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 494 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint wöchentlich.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 35 days 22 hours 56 minutes

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episode 930: The Upright Science Brigade!


This Week: Solar Systems, Rhino Horns, Asgardians, Australopithecus, Kangaroos, Peanuts, Turtles, Fruit Flies, Trees, Smokers, Brain Tunnels, Taurine, Modular Bots, And Much More Science!


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 June 16, 2023  2h6m
 
 

episode 929: What Will You Do... With All This Science?


This Week: JWST News, Younger Dryas, Touchy Plants, Forever Chemicals, Robot Master Chef, Conservation, Assassin Bugs and Bombardier Beetles, Indigenous reforestation, Proteomics & Privacy, Psychedelics, Bird Dreams, And Much More Science!


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 June 9, 2023  2h6m
 
 

episode 928: You Otter be Listening to This Week in Science!


This Week: Otter Day, Reversing Autism, Silent Zoo Tours, Slimy Science, Sweet Damage, Spiders, Seagulls, Neanderthals, Sex Education, Curious Kids, And Much More Science!


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 June 2, 2023  2h5m
 
 

episode 925: How Did We Get Here?


This Week: Boosting Life, It's thanks to the sun we're here!, Female spiders, Saturn, Ozone, Frog Sperm, Dinosaur Perspective, Ant, Plant, or Spider?, Healing Vibrations, Electric Boost, And Much More Science!


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 May 25, 2023  1h22m
 
 

How Can A Failure Be A Winner in Science?


What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Watery Comet, Failed cancer drug, Pollen heat, Defective Black Holes?, Parkinson’s Disease, eDNYOU, Zebra Finches, Hammerhead sharks, Mushroom-based materials, Pandemic Brain,


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 May 19, 2023  1h50m
 
 

episode 925: The Science of Soap & Mosquitoes


This Week: Einstein, Female Space Crews, Sperm, Diamond Funnels, Stem Cells, Pangenome, Assassin Bugs, Crabs, Doctors experimenting, Magic Mushrooms, Soap, Mosquitoes, And Much More Science!


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 May 12, 2023  1h58m
 
 

episode 924: May the 4th has Quantum Microscopes!


This Week: Quantum Microscopes, Textbooks in India, Photosynthesis, Aliens, Aminos, Frogs, Seals, Ice Caps, Blood Brain Barrier, Brain Reading, Anorexic Guts, UTIs, And Much More Science!


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 May 5, 2023  1h51m
 
 

episode 923: Why aren't we studying sex in space?


This Week: Safety & Justice, Bears, Space Sex, Gut Differences, Poop, Asteroids, Sleeping Seals, Roadkill Lemonade, Microbial Resistance, Lost Lunar Lander, New Brain Network, Getting Nervous, And Much More Science!


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 April 28, 2023  1h47m
 
 

episode 922: Fossilized Science!


This Week: PFAS, Electric Healing, Good Cement, Ocean Plastic, Hot Animals, Bat Bones, Parasites, Salt Substitute, 2000 yr old necropolis, And Much More (Fossilized) Science!


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 April 20, 2023  1h23m
 
 

episode 921: There's Bacteria in Your Eye


This Week: Upcycling For Eyes, Bacteria, Canadian dire wolf, Mint, Monkeys, Lip Reading, Alexa, Tiger Personality, Bird water, Broccoli, Ancient Drug Use, Aging, And Much More Science!


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 April 14, 2023  1h44m