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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episode 748: 20 November, 2019 – Episode 748 – The Science Awakens
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast?
Half A Brain, Update On The Force, Skull Bonnet, Yeasty Bees, Peacock Disco, Swimming Bees, Milky Way Gazing, Brightest Burst, Science Broth, Non-Stick Toilets, Dino Bird, Moon Map, Social Health, AR Papers, Not Laughing Gas, And Much More…
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The following program contains unclassified information of both government funded and academically executed science from around the world…
Subjects often range in scale, scope, energy and even time…
One moment we may find ourselves in the backyard of a spring garden observing bees.
In the next, deep below a glacier contemplating the movement of water…
Then, without warning, we might find ourselves walking amongst extinct beasts,
Or walking on the moon…
Or walking the fine line between what we think we know…
and what we find when we actually look.
Minds afraid of traveling need no ticket to take this ride as they may never reach a destination.
Sudden shifts in cognitive focus should be expected.
Irreversible increases in intelligence have been incredulously implied.
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Half A Brain
People who had up to one hemisphere of their brains removed to treat epilepsy are able to recover almost completely normal function. How does that work? According to this fMRI study, connections between existing brain networks are stronger than in whole brains.
Update On The Force