Goldilocks And The Seven Belgian Monks - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS) - Episode 607
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Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS) · 2017 · Science & Technology
Episode #607 — Goldilocks And The Seven Belgian Monks — This week on TWIS (@TWIScience): hosts Dr. Kiki (@drkiki), Justin Jackson (@jacksonfly) and Blair Bazdarich (@blairsmenagerie), along with an interview with Antarctic Fowl expert, Greg Cunningham. Dr. Kiki, Blair, & Justin explore the world of science news with a few of the week's popular stories: (0:00) - Recording Start (w/ a big ol' TWIS calendar - and a tiny little "we're live!" voice.) (0:41) - Show Start, Intro - Dr. Kiki. (1:19) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin (2:20) - Opening Theme Music. (2:54) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with (a briefly muted) Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines. (4:37) - Interview w/ Greg Cunningham, Assistant Professor at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY, and a researcher of the physiology of Antarctic Birds. See — https://goo.gl/Qyox0C & https://goo.gl/Q0Z8Zv (5:24) - Noting in Greg's new bright pink hair & beard — what he calls "breeding plumage." - Dr. Kiki (5:56) - What was it like going to Antarctica to study penguins? - Dr. Kiki . . . [Ed. Note — folks, once again, the interview notes + the regular show science story notes were just too long than the space YouTube allows us in this notes field. So for all the Interview time codes and notes, please go here — https://goo.gl/HQ69qh ] . . . (39:31) - Where to find Greg on-line? - Dr. Kiki - see here: https://goo.gl/Qyox0C & https://goo.gl/Q0Z8Zv (40:45) - How many showers to get rid of penguin poop smell? - Blair (41:49) - Interview Wrap-up w/ Dr. Kiki (42:37) - And we're at the break! (43:06) - Half-Time Theme Music. (plus discussion of Greg's Skype Audio Echo issue) (44:37) - 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! (49:29) - Interstitial Music: George Hrab, "Skeptic," from the album "Vitriol." (https://itun.es/us/H1qUe). (50:15) - And we're back from the break! (50:20) - George Hrab, who sings that "Skeptic" song we play at the break each week on TWIS, has his own very good podcast: The Geologic Podcast - http://www.geologicpodcast.com & https://goo.gl/s08kAs (50:43) - Trappist-1 Exoplanets! - Largest batch of Earth-size, habitable zone planets, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/5gcYBL NASA App - Eyes On Exoplanets - https://goo.gl/3tTk6A (1:08:05) - Creative people have better-connected brains, Justin - https://goo.gl/YDmlbE And now it's time for... (1:18:57) - Blair's Animal Corner (1:19:18) - Blair's Animal Corner Theme (1:19:38) - Can facial recognition systems help save lemurs?, Blair - https://goo.gl/7mLP4W (1:27:15) - New mosquito trap smart enough to keep just the bad bugs, Blair - https://goo.gl/Ubxhd0 (1:33:28) - Clonal Expansion of Lgr5-Positive Cells from Mammalian Cochlea and High-Purity Generation of Sensory Hair Cells, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/plXaPy (1:40:33) - GUT BACTERIA! - The enteric nervous system promotes intestinal health by constraining microbiota composition, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/9mVRXi (1:43:33) - 60,000-Year-Old Life Found in Crystals in Mexican Cave, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/7dPwkg (1:46:55) - Cat ownership not linked to mental health problems, Blair - https://goo.gl/ydFp8P (1:51:47) - Show Wrap-up & Thank you's (with the new 'Thank You' credit roll crawl!) (1:55:59) - End Theme And that's all, folks! Except, we still have... (1:59:32) - The After-Show! 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
