The kickass weekly science and technology radio show presenting a humorous and irreverent look at the week in science and tech. Each show TWIS discusses the latest in cutting edge science news on topics such as genetic engineering, cybernetics, space exploration, neuro science, and a show favorite Countdown to World Robot Domination. The show is hosted by Dr. Kirsten Sanford, a PhD in neuroscience, Justin Jackson, a wisecracking professional car salesman and armchair physicist, and Blair Bazdarich, a zoologist. Consistently voted one of the top science radio shows on the web - check it out and hear a science news program like no other.
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21 December, 2016 – Episode 598 – This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
Interview with Dr. Caren Cooper on Citizen Science, Crowdsourced Memory, Santa’s Climate Woes, Traffic Fatalities, Horizontal Boogie, Savage Chimps, Antler Fibers, Tabby’s Star Transition, Antimatter Matters, Vaccinations For Cows, And Much More…
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Twas ye ole winter solstice
and all through the lab
were bits of odd science
stem cells, horseshoe crabs
Kiki, the doctor,
was in her white coat,
Justin drank beer,
while Blair studied stoats.
When out from the galaxy
rose such a sound:
it was physics, and skeptics,
there was research all ’round!
The discourse was merry
the guests were all there
the chatroom was chatting
it was science, with flare!
It was bosons, and dark matter,
a chicken, err… t rex.
All on this week in science…
coming up next!!
Interview with Caren Cooper, Research Associate Professor, Forestry and Environmental Resources at north Carolina State university, and Jointly appointed as Assistant Head of the Biodiversity Research Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. She is an advocate for the practices of Citizen Science, Open Science, and Science Communication, pursuing scholarly inquiry into these areas, and bringing them all together to achieve Public Science. Her book, Citizen Science – How ordinary people are chang...