This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast

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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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 1h44m. Bisher sind 488 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint wöchentlich.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 35 days 12 hours 48 minutes

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episode 944: You SHOULD Be Skeptical of This Show!


This Week: Justin's audio isn't great, Interview with Brian Dunning, UFOs, Biosignatures, UAP, NASA, Hominins, Research Behavior, Crash Propensity, Time Travel, End of the World Cult, Ancient Aliens, And Much More Skeptical Science!


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 September 22, 2023  1h45m
 
 

episode 943: TWIS with a TWIST


This Week: Interview with Dr. Carin Bondar, Atmospheric Discovery, Ultrasound Impacts, Cancer Recurrence, Sterile Gloves, Poor Robots, Moral Brains, Deadly Geometry, Pollinator Struggles, AI For Ecology?, Dirty Talk, And Much More TWIS with a Twist!


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 September 15, 2023  1h41m
 
 

episode 941: How Much Science Did You Inhale?


This Week: Inhale Science, Embryo Stems, Magic Mushrooms, Genetic Protection, Chronic Fatigue, Less Pollution, Batty Boxes, Homo Erectu balls, Dish Brain Advances, Baby Smarts, Go To Sleep, And Much More Science!


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 September 8, 2023  1h44m
 
 

episode 936: Why Are German Boars So Hot?


This Week: Free From Dialysis?, Ancient Apes of Turkey, Hot German Boars, Migratory Birds, AI Wins Again?, Can AI talk to animals?, Why Cats Like Tuna, Bees & Neanderthals, Bat Brains, Plastic Brains, And Much More Science!


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 September 1, 2023  1h57m
 
 

episode 940: When Will Science Solve Aging?


This Week: Moon Landing!, Lighter Magnets?, Consciousness of AI, Fly Medicine, Music For Cells, Martian Colonists, Sneaky Hummers, Population Overshoot, Rural Pandemic Woes, Memory Cells, Longer-Lived Mice, Slippery Slope, And Much More Science!


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 August 25, 2023  1h31m
 
 

episode 939: All In All We Are All Just Bricks In The Science


This Week: Demons, Songs via Brain Waves, Fly Plastic, Hidden Consciousness, Better Fake Meat, 3-D Seafood, Extinction Events, Dino Footprints, Octopus Memory, Male Mouse Sex Drive, And Much More Science!


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 August 18, 2023  1h17m
 
 

episode 938: What's So Super About Science?


This Week: The Milky Way, Denisovans, Social Distance, Super Conductor, Quantum Superchemistry, Nile Crocodiles, Atlantic Conveyer Belt, Humming Galaxy, Space Awareness, Spin Matters, And Much More Super Science!


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 August 11, 2023  1h28m
 
 

episode 937: This is the Day After. Whatchya Gonna Do Science?


What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Ancient Discoveries, NASA on UAPs, Tall Tall Trees, Ryugu Rocks, Scandalous Sports Supplements, Eating Plastic, Tickling Rats for Science!, Do power lines kill birds?,


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 August 4, 2023  2h15m
 
 

episode 936: Nothing Compares 2 Science


This Week: Ruining AMOC, Indonesian Barrier, Restoring Fertility?, Fighting Malaria, The Loch Ness Monster, Fish, Egg Stealing Birds, Stair Trouble, Curious Vs Urgent, Robot Preacher, And Much More Science!


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 July 28, 2023  1h40m
 
 

episode 935: Science to Sing About


This Week: No Dark Matter, English Study Bias, Private Medicine, Babies Love Opera, Underwater Pollinators, No Symptoms, Bat Music, Scared Flies, Mini-Brains, Smarter Better, And Much More Science to Sing About!


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 July 21, 2023  1h31m