This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast

The kickass science and technology radio show that delivers an irreverent look at the week in science and technology.

Let's Pretend With Some Science! 02/12/2026

Let's Pretend With Some Science! This Week: Twilight ALAN Problems, YouTube, Sea Lion Moms, Apes Play Pretend, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/40093115

Just A Little Duct Tape & Science 02/06/2026

Just A Little Duct Tape & Science This Week: Story Updates!, Vapor Tracking, Roadkill, Lanternfly, Worms, Caterpillars, Conservation, Prediction From Memory, SpacexAi, Defining Consciousness, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/40016150

Snakes on a train? 01/30/2026

Snakes on a train? This Week: Nasal Vaccine, Artificial Light & Pollen Season, EVs, Train Snakes, Heavy Hoppers, Hot Tubbin Macaque, Howlers, Language, Parkinsons, Dread, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/39931090

Why Tilt at Windmills? 01/23/2026

Why Tilt at Windmills? This Week: Interview with Dr. Clare Fieseler, Windmill, Acetaminophen, Fight Aging, Artificial Light & Pollen, Bloody Mossies, T. rex, Hot Tubbin, Howler Monkeys, Cow Tools, Cow Food, and Much More! /episode/index/show/twis/id/39846195

The Uncertainty of Science 01/17/2026

The Uncertainty of Science This Week: Hot Waters, Plastic Bombshell?, The Desert, African EV's, Red Hair Reason, Queen Bees, AI Issues, Deer Scrapings, Pore Problems, Rhythm Recognitions, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/39765450

Sanitize Your Timeline with Science 01/09/2026

Sanitize Your Timeline with Science This Week: COVID Cases, Surprising Survival, Oldest Humans?, Old Poison, 400-year-old shark eyes, Bacterial Brains, Treating Alzheimer's Disease, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/39669900

Tilting at Tumbleweeds 12/12/2025

Tilting at Tumbleweeds This Week: Space Gum, Dinosaur Dots, Elephants & Bees, Kids & Dogs, Glyphosate Ghostwriting, Tilting Tumblebots, Necroprinter, And Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/39378985

What's in a Name? 12/06/2025

What's in a Name? This Week: NREL Rename, Red Head Problems, Too Hot for Plants, Cat Companions, Visualize Science, Battery Battering, And Much More in The Name of Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/39305450

TWISgiving Gratitude 12/01/2025

TWISgiving Gratitude This Week: Virtual Brain, Cockroach Cuddles, Lactaid Appreciation, Gratitude for Understanding Ourselves, And Much More! /episode/index/show/twis/id/39226805

What Does the Bin Chicken Say? 11/21/2025

What Does the Bin Chicken Say? This Week: Seagulls, Bad References, Bin Chicken, Woodpeckers, Parasitic Animals, Wolves and Crabs, Animal-Free Brains, Bye-bye Memories, Baby Hacking, And Much More! /episode/index/show/twis/id/39118990

Science & Wine Roulette 11/14/2025

Science & Wine Roulette This Week: Causing Disease, Malaria, Education Interrupted, Super Nova Shape, Super Nova Questions, Horny Bee, Lady Brains, Brain Fixes, Organoid Issues, Memory Growth, and Much More Science & Wine! /episode/index/show/twis/id/39031245

The Verifiable Science Show 11/07/2025

The Verifiable Science Show This Week: Interview with Virginia Gewin, Scientific Destruction, AI Wildlife, Recreating People, Baby T. Rex, Crab Homes, Biggest Web, Antibiotic Brain Health, Memory, And Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/38955495

TWISoween 2025 10/31/2025

TWISoween 2025 This Week: Whale Poop, Midnight Songbats, Vole Teeth, Multi-Species Walking Paths, Rats that hunt Bats, And Much More TWISoween! /episode/index/show/twis/id/38859880

What Do Aliens Know Anyway? 10/24/2025

What Do Aliens Know Anyway? This Week: Interview with Dr. Daniel Whiteson, It's Jupiter's Fault, Squirrels, Metabolic Limits, Pandas, Mini-Brains, Flatworms, Flying, Lead Brains, And Much More Aliens! /episode/index/show/twis/id/38774940

Free to be Science-y 10/10/2025

Free to be Science-y This Week: Nobel Prize Time, Tired Blood, Cheesy Spider Feet, What Are You Eating?, Connected States, Intersex spider found, Leafcutter Ants, Dolphin Alzheimers, ChatGPMouseBrain, Nanoparticles, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/38535040

This One Is For the Fearless 10/03/2025

This One Is For the Fearless This Week: Cassini, Fungal Evolution, Swimming Jaguars, Mouse Microbes, Cancer News, Lizard Snake, Dodo Birds, Electricity & Crabs, Cold Robot, Getting Oldest, Junk Food Brain, and Much More Fearless Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/38458305

How to Pronounce Acetaminophen 09/26/2025

How to Pronounce Acetaminophen This Week: It's IgNobel Season!, Cats!, Fish, Extinct Herbivores, Magic Mushrooms, Plastic Brains, Astrocyte Conductors, Social Spiders, and Much More Science to Pronounce! /episode/index/show/twis/id/38363585

Interview: Science Under Siege 09/23/2025

Interview: Science Under Siege This Week: Interview with Dr. Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., about Science Under Siege. /episode/index/show/twis/id/38330240

Sentient Meat Science 09/19/2025

Sentient Meat Science This Week: Life on Mars, HomoNaledi, Koala Vaccines, Bugs Against Cancer, Human Bees, Earthquake Energy, Alcoholic Chimps, Bad Math, Clone Ants, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/38274610

Science Unplugged 09/05/2025

Science Unplugged This Week: Government Climate Propaganda, Health Gutted, SeeMe, Less Pain With ADRIANA, It's Not You, It's Us, Justin Trashes a Study, Correlation? Causation on the Toilet?, Electrical Immunity?, Spleendid Healing, That Succulent Glow, and Much More Science Unplugged! /episode/index/show/twis/id/38098340

You Can't Retract Good Science 08/29/2025

You Can't Retract Good Science This Week: Interstellar Interloper, Mind's Eye, Jumping Spiders, Pig Lungs, Covid Shots, Ape Medicine, Cane Toads, Bird Poop, Justin Trashes a Study, Phantom limb, Big Brainy Thumb, Nature Words, and Much More Good Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/38017515

What is Your Science Policy ? 08/23/2025

What is Your Science Policy ? This Week: Interview with Adriana Bankston, Jakalopes, Bat Hugs, Mystery Skull, Autism, Flowers for Robots, Baby Brains, Decoding Inner Speech, Space Threats, And Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/37928500

Prompting You to Think Scientifically 08/08/2025

Prompting You to Think Scientifically This Week: Funding State, mRNA HIV vaccine, Radioactive rhino horn, Wasting Source, Editing Diabetes, Roaches, Cockatoos, GLP1, Snails, Roach Bots, Political Sway, and Much More to Prompt You to Think Scientifically! /episode/index/show/twis/id/37730510

This is the Science You Can Trust 08/01/2025

This is the Science You Can Trust This Week: Atomic Slits, Vaccines Work, Wifi Fingerprint, Ancient Teeth, Deep Life, Fat for Tumors, Immunity in your head, Cultural Function, Brain Generics, and Much More Science you can trust! /episode/index/show/twis/id/37631395

Guided by Science 07/25/2025

Guided by Science This Week: Interview W/Matthew Facciani, Australia, Stonehenge, Blood Pressure, Moth Dreams, Friendly Brains, Replication Win, Undoing Strokes, Meaning & Memory, And Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/37547860

What WILL We Never Know? 07/11/2025

What WILL We Never Know? This Week: A Different Science Fair, Cucumbers, Zoonotic Time Travel, Tortoises, Crabs, Chimps, New Brain Cells, Dance Brains, and Much More Science to Know! /episode/index/show/twis/id/37374235

Does This Show Need a Science Title? 07/06/2025

Does This Show Need a Science Title? This Week: LLM-assisted writing, Exercise Pills, Long Lived Mice, Scotland's Birds, Orcas' Pets, Fish Schools, High Elevation Scents, Climate Change, Triglycerides, Spatial Cognition, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/37292225

The Future of Science Starts Now 06/28/2025

The Future of Science Starts Now This Week: Vera's First Look, Dragons, Fertility. Anthrobots, Vascular Organoids, Orcas, Octopi, Car T, Type 1 Cure, Ears, Glow Brains, Morning Chorus, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/37201075

Arach-did-you-know?? 06/20/2025

Arach-did-you-know?? This Week: Early Humans, Terriers, T Gondii, Spiders, Sugar Substitute, Weight Loss Drug, Weight Loss, Live Longer Eat More, and Much More Science on this Episode! /episode/index/show/twis/id/37091665

Panel? More like Shamel! 06/13/2025

Panel? More like Shamel! This Week: Sham Panel, Strategic Hawks, Chimps, Cucumbers, and Bats Fight Cancer, Napping Bees, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/36980080

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