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.

Science is in Our DNA 04/26/2024

Science is in Our DNA This Week: Computerized CRISPR, Gut Microbiota, Lava Lakes!, Diabetes, Synthetic Living Cells, Chickadee Memory, Artificial Sweetener, Consciousness for All, And Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/30994288

Put More Science in Video Games 04/19/2024

Put More Science in Video Games This Week: Bright Burst, Blackholes, Genetic Material, Neanderthal Woodshop, Gamer Games, Asteroid Games, Human Evolution, Going Ape, Bacterial Vampires, And Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/30895393

Want to Hear About Science Junk? 04/05/2024

Want to Hear About Science Junk? This Week: Guest Host , Barcode Birds, Molecular Transistors, Legs Or Junk, Speed of Vision, Naked Hearts, Don't Vent, Bacteri-leather, Robo-Mirror, And Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/30701913

Science for our Future Fossils 03/29/2024

Science for our Future Fossils This Week: Interview W/Michael Garfield, Broken Memories, Bigger Brains, Machine Learns Beer, Teens are the Goat, Tardii-people?, And Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/30589863

Is Earth the Plastic Placenta Planet? 03/22/2024

Is Earth the Plastic Placenta Planet? This Week: Interview W/Dr. Jessica Hebert, Earthly Solutions, A Plastic Problem, Making Babies, Hair From Where?, Blood In Space, And Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/30494613

Mr. Watson, Come Here! It's Science! 03/07/2024

Mr. Watson, Come Here! It's Science! This Week: RNA, Hydrogen energy, Mammoths, Forever Chemicals, Light Chemistry, Old Humans of Ukraine, Origins of India, Chilling Science, Star Influence, Bee Friends, And Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/30276413

Leaping Into Science Leaves a Mark! 02/29/2024

Leaping Into Science Leaves a Mark! This Week: JWST, Life on the Moon?, Human Tales, Ancient Meat Substitute, Fluorescent Fingerprints, Brain Circuitry, Seeding the Stratosphere, Chemical Behavior, No Longer Vestigal?, And Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/30170343

This Is Possible Thanks To A Virus 02/23/2024

This Is Possible Thanks To A Virus This Week: Life & SATURN, Dainish Bog Body, Bulls & Balls, ADHD, Propagandist AI, Authoritarian Science, Gazeboed, Viral Brains, Meaning & Melody, And Much More! /episode/index/show/twis/id/30075453

What's Love Got to do with Science? 02/16/2024

What's Love Got to do with Science? This Week: Interview W/Dr. Allison Coffin, Be Irresistible, Unexpected Love Songs, Female Freedom, Erecting Erections, And Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/29980123

Why Are Blueberries Blue? 02/09/2024

Why Are Blueberries Blue? This Week: Rewriting Astronomy, Curing Cancer, Building Highways, Concussion Protein Protocol, Blue Berries?, Ancient Swedish mystery grave, Sexy Psychedelics, Childlike Learning, Night Walkers, And Much More! /episode/index/show/twis/id/29870013

Why is The Ocean Venting? 02/02/2024

Why is The Ocean Venting? This Week: Interview W/Sarah Treadwell, Genome Maps, Muscle Bots, Against The Light, Squeaky Mice, Laundry Recycling?, The Planetarium Show, Joides Resolution Ship, Ocean Vents, Scuba Diving, Mount Everest, Bees, And Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/29765858

Filling in the Gaps with Science 01/26/2024

Filling in the Gaps with Science This Week: RNA Outside, Mammoth Travels, HIV Entry, Early Hunters Gathering, Bone Switch, White Rhinos, Justin Rants, Kiki Hopes, Penguin Poop, Old Fossils, And Much More! /episode/index/show/twis/id/29658078

2024 TWIS Science Predictions! 01/13/2024

2024 TWIS Science Predictions! This Week: Predictions from 2023, Predictions for 2024, Supernovae, Ancient Archery, Grizzlies, Wing Source?, Giants of Southern China, Bats could cure diabetes, And Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/29468093

TWIS Top 11 Science News of 2023 01/12/2024

TWIS Top 11 Science News of 2023 This Week: What does This Week in Science think were the year's top science stories? This end-of-year episode counts down the Top 11 science news stories of 2023 and much more science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/29455493

How to Use Emojis For Science! 12/15/2023

How to Use Emojis For Science! This Week: Interview W/Trace Dominguez, Mapping Mouse Brains, Culture Coffee, Crusty Protection, What Big Eyes, Emoji Diversity, Geminids, Free Range Cats, Particle Physics, VR For Mice, Brain Computing, And Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/29093838

Jump on into the Science Gazpacho 12/07/2023

Jump on into the Science Gazpacho This Week: Interview W/Tom Merritt, Open Carbon Data, Biobots, Dolphins, Optimism, Unity, Goodbye Offices, Ketamine, Mice, Birds, Penguins, And Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/28978073

Under the Beaver Moon 11/30/2023

Under the Beaver Moon This Week: Climate Action, Surprising Cloacal Kiss, Cysts In The Snow, Angry Lady Flies, Aging Lady Chimps, Panama Protests, WHOA-Man, Bonobos, Neuronal WiFi, Bacterial Overlords, And Much More Under the Beaver Moon! /episode/index/show/twis/id/28873213

Should Science Monkey Around? 11/17/2023

Should Science Monkey Around? This Week: Interview W/Natalia Reagan, Glowing Monkeys, Editing Cholesterol, Seawater Soup, Sperm Sorrow, Ovarian Teeth, Social Sickness, Sober Thoughts, Science Questions, And Much More! /episode/index/show/twis/id/28683993

What's the Cosmic Log on Science? 11/10/2023

What's the Cosmic Log on Science? This Week: Engineered Yeast, Satellite Viruses, No Body Just Head, Rhombot, Humans vs. Robots, Cosmic Interview W/Alan Boyle, Cat Evolution, Cat Stink, Aging & Cat Poo, Science Questions, And Much More! /episode/index/show/twis/id/28577658

Do Roosters Even Know Themselves? 10/27/2023

Do Roosters Even Know Themselves? This Week: LIGO, Mummies, Language & AI, Policing, Pigs, Roosters, Birds Aren't Real, Fuzzy Stems, Prehistoric Gender Roles, Zoomies, Memory Codes, And Much More! /episode/index/show/twis/id/28438283

Are Snoozers Losers? 10/19/2023

Are Snoozers Losers? This Week: Mapping The Universe, Snoozers aren't losers, Bacteria Plus CAR-T, French painting, Theory Of Everything, Long arm of the lawn, Antacids and dementia, Brain Cell Atlas, Healin Strokes, And Much More! /episode/index/show/twis/id/28370768

What's in Your Head, Zombie? 10/13/2023

What's in Your Head, Zombie? This Week: Bennu Sample Surprise!, Cyber Hands Success, Heads Or Tails, Global Warming & Beer, Sourdough Starts, Going Off Course, Peregrine Prey Peril, Smoking, Female Frogs, Smelling Colors, And Much More Science in Your Head! /episode/index/show/twis/id/28305290

Science Is Always Nobel 10/06/2023

Science Is Always Nobel This Week: Nobel Prize Time, Stonehenge!, New Organelle?, New Organelle?, Snow Flies, Purring Pads, Fluorescent Animals, Math Bedtime Stories, Murder Rate at Oxford, Mushroom Microdosing, Mistaken Memories, Memory Support, And Much More! /episode/index/show/twis/id/28242059

Don't Be Afraid to Ask Stupid Questions! 09/29/2023

Don't Be Afraid to Ask Stupid Questions! This Week: IgNobel Prize Winners!, Scams, Fresh Water, Physical Life of Cells, Old Wooden Structures, Weed, Worm Emotions, Loss Brain, Baby Learning, And Many More Questions! /episode/index/show/twis/id/28174397

You SHOULD Be Skeptical of This Show! 09/22/2023

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! /episode/index/show/twis/id/28109840

TWIS with a TWIST 09/15/2023

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! /episode/index/show/twis/id/28038417

How Much Science Did You Inhale? 09/08/2023

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! /episode/index/show/twis/id/27974775

Why Are German Boars So Hot? 09/01/2023

Why Are German Boars So Hot? This Week: Free From Dialysis?, Ancinet 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! /episode/index/show/twis/id/27908736

When Will Science Solve Aging? 08/25/2023

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! /episode/index/show/twis/id/27846528

All In All We Are All Just Bricks In The Science 08/18/2023

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 Super Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/27786960

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