzke are the authors of several popular science books including Light: The Visible Spectrum and Beyond and Your Ticket to the Universe: A Guide to Exploring the Universe." (6:56) - You've both worked together previously on books, but what led to this book? Dr. Kiki [Ed. Note — YouTube does not give us enough space for the entire interview, for a complete Interview notes, go here — https://goo.gl/sbjEHU ] [Further Ed. Note — The story Dr. Kiki mentions midway through the interview is here about sending Instructions to Voyager 1 for the first time in 37 years is here — ] After 37 years, Voyager 1 has fired up its trajectory thrusters (and it worked!) - https://goo.gl/9sd5EW (41:14) - How can people find you & Interview wrap-up https://www.arcandwatzke.com Twitter — @kimberlykowal & @megwatzke Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/YourTicketToTheUniverse/ Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/kimberlykowal/ (42:15) - Justin ordered the books for his kids for Christmas (42:26) - Interview Wrap-up (43:06) - And we're at the break! (43:34) - Half-Time Theme Music. (45:51) - Order your TWIS 2018 Color Book Calendar by Blair! See links above. (46:32) - TWIS LIVE! @ SF Sketchfest Jan. 18th - See links above. (46:55) - 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! (49:11) - Interstitial Music: George Hrab, "Skeptic," from the album "Vitriol." (https://itun.es/us/H1qUe). (49:25) - And we're back from the break! (49:40) - What has Science done for ME, lately? TWIS Minion Nero Kosonen shares how Science has helped him understand his ASD. Please send your own science stories to [email protected] or message us on Facebook - facebook.com/ThisWeekinScience. (52:31) - Arctic sea ice melt to exacerbate California droughts: study, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/HsbWLr (58:30) - Satellite tracking provides clues about South Atlantic sea turtles' 'lost years’, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/mC4VEP (1:04:38) - Recently discovered fossil shows transition of a reptile from life on land to life in the sea, Justin - https://goo.gl/tygwba (1:12:37) - Bronze Age artifacts used meteoric iron, Justin - https://goo.gl/v36fjf Quick Science Bytes! — (1:17:50) - NIH study of WWII evacuees suggests mental illness may be passed to offspring, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/kYU4LV (1:25:25) - Microbes of the Human Tongue Form Organized Clusters, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/ZFPTcs See also - Mapping the microbes in your mouth - https://goo.gl/yfHLU2 (1:32:11) - First Baby Born To U.S. Uterus Transplant Patient Raises Ethics Questions, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/5H26nr (1:39:10) - Show wrap up. (1:39:31) - Order your TWIS 2018 Color Book Calendar by Blair! See links above. (1:39:48) - TWIS LIVE! @ SF Sketchfest Jan. 18th - See links above. (1:40:28) - Thank you’s to patreon sponsors - with the credit scroll/crawl! (1:42:42) - Next week: Interview with Greg Gage of Backyard Brains! https://backyardbrains.com/ (1:45:03) - End Theme And that's all, folks! Except, we still have... (1:48:35) - The After Show - Special appearance by Kai. A short after show, to put kids to bed. ‘Night all! 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 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
