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    Tuesday, January 20, 2009
    Such a Presidential Day

    Today we inaugurate a new President of the United States. Let's hope that the speeches and fancy dinners and dancing elite make way to a term of peace and prosperity based on rational and critical thought.

    On today's episode of TWIS we talked about the threat of life on Mars and the possibility that we live in a hologram. Also, we covered a potential life-saver, the tiny Hydra. Females seem to stand up to deprivation a bit better than the boys. There's a new way to remove lead from blood. And, fish are inextricably linked to the oceans.

    Music on this week's show is thanks to The Used Rugs    , Chris Taylor, Jake Mann, and Johnny Brickhouse.

    Listen to it all here.

    Next week, we once again attempt to interview autism expert, Simon Baron-Cohen.

    TWIS UPDATES!!!

    1) We are taking submissions for the 2009 TWIS science music compilation album! Send us your science-y and TWIS-themed songs (mp3, wav, or aiff formats), or your album art, and we'll see if they make the cut. Deadline is March 1st.

    2) The January TWIS book club (    twisbookclub.ning.com) book-of-the-month is Sex, Drugs, and DNA by Michael Stebbins.

    Buy it here: Sex, Drugs and DNA: Science's Taboos Confronted

    3) Got any ideas how we should celebrate our 10th anniversary this year? Our 200th podcast episode is also coming up. Share your ideas with us. We'd like to celebrate with you because you are an important part of what we do.

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