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08 November, 2017 – Episode 644 – This Week in Science (TWIS) Podcast
Transgenes For Skin, Renewed Explosions, Murdering of Cells, Clumsy Male Mammoths, Speedy Salmon Sperm, Human Height, Rejuvenation Of Cells, Artificially Sweet Septic, Helpful Bonobos, An Awful Death, Who’s Baaaaaaaaaad?, Rod-Cones!, And Much More…
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Tonight’s show is not for the feint of heart…
Although Halloween has passed…
There are still plenty of things going bump in the night…
What exactly is making the sounds you hear outside your window in the dark?
Could it be an undead supernova…
stirring in its starry grave?
Or maybe it’s a mindless mammoth meandering after midnight?
Are you frozen out of fear?
Or because a frightful fungus is forcing you not to flee?
And while there may be a killer or two out there…
Wait til you hear about one lurking much nearer…
But not to worry,
it’s not all the stuff of night mares ahead…
We have science stories,
all sorts…
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