Natural or Nuts? - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS) - Episode 572
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Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS) · 2016 · Science & Technology
This week on Episode 572 of the This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS), we talk with Britt-Marie Hermes of NaturopathicDiaries about why she thinks naturopaths are not doctors. Also, SCIENCE! (0:47) Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Check out our website: http://twis.org On this week's episode, Dr. Kiki, Justin, and Blair explore the world of science news with a few of the week's popular stories: (4:23) UofPenn scientists have been approved to test CRISPR for cancer treatment. (8:32) The Church lab has developed a Cas9 system to inhibit mutations. (14:43) Have Tibetans always been living the high altitude life? (19:48) The original source of rice may have been found. (21:18) And, termites are definitely the world's oldest farmers! (24:32) Frustrated male crabs trap the ladies. (31:26) We get dating advice from fish. (44:37) Check out our Interview with Britt-Marie Hermes about naturopathy vs. medicine! More SCIENCE: (1:36:18) Young Kakas are smarter than the old. (1:38:25) Undead genes become more active after death. (1:41:59) A Zika vaccine is on the way! (1:43:21) Are brain game effects on IQ just due to the placebo effect? (1:45:56) The Earth has a tiny quasi-satellite... ok, another moon! (1:50:18) Robot brains might be much more human-like in the future. And Much More… like our (2:02:02) Post-show show! 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 Subscribe to us on YouTube! http://youtube.com/ThisWeekinScience Support us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/ThisWeekinScience
