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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
The Minions Are Smarter Than Us.
On the show: Digg'n Physics via Twitter, Dino Skinny, Bird Brain Insights, Fish Freakouts!, Tunguska Shuttle Hugs, Building Better Melons, Minion Mailbag, and The Question of the Month!
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Also, this month the TWIS Bookclub is reading Michio Kaku's Physics of the Impossible. Check it out:
Music on the show was by Unbalanced Wheel, Warp11, The Amygdaloids, and The Gifted Apes.
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current science news posted by Kirsten at 6/30/2009 02:38:00 PM
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
The World Is Smarter Than You
On today's show we talked about various and sundry ways that the world is a problem-solving machine. This place is amazing!
Plants have a sense of self, and trick predators; Social competition might have been good for our brains; Bacteria are great at planning ahead; Doctors are creating video games for lazy eyes; There's a new sunspot supercomputer; Your brain is quite handy; and birds make use of toxic chemical for migration.
Music on the show was by Unbalanced Wheel, Warp11, Monty Harper, and The Gifted Apes.
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current science news posted by Kirsten at 6/23/2009 11:45:00 AM
Blame It On Your Genes
Last week we interviewed Dr. Greg Gibson, professor and author of "It Takes a Genome", about the interplay between our modern world and our ancient genes. It seems our many modern ills are a problem arising from genetic and technological success. We outgrew our genes.
Also on the show: Bisphenol Everywhere, even in the drink; Toxo Crashes Cars; Beware of Robo-Ferret; RoboGames Redux; Adventures in Popularity; Move Over Silicon!; Go Fly A Kite for power; and Betelguese is losing weight.
Music on the show was by Unbalanced Wheel, Jake Mann, and others... it was difficult.
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current science news posted by Kirsten at 6/23/2009 11:28:00 AM
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Don't You Know The Children Are Our future?
Teach them well, and let them lead the way...
But, how to get them interested in things not related to Hannah Montana???
We spoke with kids' science fiction and science writer, Douglas Richards, about his books and how he thinks kids can be successfully introduced to a life-long love of science. We recommend his books for your middle-grader for fun, educational summer reading:
We also talked about the inner ape in us all that comes out through laughter, dirty little gamma rays, how medicine is making us bankrupt, how bats keep themselves from going batty, and finding humans underwater.
We also were soundly corrected by minions Aaron, Karen, and Ian on our interpretation of statistics related to the rate of lying among scientists. Thanks for keeping us honest, and using your critical thinking skills!
Music on the show was by Unbalanced Wheel, The Amygdaloids, and Jake Mann.
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current science news posted by Kirsten at 6/09/2009 10:52:00 AM
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Having Fun As Usual...
That's us at This Week in Science. We enjoy science and the way it gets the wheels of creativity turning. Don't you? Science shouldn't be reserved only for people in laboratories with degrees hanging on their walls (e.g. you don't have to do science or know everything about it to enjoy it).
If it's any indication of how much fun we had, this week we went all the way from marijuana to hunting for planets and everywhere in between. There was talk of waves in your brain, and monkeys mixed with jellyfish. We also talked about the glow of plankton, the future of data storage, scientists who lie, and using teeth to tell tales of ancient rhinos and human/neanderthal violence.
Music on the show was by Unbalanced Wheel, Warp11, and Monty Harper.
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current science news posted by Kirsten at 6/02/2009 06:27:00 PM
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