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.

Reasons to Think About Rome 09/18/2026

Reasons to Think About Rome This Week: Roman Success, Moon Eater, Cryosperm, Space Mirror, Roman Roads, Mosquito Toilet, Vipers, Shags, Mouse Brains Fly Brains, and Much More Science to think about! /episode/index/show/twis/id/42949498

How to Win in Science 09/11/2026

How to Win in Science This Week: Ig Nobel Winners, Distracted Dog Walkers, Dino Eggs, Ai Kerfuffle, Poop Color, Beautiful Bird Calls, Rebuild the Brain, Red Blood Treatment, Walk it Off, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/42872935

The Butterfly Effect 09/04/2026

The Butterfly Effect This Week: El Nino, Eye in the Sky, Big Dark Matter, Beauty Bias, The Butterfly Effect, Gut-Brain Connection, Raindrops, Alzheimers, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/42780520

What's Up With Weather in the West? 08/28/2026

What's Up With Weather in the West? This Week: Interview W/Daniel Swain, Weather & Climate Science, Pulsating Mass, Bad Aging Science?, Get Vaccinated!, Baby Brained, and Much More! /episode/index/show/twis/id/42587035

Did Science Find It Yet? 08/20/2026

Did Science Find It Yet? This Week: Cancer Vaccine, Holotypes, Supercentenarians, Cheesy News, Spiders, Think Well, Sugar Babies, Body Movement, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/42500370

Five Slimes To Rule Them All 08/14/2026

Five Slimes To Rule Them All This Week: Unnatural Viruses, Platypus Rehab, Black Hole Star, Bacteria for Babies, Elven Coral, 5 Slimes, Analysis Paralysis, Monkey See, Trust Selectivity, LLM Study, and Much More! /episode/index/show/twis/id/42441870

Welcome to the NEW Golden Age 08/07/2026

Welcome to the NEW Golden Age This Week: Politics, Making a Golden Age, Money Ai, Space Tiles, Bubbles, Ants, Dodos, Awkward Robots, Sleep, and Much More! /episode/index/show/twis/id/42361970

The Dish on Disease-in-a-Dish 07/31/2026

The Dish on Disease-in-a-Dish This Week: Interview W/Dannielle Engle, PhD, Pancreatic Cancer, Gut Memories, Memorable Brain Changes, and Much More Science to Dish About! /episode/index/show/twis/id/42272865

Invasive Science 07/24/2026

Invasive Science This Week: Interview W/Dana Page, Feral Pigs, Prescribed Burns, Climate Change, Plant Cheese, and Much More Science! /episode/index/show/twis/id/42206835

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

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