Sneaky Science - This Week in Science (TWIS) Podcast - Episode 680
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Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS) · 2018 · Science & Technology
Sneaky Science - Watch Episode 680 of the This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS), with hosts Dr. Kiki, Blair and Justin Jackson now! View more videos like this: https://goo.gl/4luU1EWatch live here or check out our feed over at http://twis.org/live - we have a chatroom! Join us! Support us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/ThisWeekinScience 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 -------------------------------- Dr. Kiki & Justin explore the world of science news with a few of the week's popular stories. (0:00) - Recording Start (2:00) - Show Start, Intro - Dr. Kiki (2:25) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin (4:13) - Opening Theme Music. (4:47) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines (and a special appearance by... Kai! And news of his pet crayfish.) (6:48) - Scientists detect giant underground aquifer on Mars, raising hope of life on the planet, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/mars-water-1 See also - Huge reservoir of liquid water detected under the surface of Mars - http://bit.ly/mars-water-2 See also - Radar evidence of subglacial liquid water on Mars - http://bit.ly/mars-water-3 (15:56) - CRISPR Is Overcome When Viruses Gang Up on Bacteria, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/crispr-overcome-1 See also - Viruses cooperate to overcome immune defences of bacteria - http://bit.ly/crispr-overcome-2 (23:47) - Bacterial communities use sophisticated strategy to communicate over long distances, Justin - http://bit.ly/bacterial-communication (34:18) - Blair’s Animal Corner (34:32) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme (34:55) - Most Americans support Endangered Species Act despite increasing efforts to curtail it, Blair - http://bit.ly/endangered-species-act (43:51) - Warming alters predator-prey interactions in the Arctic, Blair - http://bit.ly/arctic-predator-prey (51:44) - And we're at the break! (52:22) - Half-Time Theme Music - "Our 1st Assumptions Were Correct" by Jake Mann from his album, "Daytime Ghost." https://apple.co/2G3ERxV (53:03) - 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! (59:21) - Interstitial Music (1:00:00) - Back from the break! (1:00:06) - What has Science done for ME, lately? TWIS Minion Jacqueline Boyster shares how her hopes in Science are getting her through a diagnosis of MS. Send your Science stories to: [email protected] or message us on Facebook - facebook.com/ThisWeekinScience. (1:04:58) - Brain discovery could block aging's terrible toll on the mind, Justin - http://bit.ly/brain-and-aging (1:16:06) - Is This Fungus Using a Virus to Control an Animal's Mind? Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/fungus-mind-control (1:29:05) - Unwrapping the brewing secrets of barley, Justin - http://bit.ly/barley-brewing (1:32:07) - Two Fungal Species—One Pathogenic, One Benign—Are Actually the Same, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/fungal-twinsies (1:37:47) - Monkeys benefit from the nut-cracking abilities of chimpanzees and hogs, Blair - http://bit.ly/monkey-nut-cracking Quick Science Bytes! — (1:42:50) -Why men say they've had more lifetime sexual partners than women, Blair - http://bit.ly/men-sexual-partners (1:51:07) - After Last Year's Hurricanes, Caribbean Lizards Are Better at Holding on for Dear Life, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/hurricane-lizard-survival (1:56:32) - Show wrap up. (1:57:48) - Thank you’s to Patreon sponsors (2:01:19) - End Theme And that's all, folks! Except, we still have... (2:04:50) - The After Show! - Dr. Kiki's cartoon small voice, which scares Blair. No spiders in the face, please & further spider garden & war stories. Justin's daughter loves spiders, but HATES mosquitos. Aggressive Hobo Spiders who use the "stand your ground" law. And much, much more...
