Archives for the 'astronomy' Category

This Week in Science - August 12, 2008

PomPom Danger, LHC FTW!, Mama’s Sick, Invisbility redux, Size Does Matter, Winning Plays, The Weird From Washington, Australia Bashing, News You Can Use, Chicken Feather Walls, and Much More

12 August 2008 | alternative energy, animals, astronomy, australia bashing, bioethics, biology, cell biology, chickens, cognitive psychology, diy tech, endangered animals, engineering, evolution, fuel cells, microbiology, physics, podcast, science, science and politics | No Comments

This Week in Science - December 19, 2006 Broadcast

Merry TWISMAS!!!, TWIS Digg Contest: Win a Free TWIS Tshirt and Science Music CD, Bacteria Around Us, Starlight Stardust, Frigid Faithful, Justin Raves About Circumcision, & Interview w/ Dr. David Weintraub, astronomer and author of ‘Is Pluto a Planet?’

19 December 2006 | astronomy, astrophysics, biology, clinical trials, cosmology, evolution, genetics, medicine, microbiology, planets, science, space | No Comments

This Week in Science - November 14, 2006 Broadcast

Test Yourself, Don’t Be Afraid of the HPV, Women in Science History Madness, Interview w/ David Bodanis about mathematician Emilie du Chatelet, Intervirew w/ George Johnson about Henrietta Swan Leavitt and measuring the sky, Justin’s Math Power Couple, and Proof That Men Have Always Spent Too Much Time on the Toilet.

14 November 2006 | archeology, astronomy, biology, cancer, cognitive psychology, galaxies, mathematics, medicine, science, science history, therapies | No Comments

This Week in Science - August 22, 2006 Broadcast

Whale Of A Tale, Or Two, Isolating Cancer’s Compatriates, Hobbit Debunked, Dark Matter Exists! - Interview w/ Douglas Clowe, Trap Jaw Ants in Our Pants - Interview w/ Andrew Suarez, Bumble-Bee Watches?, Techno Chimps, Robo-Squirrels Take On Rattlesnakes, Junk-DNA Makes Us Smart

22 August 2006 | animals, anthropology, archeology, arthropods, astronomy, astrophysics, biology, burning man, cancer, evolution, genetics, insects, mammals, marine biology, medicine, paleontology, physics, robots, science, therapies, whales, world robot domination | No Comments

This Week in Science - August 01, 2006 Broadcast

It’s My Birthday! We’re Gonna Party!, All’s War in Sex and Love, Oceans of Bacteria, Oceanic Dead Zone, Power Company Collusions, Shooting Sulfur at the Sky, Rising From the Ashes, Build Up the Grid!, Cancer Contaminant, Global Happiness Map, Talkin’ Solar, and QuickScienceBlurbathon.

1 August 2006 | alternative energy, animals, astronomy, conservationism, end of the world, energy conservation, genetics, global warming, insects, marine biology, medicine, microbiology, planets, psychology, science, solar power, wind power | No Comments

This Week in Science - March 28, 2006 Broadcast

What Not to Do During Solar Eclipse, Today in Science History, Not-so Virgin Shrimps, Mars Rocks, Distant Suns, Old Male Boobies, Old Heads, Omega-3 Little Piggies, Interview w/ Dr. David Whitehouse author of “The Sun - A Biography”

28 March 2006 | astronomy, biology, birds, engineering, evolution, exploration, genetics, paleontology, podcast, science, science history, stars | No Comments

This Week in Science - February 07, 2006 Broadcast

Superbowl Consumption Sum Tonnage, Cometary Panspermia Epiphany, NYC Bedbug Epidemiology, Bacteria and Spiders Join Forces to Better Kill You, Plus a Tech FUBAR-ed Interview with Harvard Theoretical Physicist Lisa Randall, Science

7 February 2006 | aerospace, anthropology, astrobiology, astronomy, biology, microbiology, physics, science, space exploration, theoretical physics | No Comments

This Week in Science - June 28, 2005 Broadcast

TWIS Podcasting Worldwide, Sauron Eye In The Sky, ChickenPiggyPukePuke, ISS Meets Clarissa, Science Feeling The Squeeze, A Lunatic Gets On The Air

28 June 2005 | astronomy, biology, science, science and politics, space, spacecraft, technology | No Comments