Talk About Guts! - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS) - Episode 634
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Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS) · 2017 · Science & Technology
Watch Episode 634 now! This week on TWIS: "Talk About Guts!," - with hosts Dr. Kiki & Justin Jackson! 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...) (0:39) - Show Start, Intro - Dr. Kiki (1:02) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin (2:16) - Opening Theme Music. (2:50) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines. (4:59) - What has Science done for ME, lately? A wonderful letter from TWIS minion Artyom Dogtyev about how Science helped him learn English by listening to streamable podcasts (like ours!) & that he can work remotely on-line for his job. Please send your own science stories to [email protected] or message us on Facebook - facebook.com/ThisWeekinScience. (8:52) - The Babylonians discovered a strange form of trigonometry, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/vqkwnY (16:42) - Global Patterns of Human Epigenetic Variation, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/dKJHac (25:08) - The end-Cretaceous mass extinction was rather unpleasant, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/B7nVo6 (34:53) - House-sized near Earth objects rarer than we thought, Justin - https://goo.gl/JE24hv (38:26) - Bone-derived hormone reverses age-related memory loss in mice, Justin - https://goo.gl/cocV2R (43:35) - Ancient whales were predators not gentle giants, Justin - https://goo.gl/ZALf4b (46:44) - How the plesiosaurs were able to swim with just flippers, Justin - https://goo.gl/mDs2KF (49:41) - Largest 'Sea Dragon' (Ichthyosaurus) Fossil Accidentally Discovered in Museum, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/rtzguB (54:13) - And we're at the break! (54:35) - Half-Time Theme Music. (55:06) - 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! (59:08) - Interstitial Music: George Hrab, "Skeptic," from the album "Vitriol." (https://itun.es/us/H1qUe). (59:35 ) - And we're back from the break! (59:40) - Gut bacteria that 'talk' to human cells may lead to new treatments, Justin - https://goo.gl/DJ7pCr (1:07:34) - Sexy females help ‘Plain Jane’ moths snag their mates, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/iQUiyz (1:12:42) - Higher coffee consumption associated with lower risk of death, Justin - https://goo.gl/wuZdv3 (1:18:00) - Nanoparticle-drug combo turns white fat to brown fat with potential to treat obesity, diabetes, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/prBeZ6 (1:21:52) - Parkinson’s Disease Cell Therapy Relieves Symptoms in Monkeys, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/zX3zHV (1:25:29) - A Bacterial Messenger Molecule Extends Healthspan, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/cVMGrQ Quick Science Bytes! — (1:28:43) - First CAR T-Cell Therapy Approved in U.S., Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/RRqjEM (1:32:55) - More Than 300,000 Atlantic Salmon Spill into Pacific, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/7EhfXU (1:38:08) - Show wrap up. (1:38:28) - Thank you’s to patreon sponsors - with the credit scroll/crawl! (1:42:37) - End Theme And that's all, folks! Except, we still have... (1:46:05) - The After Show - Blair's Animal Corner theme makes a guest appearance, the shady salmon farmer, YouTube chat issues, Freenode IRC TWIS chat is still Awesome, the collapsing factor of human relationships, 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
