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.

Uncanny Science 07/17/2026

Uncanny Science This Week: Culture, Uncanny Valley Monkeys, Koala Cure, Hidden Fish, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/42124980

Shrinking Cephalopod Brains, Science! 07/10/2026

Shrinking Cephalopod Brains, Science! This Week: Orbital Weapons, Vanta Black Satellites, Emotional Bees, Old Enzymes, Light Tech, Sex-changing Spiders, Cephalopod Brains, Cry For Health, Brain Damage, Preventing Trauma, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/42036365

Lighting Up the Skies 07/03/2026

Lighting Up the Skies This Week: Spudcell, Colossal Effort, Planigales, Homo Naledi, Crocodile Brians, Snails, Overies, and Much More Science Lighting Up the Skies! /episode/index/show/twis/id/41954885

Deploy The Quantum Science! 06/26/2026

Deploy The Quantum Science! This Week: .Gov vs .US, Cleaning Phones, Mines and Rain, Pod Presence, Pterosaur Wings, Bilingual Brains, Laugh Lines, Eyes, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/41812930

The Ladies Want Smarts 06/19/2026

The Ladies Want Smarts This Week: The Underground, Climate Change Survey, Forever? Chemicals, Blood Thinning, Dead Whales, Zebra Finch, Scared Pregnant Mice, Contagious Fear, Sneaky Spiders, Knee Pain, Bird Brains, Gamer Critics, and Much More Science Smarts! /episode/index/show/twis/id/41705770

We're Going Science Supersonic 06/13/2026

We're Going Science Supersonic This Week: Supersonic Planes, Galactic Winds, SpiderCam, Electric Squirts, Owl Brilliance, Neural Disappointment, Fructose Failing, Turning Left, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/41629950

Science Needs You! 06/06/2026

Science Needs You! This Week: New Science Rules, Mosquitoes, Bad Food, Bad Gut, Wild Pigs, Pigeon Hypotheses, Bower Bird Bonanza, Octopus Mirror Attack, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/41556785

Under the Sea Science Venting 06/04/2026

Under the Sea Science Venting This Week: Interview w/Dr. Andrew Thaler, Watching Wildlife, New Octopus, Cucumber Bits, Backrooms, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/41543215

Humpty Dumpty Sat On the Science 05/22/2026

Humpty Dumpty Sat On the Science This Week: Urban Animals, Human Birth, Happy Mice, Eye Plants, Bug Killing Medicine, Colossal Shells, and Much More! /episode/index/show/twis/id/41397990

Unicorns Are Real 05/15/2026

Unicorns Are Real This Week: Interview w/Alaina Levine, Science Unicorns, Cancer Gone, Carnivorous Plants, Outdoor Cats, Carnivorous Rice, Gluca Gone, Insect Pain, Wings, Sleepy Time, and Much More! /episode/index/show/twis/id/41304350

Science de Mayo 05/08/2026

Science de Mayo This Week: Guest Host Philip Shane, Death Of A Great Mind, Plastic Heat, Fish Filth, Swedish Power, Double Trouble, Sweet Myelin, Folding Proteins, Baby Mom Yawns, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/41213330

What Is Science Worried About? 05/01/2026

What Is Science Worried About? This Week: Bye-Bye Science Board, Fluoride, Coffee, Bees Love Viruses, Sexist Birds, Yawns, Melatonin, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/41102525

What's The Earth Worth? 04/24/2026

What's The Earth Worth? This Week: Interview W/Sara Kobilka, Slowing Currents, Hard Freeze, It's All Connected, Plant Lives, Cocaine Salmon, This Is New, Mars Stuff, and Much More Earth Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/41000165

Science isn't so taxing 04/17/2026

Science isn't so taxing This Week: Physics, Solar Wood, Motherhood Kills, Sunbirds Suck, Octopi, Limb Regeneration, Chatty Cetaceans, Ai is Bad, Hearing The Universe, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/40917800

To The Moon, Artemis! 04/10/2026

To The Moon, Artemis! This Week: Guest Host , Humans Around the Moon, Faster Than Light, Localizing Carbon, Voorhies Law?, Mouse Aging is FTL, ADHD MGMT, Forced Decisions, Cognitive Surrender, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/40797770

Science myths defanged! 03/27/2026

Science myths defanged! This Week: Hot Plants, Blair's Animal Oopsie, Sounds About Right, In-infinite Cloning, Male Fruit Fly Flirting, Platypodes, Control Factors Mouse Vision, and Much More Sciencer! /episode/index/show/twis/id/40639535

Gnaw On This For a Bit 03/13/2026

Gnaw On This For a Bit This Week: European Ignobel, NIH, Tamper-Free Viruses, Origami Vaccines, Garbled Messages, Brain Cell Centers, Gnawing Need, and Much More Science to Gnaw on! /episode/index/show/twis/id/40421850

This Week in Blair's Animal Corner 03/07/2026

This Week in Blair's Animal Corner This Week: Animal Science, Bats, Caribou, Dogs, Fish, and Much More! /episode/index/show/twis/id/40348645

Stabilizing The Changing Brain 02/27/2026

Stabilizing The Changing Brain This Week: Interview W/Nicola Allen PhD., Stabilizing The Brain, Space Alerts, Artemis, Bouba Kiki, Birder Brains, Drunken Apes, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/40260015

When Do We Know Enough? 02/20/2026

When Do We Know Enough? This Week: Life on Mars, Interstellar Water, Snakes, PFAS, Wind Farms, Sea Silk, Frogs, Zebra Finches, Organoids, Brain Training, Alzheimer's, and Much More Science to Know! /episode/index/show/twis/id/40176935

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

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast

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