http://www.twis.org The kickass science and technology radio show that delivers an irreverent look at the week in science and technology. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:03:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The kickass weekly science and technology radio show presenting a humorous and irreverent look at the week in science and tech. Each show TWIS discusses the latest in cutting edge science news on topics such as genetic engineering, cybernetics, space exploration, neuro science, and a show favorite Countdown to World Robot Domination. The show is hosted by Dr. Kirsten Sanford, a PhD in neuroscience, and Justin, a wisecracking professional car salesman and armchair physicist. Consistently voted one of the top science radio shows on the web - check it out and hear a science news program like no other. Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media kirsten@thisweekinscience.com kirsten@thisweekinscience.com (Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media) Kirsten Sanford 2010. The kickass science and technology radio show that delivers an irreverent look at the week in science and technology. astronomy, biology, education, evolution, genetics, physics, science, space http://www.twis.org/audio/TWIS_podcast_logo.jpg http://www.twis.org http://www.twis.org/2012/02/01/1064/ http://www.twis.org/2012/02/01/1064/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:03:06 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=1064 http://www.twis.org/2012/02/01/1064/feed/ 0 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS,TWIS Bookclub Jumping Neutrons, Trojan Tactics, Avian Illusions, Splitting Bonobos, Atomic X-ray Lasers, Lingering Lineages, Money For Values, Group Think, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Jumping Neutrons, Trojan Tactics, Avian Illusions, Splitting Bonobos, Atomic X-ray Lasers, Lingering Lineages, Money For Values, Group Think, And Much More... Disclaimer, Disclaimer, Disclaimer!!! A hundred years ago we thought the universe was a really big place. But we were wrong. As it turns out, what we thought was the universe was but a single galaxy called the Milky Way. Since then we’ve discovered billions upon billions of galaxies And now we know with certainty that the universe is really, really, really, a whole lot bigger than anything we could have previously conceived of and even now that we know the scope of the scale of the thing… it still boggles our ability to comprehend. Seventy sextillion stars in the known universe at present, and by some estimates even this number falls far short of the full accounting… The basis of human comprehension in earth bound terms, is hard wired to conceive of scale in terms of comparisons… a dolphin is big when compared to a mouse, a planet is big when compared to a computer, our solar system is quite massive when compared to a grain of sand… And 70 sextillion solar systems in the known universe makes our solar system but one grain of sand compared to all the grains of sand from all the beaches on planet earth… Or ten trillion stars for every human being alive today. 700 billion stars for every human that has ever lived in the history of the planet. And while the day to day push and pull of our earthly days plays out under but one sun, we can see far beyond our own terms of existence now… and in doing so have unlocked a point of perspective in our thinking is truly beyond compare… The star stuff that we are made of is everywhere, and everywhere is big, even when it’s all in your head here on…This week in science… coming up next... Do neutrons (http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27517/) trip the light fantastic? Neutrons might jump between universes. There are ways that we could actually test whether these neutrons take alternate universe vacations, which would potentially indicate existence of other universes. Far out, dude... Trojan viruses (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120126123712.htm) Trojan horse tactics have been discovered in viruses against bacteria. Viruses trick bacteria with what looks like a gift, but is actually a copy of their own genes to duplicate. They are then destroyed after the job is done. Harsh, but effective - not unusual for a virus. Dating trickery (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/01/bowerbirds-woo-mates-with-a-lot-of-effort-and-a-little-illusion.ars) Great bower birds from Australia have a very specific way of organizing their trinkets within the avenue of their bower. It appears that they orient the stones from smallest to largest, to create an optical illusion. There is an almost perfect correlation between mating success and the smoothness of the gradient of the orientation of the stones. Are the girls getting confused, impressed, or hypnotized by this parlor trick? Bonobo (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=tame-theory-did-bonobos) tame thyself What led to the split between bonobos and their close cousin (and ours), chimpanzees? The differences between the two species are paralleled by the differences between domestic and wild animals. A new theory states that an environmental divide could have caused a large variance in environmental pressures which in turn resulted in different social behaviors that affected mating choices. Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Are you reading along with the TWIS Bookclub? This month, check out 'Fool Me Twice' (http://shawnotto.com/foolmetwice/) by Shawn Lawrence Otto. I've got... an atomic x-ray gun (https://www.llnl.gov/news/newsreleases/2012/Jan/NR-12-01-05.html )... In 1967, Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:13:29 http://www.twis.org/2012/01/25/1059/ http://www.twis.org/2012/01/25/1059/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:08:20 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=1059 http://www.twis.org/2012/01/25/1059/feed/ 0 http://www.twis.org/2012/01/24/1046/ http://www.twis.org/2012/01/24/1046/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:46:30 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=1046 http://www.twis.org/2012/01/24/1046/feed/ 4 Dr. Kiki,Eugenie Scott,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,NCSE,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science Serial Killer Math, Permafrost Problems, Happy Meals?, Snake Senses, Creepy Cold Fingers, Interview W/ Eugenie Scott From NCSE, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Serial Killer Math, Permafrost Problems, Happy Meals?, Snake Senses, Creepy Cold Fingers, Interview W/ Eugenie Scott From NCSE, And Much More... Disclaimer, Disclaimer. Disclaimer!!! This week in science… coming up next... The math of a serial killer (http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27497/) UCLA scientists have analyzed the behavior of a serial killer in the Ukraine - they believe that a pattern in neuron firing influenced the timing of his murders. When new serial killers are discovered, can we predict when they will murder again? Permafrost Problems (http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-permafrost-loss-worse-climate-peril.html) Carbon Dioxide and Methane were found trapped in permafrost - as the polar ice caps melt, more greenhouse gasses will be released into the atmosphere. happy meals Blair's Animal House Two stories this week about animals! Energy Conservation tactics within extreme feeding adaptations in: Snakes (http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16580969) Snakes can sense their prey's heartbeat, so they can acquire their food with as little strength and time of constriction as possible. And Aye-Ayes (http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16577537) Aye-Ayes can restrict blood flow to those creepy extra-long middle fingers when not in use, so as to reduce heat loss through the large surface area of the digit. Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Are you reading along with the TWIS Bookclub? This month, check out 'Fool Me Twice' (http://shawnotto.com/foolmetwice/) by Shawn Lawrence Otto. Interview with Eugenie C. Scott, Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education (www.ncse.com) - NCSE tackles Climate Change (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/01/science-education-group-decides-its-time-to-tackle-climate-change.ars) - NCSE is known for its defense of evolution-inclusive science curricula, but recently announced that they are expanding their assistance to cover climate change. NCSE hired some climate scientists to help them in their quest to spread "good science," and they hope to bring scientific literacy to youth in the US. Unfortunately, there are people who would like to push forward bills that would prohibit or inhibit the instruction of climate change in schools. Science alone cannot stop climate change, so we need more people to believe and understand the issue in order for them to help initiate change. Best of luck to NCSE! If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:05:31 http://www.twis.org/2012/01/19/1042/ http://www.twis.org/2012/01/19/1042/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:07:50 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=1042 http://www.twis.org/2012/01/19/1042/feed/ 3 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS,TWIS Bookclub TDR TB!, Frying E. Coli, Food In Science, Extreme Caffeine, Extinct Tortoises Exist, Protein Resurrection, Lots Of Stars, Cheap DNA Sequencing, Andromeda Up Close, Guns And A-holes, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) TDR TB!, Frying E. Coli, Food In Science, Extreme Caffeine, Extinct Tortoises Exist, Protein Resurrection, Lots Of Stars, Cheap DNA Sequencing, Andromeda Up Close, Guns And A-holes, And Much More... Disclaimer, Disclaimer. Disclaimer!!! The world as we know it is not the world as it is but the world as we have learned it This learning of the world which we people engage in comes in several basic forms which can then be sub-categorize-able and infinitely cross referenced throughout a lifetime Pulling from memory, from experience, from structured study, from second hand here-say, and from circumspect suspicion of nostalgic superstitious notions… we form knowledge of the world. Making how we learn as important as what we learn… Over many tens of thousands of years we humans have been learning and this has led to many interesting conclusions, almost all of which had to be proven wrong in order for the right answers to be found… And finding the right answers became the passion and purpose of generations of scientists, working out the facts, trimming off the false… Until we reached the modern age of knowing the world! A world that still has as much room for exploration as there are minds ready to explore it… And if this wasn’t enough, we have discovered that for every one of the 70 sextillion stars in the newly known universe, there are several more worlds in orbit around them… It seems the work of knowing about a world… has just begun Just like this week in science… coming up next TDR TB! (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/invincible-tb-india) WHO found drug resistant TB last spring. Predicted 2 million cases of MDR (first-choice drug resistant) and XDR (resistant to three first-line drugs) by 2012. Instead, we've now found TDR TB... that is to say, totally drug resistant TB. Frying E. coli (http://www.news-medical.net/news/20120112/Low-voltage-alternating-current-can-effectively-eradicate-E-coli-on-beef.aspx ) "A short burst of low voltage" could kill even large amounts of e. coli in meat that has been contaminated. The method promises a way to sterilize beef without harsh chemicals. Could this be used for other hazardous bacterium in other food products? Food in Science... Cheese (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/01/10/captive-cheese-fungus-gobbles-up-spills-forming-a-living-self-cleaning-surface/) The fungus on cheeses with thick rinds could be isolated to coat household surfaces to keep it clean. Cheese-counter, anyone? Salmon (http://www.gizmag.com/salmon-dna-data-storage-device/21027/) Isolated DNA from Salmon could be used as "memory/data storage." What other examples of food being used in science do you know about? Let us know! Email me at kirsten@thisweekinscience.com or post a comment on our website. Extreme caffeine (http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lifestyle/Wellness/Coffee-drinkers-less-likely-to-have-Type-2-diabetes/Article1-796123.aspx) A new study shows that people who drink four or more cups of coffee a day have a 50% less chance of developing Type II Diabetes. Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Are you reading along with the TWIS Bookclub? This month, check out 'Fool Me Twice' (http://shawnotto.com/foolmetwice/) by Shawn Lawrence Otto. Finding extinct tortoises (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/01/09/genetic-footprints-of-extinct-giant-tortoises-offer-hope-for-resurrection) A thought-to-be-extinct lineage of Galapagos Tortoise has been found again! That-is, one-fifth of all Galapagos tortoises sampled had DNA from this lineage. In fact, the DNA from many of the tortoises indicated they were first-generation hybrids, so these tortoises should still be around (even though we can't find them), as they live around 150 years! And, ancient molecules Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:10:44 http://www.twis.org/2012/01/11/1039/ http://www.twis.org/2012/01/11/1039/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:02:36 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=1039 http://www.twis.org/2012/01/11/1039/feed/ 6 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS,TWIS Bookclub Happy New Science Year!!! Celebrity Science Stumbles, TWIS Recaps 2011 Predictions, Predicts 2012, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Happy New Science Year!!! Celebrity Science Stumbles, TWIS Recaps 2011 Predictions, Predicts 2012, And Much More... Disclaimer, Disclaimer. Disclaimer!!! Swaddled in election year politics, Nursing on the bosom of post war recovery The newborn year has arrived And the future looks bright by the light of those eyes… Even with a diaper full of debt The new year offers new opportunities to engage in humanity's most sacred of duties. To learn… to teach what we have learned… and to pursue new knowledge For just like a newborn baby, knowledge is a living thing. And just like human reproduction, knowledge must constantly be reproduced in order to survive. It must be communicated in order continue, encouraged in order to grow, and performed in order thrive. When we do this, the knowledge of one becomes the knowledge of the many. There is then no greater principal we can aspire to than this. To produce more than we consume. It is a method and model of intellectual sustainability that we seek to engage in each week here on This week in science… coming up next. Some celebrity science stumbles (http://www.senseaboutscience.org/news.php/225/celebrities-and-science-2011) We also recapped our 2011 predictions (http://www.twis.org/2011/01/12/804/)... just how well did we do??? Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! We predict the science for 2012! Let us know what you think below... If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:03:57 http://www.twis.org/2012/01/06/1033/ http://www.twis.org/2012/01/06/1033/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:51:49 +0000 Richard Baker http://www.twis.org/?p=1033 http://www.twis.org/2012/01/06/1033/feed/ 0 http://www.twis.org/2012/01/01/1027/ http://www.twis.org/2012/01/01/1027/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:00:50 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=1027 http://www.twis.org/2012/01/01/1027/feed/ 2 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS Merry TWISmas And A Happy New Year! TWIS Recaps The Top 11 Science Stories Of 2011... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Merry TWISmas And A Happy New Year! TWIS Recaps The Top 11 Science Stories Of 2011... Disclaimer, Disclaimer. Disclaimer!!! On this week's show: we have 11 stories. The science stories that we feel are the cream of the crop from the past year... the TWIS Top 11. Number 11: - Quantum teleportation (http://scienceblog.com/44589/quantum-teleporter-breakthrough/) - entanglement (http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-vibration-entangled-diamonds.html) - light (http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110603/full/news.2011.346.html) from nothing Number 10: - The fight against aging (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/07/27/memory-improves-when-neurons-fire-in-youthful-surroundings/), or The year of the vampire (http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2011/august/aging-brain.html) Number 9: The fight against diseases!!! - HIV antiretroviral (http://the-scientist.com/2011/12/23/hiv-study-named-years-best/) treatment - Malaria vaccine (http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/18/health/trial-malaria-vaccine-africa/index.html) - MIT universal (http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/antiviral-0810.html) virus cure - avian flu fiasco - Black death bacteria identified Number 8: - Fracking Number 7: Taking a new look - The Big Splat - Dark (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/09/05/more-hints-of-dark-matter/) matter (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/08/the-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont-nature-of-dark-matter.ars) - New standard (http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27195/) candle - hayabusa Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Number 6: - robots replacing us (Watson (http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2011/02/creators-watson-has-no-speed-advantage-as-it-crushes-humans-in-jeopardy.ars), lab AI (http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/02/15/3139520.htm), hypothesis generator) - or, the robots will be us - - carbon nanotubes (http://scienceblog.com/44614/researchers-create-functioning-synapse-using-carbon-nanotubes/) make synapse… bionics… Number 5: - Humans did it - - microbiome Number 4: The Earth... - Arctic sea ice loss - Extreme weather Number 3: - LHC finds a particle … and the search for the Higgs - Trapping antimatter Number 2: - Potentially FTL neutrinos Number 1: Planets - Kepler and Earthlike (potentially habitable) planets - Mercury Messenger - New Dawn If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:10:52 http://www.twis.org/2011/12/27/1025/ http://www.twis.org/2011/12/27/1025/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:29:50 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=1025 http://www.twis.org/2011/12/27/1025/feed/ 9 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS Merry TWISmas!!!, LHC Finds Chi, Fluoride Fighters, Neti Dangers, Maggot Medicine FTW!, Buffed Mole Rats, Techie Devices, Universal Validation, RNA Magic, Floating Drugs, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Merry TWISmas!!!, LHC Finds Chi, Fluoride Fighters, Neti Dangers, Maggot Medicine FTW!, Buffed Mole Rats, Techie Devices, Universal Validation, RNA Magic, Floating Drugs, And Much More... Disclaimer, disclaimer, disclaimer! 'Twas the night before Twismas, when all thro' the house, Many studies were stirring, even one on a mouse; The stories were stacked by the webcam with care, In hopes that their moment soon would be there; The minions were nestled all snug in their beds, While science-y visions danc'd in their heads, And Kirsten with her baby, and I with my pabst, Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap- When out on the internet arose such a clatter, I sprang from my slumber to see what was the matter. Away to my windows I flew like a kite, Clicked open the browsers, and signed into my skype. The tweeters were a twitter, the inbox was full Facebook was liking it, Google was too According to NASA, something new had appeared A satellite tracking of a sleigh and rein-deer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I thought for a moment it must be a trick. For much faster than photons this UFO came, And whistled, and shouted, and call'd out by name: "Now! Copernicus, now! Newton, now! Einstein, and Bohr, "On! Darwin, on! Huxley, on! Watson and Crick; I read he exclaimed this, then I got a text Happy Twis mas to all from this week in science… coming up next LHC finds Chi particle (http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-12/22/lhcs-first-new-particle) fluoride resistant (http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-scientists-bacteria-toxic-flouride.html ) bacteria Why Neti Pots Are Bad (http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/2011/12/21/the-return-of-the-brain-eating-amoeba-neti-pot-edition/) For Your Brain Medical maggots (http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-french-maggots-wounds-faster-surgery.html) Naked mole rats feel no pain when exposed to acid (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/12/acid-inhibits-naked-mole-rat-acid-sensors-instead-of-activating-them.ars) Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Techie devices (http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2011-12-22/researchers_develop_optical_device_for_on-chip_communication.html) Validating the universe (http://www.interactions.org/cms/?pid=1031333) RNA (http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-cad-type-tools-rna.html) to DNA Drugs (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/12/19/cocaine-concentrations-in-the-air-above-italian-cities-correlate-with-drug-use/) In the Air (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/12/illegal-drugs-air-quality/) Hormones make women more sensitive (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/12/15/ncbi-rofl-the-cutest-little-baby-face-a-hormonal-link-to-sensitivity-to-cuteness-in-infant-faces/) to cute babies If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:05:11 http://www.twis.org/2011/12/23/1022/ http://www.twis.org/2011/12/23/1022/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:30:45 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=1022 http://www.twis.org/2011/12/23/1022/feed/ 4 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS Hiding Higgs, Fracking Up The Water, Science 8-Ball, PTSD Shot, Spider Science, Chest Waxers Beware, Ant Warfare, Sheep Politics, Tetrapod Trickiness, A Mini Stirling, And Much More… (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Hiding Higgs, Fracking Up The Water, Science 8-Ball, PTSD Shot, Spider Science, Chest Waxers Beware, Ant Warfare, Sheep Politics, Tetrapod Trickiness, A Mini Stirling, And Much More… Disclaimer Disclaimer Disclaimer Look! at the world we live in Consider the history of human advancement across the ages, Tremendous progress over thousands of years, against great odds and overwhelming opposition Progress which pales in comparison to the drastic changes over the last hundred years, over the last ten years, or sometimes the great changes can even take place between episodes of this show…. Ask yourself, In a world like this, with people like us, is anything impossible? Nothing can be unachievable by a people who have achieved such greatness over and over again. Yes there are politics, yes there is a recession, yes mans inhumanity to man continues… Times are tough, but they’ve been tougher. The road ahead looks rough, but it’s looked rougher And with our look back in time, We can see what mysterious force of in history unlocked in the modern age that put such distance between the promise of the present and the struggles of the past… We can see it then and watch it now, as it continues to shape the future civilization here on… This week in science… coming up next Still no Higgs (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/12/possible-higgs-boson-signals-but-we-wont-know-for-sure-until-next-year.ars)... Fracking water (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/12/how-the-epa-linked-fracking-to-contaminated-well-water.ars) Fracking wells (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/science/some-blame-hydraulic-fracturing-for-earthquake-epidemic.html?_r=1&ref=science) New research tool to accelerate correlative (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-12/hu-tdp121611.php) data studies A PTSD (http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-12/can-single-injection-cure-symptoms-post-traumatic-stress-disorder) shot??? Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Spider (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/12/15/study-each-hair-on-a-spiders-body-is-an-ear/ ) science (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/12/14/little-spiders-have-huge-brains-that-spill-into-their-legs/) Democracy for the Sheeple (http://www.mpg.de/4726963/crowd_followers_democracy ), by the Sheeple Protect against bedbugs (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/12/14/ncbi-rofl-chest-waxers-beware-body-hair-protects-against-bedbugs/)... grow hair! Chemical (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/15/look-no-hands-ants-kill-termites-with-airborne-chemical-weapons/) warfare in Antville! Tracks of tetrapods (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/12/devonian-era-lungfish-may-have-faked-us-out-left-tetrapod-like-tracks.ars) Shrinking the Stirling (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/12/scientists-shrink-a-stirling-heat-engine-to-single-microscopic-particle.ars ) engine If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:00:33 http://www.twis.org/2011/12/21/1020/ http://www.twis.org/2011/12/21/1020/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:20:51 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=1020 http://www.twis.org/2011/12/21/1020/feed/ 4 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS Arsenic Bacteria Genome, Cheap Solar, Touchy Feely Chimps And Rats, Bad Science, Thank You Video Games, Mammoth Cloning, Inheriting Worms, Old Marbles, Vaccines, Vitamins, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Arsenic Bacteria Genome, Cheap Solar, Touchy Feely Chimps And Rats, Bad Science, Thank You Video Games, Mammoth Cloning, Inheriting Worms, Old Marbles, Vaccines, Vitamins, And Much More... Disclaimer disclaimer disclaimer Science rewards the scientist with great personal satisfaction. The labor of learning is a labor of love, and those that make further discovery find the greatest satisfaction in what was already a rewarding endeavor. When first announced, new discovery can be met with tremendous resistance from the general public. Fear of the unknown presuming unknown danger, or fear of real danger, ignoring potential benefits. This has happened often enough throughout history that we can wonder how many times fire must have been discovered by some happy inventor… Only to have it stamped out by the feet of fearful cavemen thinking some evil spirit had been released But as time passes the unknown becomes the ordinary. Eventually they accept fire as fire, and move on to worshiping the shadows at the back of the cave wall Those who benefit from the warmth and light of scientific labor know little of the long hours of work, or the great joy and triumph of discovery and so …value it as ordinary As though all the scientific discovery of the past centuries was inevitable, as if knowledge simply leaks out into the world through an eventual randomness of time. But it simply is not so. It requires the dedication and knowledge of scientists across the globe to make progress happen. Without this hard work we couldn’t even have something as simple as… This Week in Science… Coming up next. Arsenic Bacteria (http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/12/genome-of-controversial-arsenic.html) genome (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/12/02/happy-birthday-arseniclife/)? Solar power (http://www.queensu.ca/news/articles/solar-power-much-cheaper-produce-most-analysts-realize-study-finds) is cheaper than you think Chimpanzee synesthete (http://www.nature.com/news/the-chimpanzee-who-sees-sounds-1.9541) Empathic (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/12/rats-show-empathy-will-come-to-the-aid-of-other-rats.ars) rats? The worst (http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/why-arent-we-smarter-already-evolutionary-limits-on-cognition.html) science paper of the year... Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Video games (http://www.esrc.ac.uk/news-and-events/press-releases/18763/avatars-develop-real-world-skills.aspx) make kids smarter Cloning (http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-12/scientists-world-were-going-finally-clone-woolly-mammoth-weve-been-talking-about) a mammoth (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/12/07/clone-a-mammoth-um-no-not-at-all-likely/)? Worm inheritance (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/12/07/worms-can-pass-a-trait-down-for-100-generations-without-using-dna/) Vitamin D and MS (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16086004) A vaccine (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16011748) for Ebola A sleeping (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/12/05/a-sleeping-pill-awakens-some-minimally-conscious-patients/) pill for waking? If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:12:57 http://www.twis.org/2011/12/09/1013/ http://www.twis.org/2011/12/09/1013/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:00:57 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=1013 http://www.twis.org/2011/12/09/1013/feed/ 3 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS Flu In The Lab, Red Matter, Flavor Networks, Making The Earth Move, TWIThe End Of The World, Worms In Space!!!, Oak Ridge Shorties, Sex On The Brain, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Flu In The Lab, Red Matter, Flavor Networks, Making The Earth Move, TWIThe End Of The World, Worms In Space!!!, Oak Ridge Shorties, Sex On The Brain, And Much More... Disclaimer disclaimer disclaimer! The modern age has been brought to you by knowledge … We didn’t invent this modern age, and we don’t own the knowledge that made it possible. We owe our place in this world to the knowledge that has been lent to us over many millennia… It is on loan to us from the past, and we must repay it with interest. Interest in physics… interest in biology… Interest in human health… Interest in engineering… art and design Interest in literature… philosophy and democracy Interest in math, language, and cosmology We must take serious interest in our own education, as a sacred duty to the past and future generations of this earth. We are uniquely situated in the present day, as were past generations in their present days past… For like them, we too are at the pinnacle of all human history… They took that opportunity to push us forward into the modern age. To unlock the secrets of the atomic building blocks, to cure diseases and improve our standard of living, to launch us into orbit, take us to the moon, explore the solar system and universe beyond They invented the automobile, the satellite, the space shuttle and the hubble telescope. They invented the telephone, the radio, the television, the computer and microwave oven. They cured polio, chicken pox, small pox, measles, mumps, diphtheria and typhoid fever… We have their hard work to thank for where we are today, not our own. And in the interest of honoring the great minds that moved us forward and the tradition of hard work and dedication to the future we offer you… This Week in Science… Coming up next. Flu (http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/nov1711board.html) in the lab (http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/11/scientists-brace-for-media-storm.html?rss=1). Want more on this story? Check out TWiV (http://www.twiv.tv/2011/11/27/twiv-159-flu-gets-the-redd-light/)! Newly discovered red matter (http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2011/pr201133.html) Flavor Networks - http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27372/ Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! The ability to make the earth move (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111130142245.htm)... with proper lubrication End of the world... Corals (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111128132700.htm) and pH Climate (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/11/study-of-the-last-glacial-maximum-suggests-lower-climate-sensitivity.ars) sensitivity (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/11/28/battling-blogs-and-sedate-news-reports-on-new-study-of-climate-sensitivity-or-how-hots-it-probly-gonna-get) Climate perception (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/11/us-public-accepts-climate-consensus-they-just-dont-know-what-it-is.ars) Water, food (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/11/29/wires-un-agency-says-exhausted-lands-water-shortages-threaten-global-food-supply) Durban (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/11/29/lots-of-ink-not-so-much-news-uns-climate-talks-on-in-durban-so-africa-where-to-next) Worms (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15897803)... in space!!! 4 or 5 great short stories out of Oak Ridge National Laboratory Cleavage Wars (http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/314880) Naked Brains (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/11/the-psychology-of-nakedness/) Sex with Neanderthals (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/11/111125-neanderthals-sex-humans-dna-science-extinct/) If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:13:45 http://www.twis.org/2011/11/30/1008/ http://www.twis.org/2011/11/30/1008/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:00:28 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=1008 http://www.twis.org/2011/11/30/1008/feed/ 3 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS Prostate Pill Problems, A Faster Internet, From Whence Came The Gamburtsevs, Dropping The Climate To Sell, Alien Rats, Burning Then Dying, And Much More... 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The universe as we know it now Is not the universe as we once believed it to be It’s bigger… smaller… and much more complex than any of the great cosmic ponderers of the past could possibly have imagined Now, as always, we stand on the brink of history, at the pinnacle of scientific and technological capability… What we will learn in the next wave of scientific discoveries will cover more ground, uncover more mysteries and produce a more detailed picture of the universe than the one we now see… Along the way to this greater discovering, we will encounter strange new possibilities, unintuitive potential universes in a multiverse of time and space probabilities that force us to conceive of our reality as only one amongst many others… as though our entire universe is but a single page of a reference book upon a library shelf surrounded by volume upon volume of cosmic narratives… And then again… if the past has taught us one thing about the universe it is that it has always been strange… Just when you’re sure of one you’ll find it’s gone and made a change… In attempt to keep you in tune with at least one version of reality we bring you This week in science… coming up next Is the pill causing increases in prostate (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15720478) cancer? A faster internet (http://science.energy.gov/news/in-focus/2011/11-15-11/) on the way! Gamburtsev origins (http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/researchers-unravel-origins-antarcticas-ice-covered-mountains) news... not once, but twice! A Frozen Planet treading on thin ice (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8889541/BBC-drops-Frozen-Planets-climate-change-episode-to-sell-show-better-abroad.html)? Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Alien (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15738837) rats... First comes the burning (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/11/the-great-dying-first-it-warmed-then-it-burned.ars), then the dying... And, the pain (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/11/16/coral-snake-venom-pain/). The Leonids (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15775514) are here! If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:11:15 http://www.twis.org/2011/11/25/1004/ http://www.twis.org/2011/11/25/1004/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:44:59 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=1004 http://www.twis.org/2011/11/25/1004/feed/ 0 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS Of Monkeys And Men, Mighty Mice, Guts And Brains, Toxo Chem Lab, Predicting Risk, Attention And Vision, Magnetic Moon, You In A Dish, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Of Monkeys And Men, Mighty Mice, Guts And Brains, Toxo Chem Lab, Predicting Risk, Attention And Vision, Magnetic Moon, You In A Dish, And Much More... Disclaimer disclaimer disclaimer! The lunatics are running the asylum… And while we all may have been assuming the asylum staff would be able to get things back under control, it is quite clear now that the gig of being an asylum staffer was not a career choice, and hardly worth returning to under adverse conditions… that or they have been eaten by the inmates… In any case… The way in which the governments of the world have set their priorities seem to indicate that they have no idea how civilization got where it is today… It was science! Not investment banks that discovered how to harness electricity, how to light our homes, power a motor, and how to build the first computers It was science! Not service providers that unlocked the secrets of gravity, of rocketry, of physics that launched the satellites into space It was science! Not massive media conglomerates that invented radio, television, analog and digital recordings… It is science! That saves us from illness before we get sick and rescues us again when we do… Not health insurance companies or pharmaceutical companies… It is science that has lead the way over and over again throughout human history and it is science in which we must trust to lead us through the current problems we face… But you won’t hear talk like that anywhere other than… This week in science!… coming up next Egalitarian monkeys (http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/11/08/3358110.htm) in Brazil... selective advantage for first human colonists (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111103143237.htm)... Creating Mighty (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8881342/Scientists-tweak-gene-to-create-mighty-mouse.html) mouse... Does our large brain stem from our guts (http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/11/10/3360267.htm)? Toxo (http://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/2635/brain_parasite_directly_alters_brain_chemistry) alters brain chemistry... Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Computer predicts breast cancer (http://www.nature.com/news/the-computer-will-see-you-now-1.9324) risk... Looking versus seeing (http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/11/11/3362282.htm)... Moon's magnetized rocks (http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/11/10/3360649.htm)... Pituitary gland (http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/11/pituitary_gland_in_a_dish_make.html) in a dish... If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:10:04 http://www.twis.org/2011/11/09/1002/ http://www.twis.org/2011/11/09/1002/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:37:29 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=1002 http://www.twis.org/2011/11/09/1002/feed/ 5 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS Long Live The Mice!, Oh The Climate Is A'Changing, Changing The Rules, Putting Off Inevitability, Memory Doors, Astronaut Eyes, Bacterial Swap Meet, Bacteria Vamps, And Much More… (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Long Live The Mice!, Oh The Climate Is A'Changing, Changing The Rules, Putting Off Inevitability, Memory Doors, Astronaut Eyes, Bacterial Swap Meet, Bacteria Vamps, And Much More… Disclaimer disclaimer disclaimer! Mice (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/11/cellular-senescence) living healthier! Justin rants on Chlymatia (http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2011/11/osu-global-warming-prompts-tree.html), Science (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-11/w-thc110311.php), and Skeptics who used to be Skeptics (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/04/opinion/dr-mullers-findings-on-global-warming.html)... One more reason (http://news.discovery.com/tech/one-step-closer-to-borg-111102.html ) to stop climate change. Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Electromagnetism (http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/11/02/3353491.htm ) found to vary. Be wary. Higgs (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57317697/higgs-boson-hunt-on-hold-until-2012/) hiding for another year... The brain's rich club (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21117-the-rich-club-that-rules-your-brain.html). Doorway to your memory (http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-walking-through-doorway-increases.html ) Astronaut (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nasa-sponsored-study-describes-how-space-flight-impacts-astronauts-eyes-and-vision-2011-11-03) Eyes... Humans… bacterial trading (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/31/our-bodies-are-a-global-marketplace-where-bacteria-trade-genes/) cards Vampire (http://www.livescience.com/16822-vampire-bacteria-genome.html) bacteria If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:16:10 http://www.twis.org/2011/11/01/998/ http://www.twis.org/2011/11/01/998/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:05:31 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=998 http://www.twis.org/2011/11/01/998/feed/ 1 http://www.twis.org/2011/10/26/995/ http://www.twis.org/2011/10/26/995/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:15:13 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=995 http://www.twis.org/2011/10/26/995/feed/ 8 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS A Malaria Vaccine, Gypsy King Ancestors, A Near Miss?, Carbonated Rivers, Not So Faster Than Light?, High On Depression, Math Anxiety, No TV For Baby, New Planets, An Artistic Challenge, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) A Malaria Vaccine, Gypsy King Ancestors, A Near Miss?, Carbonated Rivers, Not So Faster Than Light?, High On Depression, Math Anxiety, No TV For Baby, New Planets, An Artistic Challenge, And Much More... Disclaimer disclaimer disclaimer! In the following hour you will hear stories that are neither true nor false Neither fact nor fiction Neither six of this nor half dozen of the other Neither concrete, nor abstract nor a hazy concoction of the two as agreed upon by anonymous vote… What you will hear instead is the absolute best guess of what reality has taken place in the past, and what realities we are likely to undergo in the future… This system of gathering from past observations to predict the future is called science And while nothing in science is ever as certain as the whimsical beliefs of mankind… Certainly it has its place as a backup plan for when our ideal world fails to materialize… Though occasionally our whimsical nature is rewarded as we see when we faithfully tune into another episode and find… This Week in Science… coming up next A Malaria Vaccine (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/10/19/experimental-malaria-vaccine-protects-nearly-half-of-children/) On Course to Eradication (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/10/18/malaria-deaths-fell-20-percent-during-last-decade-who-says-world-on-course-to-eradicate-in-the-next/) Gypsy (http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2011/111019.htm) King Ancestors A Kraken of a comet (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/17/did-a-fragmenting-comet-nearly-hit-the-earth-in-1883-color-me-very-skeptical/) Carbonated (http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=121994) Rivers Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Maybe Not So Super (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/10/17/superluminal-neutrinos-relativity-theory-rescued-by-relativity-theory/)... Luminal (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/10/19/zippy-neutrinos-yet-another-challenge-no-cerenkov-radiation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zippy-neutrinos-yet-another-challenge-no-cerenkov-radiation) High Praise (http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/emo-11-5-1096.pdf) for Depression Turn Off Your TV - http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/10/its-official-to-protect-babys-brain-turn-off-the-tv.ars New (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/10/20/time-naturenews-new-scientist-etc-star-swaddled-in-smashed-comets-dust-and-vapor-rain-forecast-for-alien-planet/) Planets (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/20/the-first-direct-image-of-a-baby-planet-being-born-maybebut-probably/) And, Greedy, Party Crashing (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/10/stars-that-shouldnt-be-there-form-by-sucking-not-smashing.ars) Stars An Artistic (http://pubs.acs.org/cen/science/89/8942sci2.html) Challenge If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:22:03 http://www.twis.org/2011/10/19/993/ http://www.twis.org/2011/10/19/993/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:33:15 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=993 http://www.twis.org/2011/10/19/993/feed/ 2 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS A Kraken Tale, Toothy Pterosaurs, Coloring Fossil Moths, Digital Dinos, Black Death Sequenced, Marriage Madness, The Hard Lives of Stars, We Got Muscles, No More Vitamins, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) A Kraken Tale, Toothy Pterosaurs, Coloring Fossil Moths, Digital Dinos, Black Death Sequenced, Marriage Madness, The Hard Lives of Stars, We Got Muscles, No More Vitamins, And Much More... Disclaimer disclaimer disclaimer! Without a pre amble the post amble can seem pointless And when things seem pointless the problems that face us become too daunting to deal with Things too daunting are ignored or resigned to as inevitable When things are ignored, they are not taught, no teachers, no students, no new thoughts and with no new thoughts, no new solutions are possible… and so the problems continue In science, there is nothing so daunting as having no teachers, no students, and no new thoughts For the problems facing us are not nearly so great as the opportunities for greatness that are going unanswered… Without the questioning minds, there are no questions asked, and no answers found… even though solutions are still required We people are capable of far greater feats of solution finding than we have performed so far And as proof of this, we offer you This week in science… coming up next A Kraken (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/10/the-giant-prehistoric-squid-that-ate-common-sense.ars) of a Tale (http://io9.com/5848192/giant-prehistoric-krakens-may-have-sculpted-self+portraits-using-ichthyosaur-bones) Toothy Pterosaur (http://www.livescience.com/16542-giant-toothed-pterosaur.html) Black holes destroy (http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=34906&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=srs.gs-twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_content=api) stars There's a bounty of failed (http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/main/media-releases/astronomers-find-bounty-of-failed-stars) stars out there Materialism and Marriage (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/byu-cbm101111.php) Black death (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/12/scientists-sequence-the-full-black-death-genome-and-find-the-mother-of-all-plagues/) sequenced And, fossil (http://www.insidescience.org/research/fossil-moths-reveal-their-true-colors) moths show some color Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Muscles of the future (http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2011/10/13/ubc-researchers-invent-tiny-artificial-muscles-with-the-strength-flexibility-of-elephant-trunk/ ) Don't take your vitamins (http://www.acsh.org/factsfears/newsid.1657/news_detail.asp) The LHSee (http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News+and+Events/37666.aspx) Stopping inflammation (http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/inflammation-1009.html) If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:05:59 http://www.twis.org/2011/10/12/990/ http://www.twis.org/2011/10/12/990/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:45:03 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=990 http://www.twis.org/2011/10/12/990/feed/ 3 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS,TWIS Bookclub Ignobel Awards, Crab Nebula Calling, LUCO, Icarus Plans, Fins To Feet, Cometary Origins, Pee To Fuel, Happy Hate, Placebo Receptor, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Ignobel Awards, Crab Nebula Calling, LUCO, Icarus Plans, Fins To Feet, Cometary Origins, Pee To Fuel, Happy Hate, Placebo Receptor, And Much More... Disclaimer disclaimer disclaimer! There are more wrong answers to questions than there are correct ones. On the surface this may seem obvious, but if you drill down a bit you soon discover that it is not only obvious, but also plain to see… That the wrong information is prevalent in absolutely every human endeavor for the unknown itself begins as everything everywhere and only ends in an infinite number of best guesses. It is utterly unavoidable that we must constantly make decisions based on incorrect data derived from poorly constructed questions under less than ideal experimental conditions with insufficient history of past results upon which to base future predictions… And yet… our margin of error ridden decision making has allowed us humans to survive, to multiply and to produce magnificent achievements of the mind, terrific triumphs of technology and irrefutable rationalizations of the physical realities of time and space… And while some will tell you that the old solutions are still the best solutions to our way forward… Others, unsatisfied with simply having it right some of the time, continue to pursue more perfect solutions. Are occupying themselves with the possibilities that were either overlooked or entirely unforeseen… and are challenging the best answers of the past in order to find better ones for the future. For no matter how much ground has been gained from the unknown in the many millennia of human knowledge we must not rest upon the laurels of giants… And remind ourselves that the pioneering spirit of mankind still has an unexplored frontier ahead… For there are still more wrong answers to questions than there are correct ones. Although there is one thing we do know with great certainty… that it is time for This week in science… coming up next Ignobel (http://improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2011) Awards!!! Crab Nebula (http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/22719.aspx) News First common (http://io9.com/5847099/) organelle Flying Closer to the Sun (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15146082) Fins to legs (http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/10/05/3332050.htm) Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Water from Comets (http://news.discovery.com/space/comet-hartley-water-111005.html)? Bacteria turns urine (http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/10/03/3330834.htm) into rocket fuel Happy people (http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~feng/papers/mp_11_jf.pdf) more likely to hate Some placebos (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/10/cannabinoids-placebos-pain/) act via cannabinoid receptors Hey ladies! Make-up (http://the-scientist.com/2011/10/05/makeup-enhances-likability/) makes people like you better. Brain variation (http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/10/05/3332673.htm) determines memory accuracy. If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:08:40 http://www.twis.org/2011/10/05/988/ http://www.twis.org/2011/10/05/988/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:57:15 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=988 http://www.twis.org/2011/10/05/988/feed/ 2 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS A New Standard, Hallucinating Personality, Synthetic Brains, Anabolic Mustard, Icebergs Kill Invertebrates, 5 Giants, Justin Gets Embarrassed, The Dead Sea Lives, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) A New Standard, Hallucinating Personality, Synthetic Brains, Anabolic Mustard, Icebergs Kill Invertebrates, 5 Giants, Justin Gets Embarrassed, The Dead Sea Lives, And Much More... Disclaimer disclaimer disclaimer! 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If you have not yet heard the news, this announcement may be reaching you too late… While it is likely too late for you to do anything about it, the news is so shocking, so un-paralleled in it awe inducing implications… as to have rendered those with advanced knowledge vaguely helpless and little more than mild panic has occurred in the meantime… The story is that the speed of light might have been broken in a laboratory… and with it, a major pillar of science has cracked and all of physics is now in jeopardy of collapsing around us… While this is a preliminary observation and has yet to be properly vetted, Already we see the effects of this unprecedented paradigm shifting event as NASA satellites, uncertain about the validity of special relativity, have begun plummeting from their orbits in despair… And thought the end of the world as we know it may be at hand… fear not brave minions! For the world as we did not know it is under foot… And in the final analysis, the brave new world we are walking into May not be that much different than… This Week in Science… Coming up next Faster (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44629271/ns/technology_and_science-science/) than light (http://motls.blogspot.com/2011/09/italian-out-of-tune-superluminal.html)? Justin's pro-gifted minds rant Society would benefit from increasing the number of individuals who make path breaking, field-altering discoveries Birds (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/09/seagulls-resistant-poop/) and Bacteria Toxo un-veiled (http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept11/Toxoplasma.html) Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! The history (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-09/hms-dk091611.php) of (http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept11/SiepelMigration.html) mankind ( http://news.ku.dk/all_news/2011/2011.9/aboriginals-get-new-history/) Rice (http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-09/we-incorporate-genetic-information-food-we-eat-says-new-study) is in you! TWIWRD - Fingerprints (http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27176/) for robots New genes for nerve repair ( http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-09/uoc--usd092111.php) Gaming (http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/09/19/140606555/gamers-solve-stubborn-viral-mystery-the-shape-of-a-key-enzyme) for Science (http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/zoran/NSMBfoldit-2011.pdf) If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:06:10 http://www.twis.org/2011/09/21/982/ http://www.twis.org/2011/09/21/982/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:17:53 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=982 http://www.twis.org/2011/09/21/982/feed/ 1 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,Stewart Brand,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS My Two Suns, Bachmann's HPV Debacle, Bird News, Arctic Ice, What Is Life?, Black Hole Galaxy, Self-Delusion Nation, TWIWRD, City: Mongolia, Auto Algorithms, And Much More… (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) My Two Suns, Bachmann's HPV Debacle, Bird News, Arctic Ice, What Is Life?, Black Hole Galaxy, Self-Delusion Nation, TWIWRD, City: Mongolia, Auto Algorithms, And Much More… My 2 Suns (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/kepler-16b.html )... The retarded HPV challenge (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20106117-10391704.html) Smart (http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-crows-humans.html ) birdies... Birds (http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6049/1619.abstract) of a feather (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/science/20feather.html) Gimme a north pole (http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/09/15/north-arctic-ice-study-confirms-low.html)... neat. Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! What is Life (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915091625.htm)??? - (Thanks, Tim!) Black holes in galaxy creation (http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-small-distant-galaxies-host-supermassive.html ) Self-delusion (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-09/uoe-sdi091411.php) is good for you? 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(http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Dark Hints, Football Impacts, Stimulation Weight Loss, Magnets Lie, Pre-Human Fossil Stories, Brain Science, Room Temp Superconductors, TWIWRD (Crab Edition), Crab Invaders, And Much More... Hints of the dark (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/09/05/more-hints-of-dark-matter/) Football (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/head-blows-on-the-football-field/) impacts Stimulation (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906121242.htm) weight loss Magnetic stimulation for lying (http://io9.com/5837983/scientists-can-make-you-lie-using-magnets) Delaying gratification (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/09/why-impulse-control-doesnt-get-easier-with-age.ars) as you age Seeing and Feeling (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-09/uosc-usp090811.php) Hearing (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-09/m-hwm090811.php) and Seeing Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Room temp superconducters (http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27135/?p1=blogs) Pre-human was mix of modern (http://the-scientist.com/2011/09/08/the-mosaic-pre-man/) and old (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/09/origin-story-new-papers-claim-a-sediba-as-human-ancestor.ars) What about African interbreeding (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/09/did-africans-join-in-on-archaic-interbreeding.ars)? TWIWRD - watch out crabs (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14793436)! Crab invaders (http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/09/scienceshot-king-crab-invasion.html)! VIDEO: Contagion (http://io9.com/5838431/contagions-bacteria-grown-billboard-is-the-perfect-viral-marketing) If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:17:34 http://www.twis.org/2011/09/07/977/ http://www.twis.org/2011/09/07/977/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:42:40 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=977 http://www.twis.org/2011/09/07/977/feed/ 2 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS Unexpected Star, Dull Drunks, We Like Animals, Reversing Baldness, Blood!, Old Tools, No Sex For Skinks, Cleverbot Debate, And Much More… (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Unexpected Star, Dull Drunks, We Like Animals, Reversing Baldness, Blood!, Old Tools, No Sex For Skinks, Cleverbot Debate, And Much More… The star (http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-star.html) that shouldn't exist (http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/09/01/3306919.htm) Dull Drunks (http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20110801235243data_trunc_sys.shtml) Our brain (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/seeing-animals/) likes animals (http://io9.com/5835391/our-brains-dont-consider-us-to-be-animals) Fatty Scalp (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14746365) Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Blood (http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/38457/?p1=MstRcnt)! And, more blood (http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/38464/?p1=A3)! Old tools (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/09/homo-erectus-tools/) What keeps species (http://io9.com/5835261/lizard-species-keep-trying-to-interbreedbut-theyre-just-the-wrong-size) separate? Sometimes it's physical TWIWRD - Chatbots (http://io9.com/5835508/ ) have a conversation If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:02:04 http://www.twis.org/2011/09/04/970/ http://www.twis.org/2011/09/04/970/#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:56:45 +0000 Richard Baker http://www.twis.org/?p=970 http://www.twis.org/2011/09/04/970/feed/ 0 http://www.twis.org/2011/08/30/967/ http://www.twis.org/2011/08/30/967/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:05:41 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=967 http://www.twis.org/2011/08/30/967/feed/ 5 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS,TWIS Bookclub Non-emergent Gravity, Bad Juju Girl Style, On Female Choice, Vagina Monologues, Time Cells, Case Of The Missing Higgs, And Much Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Non-emergent Gravity, Bad Juju Girl Style, Time Cells, Vagina Monologues, On Female Choice, Case Of The Missing Higgs, And Much Much More... Gravity (http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27102) Doesn't Emerge Women Anticipate Negative (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/233275.php) Things On Female (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-08/uoe-fcm082311.php) Choice (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-08/uocp-ces082511.php)... In Birds Justin Is Concerned About Vaginas (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20096886-10391704.html) Everywhere Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! You Have Time Cells (http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/08/time-cells-weave-events-into-mem.html) Smoke 'Em If You're An Adult The Higgs (http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/08/hints-of-higgs-boson-appear-weaker.html) Is Still Missing If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:07:39 http://www.twis.org/2011/08/23/963/ http://www.twis.org/2011/08/23/963/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:45:16 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=963 http://www.twis.org/2011/08/23/963/feed/ 5 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS Dark Matter Illusion, Air Fowled By Dogs, Exploding Bacteria, Toxo Rats, Spinning Spiders, Bad Ads, Butterflies and Bears, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Dark Matter Illusion, Air Fowled By Dogs, Exploding Bacteria, Toxo Rats, Spinning Spiders, Bad Ads, Butterflies and Bears, And Much More... Dark Matter Illusion (http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-dark-illusion-quantum-vacuum.html) Detection inconsistencies (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/08/the-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont-nature-of-dark-matter.ars) Why Cleveland stinks (http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/988b8965845b604ca9e384fbaf808a60.html). Bursting (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=engineered-bacteria-secrete-toxin) Bacteria (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/08/16/scientists-engineer-suicide-bomber-bacteria-to-kill-other-bacteria/) Bombs (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/08/16/the-scientist-re-engineered-e-coli-find-a-superbug-and-kill-it-while-exploding/) Toxo rats (http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0023277) Toxoplasma (http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=toxoplasma-infected-rats-love-their-11-08-17) in the news (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-08/plos-pir081711.php) - Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! How spiders (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-08/tum-wsd081711.php) do that thing that they do...make webs. Bats See (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/08/bats-navigate-with-visual-map-additional-unknown-cues.ars) Their Way Home Let Sleeping Bears (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-08/bc-fat081511.php) Lie If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:13:30 http://www.twis.org/2011/08/16/960/ http://www.twis.org/2011/08/16/960/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:05:12 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=960 http://www.twis.org/2011/08/16/960/feed/ 10 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS,TWIS Bookclub Viral Cure-All, Bug Love, Not Spoiling Anything, Fungus Amungus, Lab Sphincters, It's Not A Trap!!!, TWIWRD, A Giant Bird, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Viral Cure-All, Bug Love, Not Spoiling Anything, Fungus Amungus, Lab Sphincters, It's Not A Trap!!!, TWIWRD, A Giant Bird, And Much More... Imagine All The Viruses (http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/antiviral-0810.html)... cured Spoilers Don't Spoil (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/08/spoilers-dont-spoil-anything.ars) the Fun Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Anal sphincters (http://scienceblog.com/46996/researchers-use-human-cells-to-engineer-functional-anal-sphincters-in-lab) in the lab Info Escapes (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-08/uoy-egc081011.php) Giant bird (http://news.discovery.com/animals/bird-lived-alongside-dinosaurs-110809.html) lived with dinos TWIWRD (http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2011-08/human-caused-driverless-car-crash-more-evidence-cars-should-just-take-over) If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:03:42 http://www.twis.org/2011/08/11/958/ http://www.twis.org/2011/08/11/958/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:15:19 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=958 http://www.twis.org/2011/08/11/958/feed/ 5 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS,TWIS Bookclub Two Moons In One, Old People Do It, Bumpin' Universe, Heat Seeking Vampires, Smarties Getting Smarter, Curing Sleep, We Are Chimera, Rat Slobber, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Two Moons In One, Old People Do It, Bumpin' Universe, Heat Seeking Vampires, Smarties Getting Smarter, Curing Sleep, We Are Chimera, Rat Slobber, And Much More... Two, two, two moons (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/08/04/lots-of-ink-our-moon-may-once-have-been-two-then-they-merged-or-splatted/) in one!!! Old People (http://www.einstein.yu.edu/home/news.asp?id=678) Do It Did our universe (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/08/03/bbc-is-the-sky-bruised-did-a-bubble-universe-bump-us-only-planck-can-tell/) go bump in the night? Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Jonah Lehrer asks 'Are smart people getting smarter (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/are-smart-people-getting-smarter/)'? Beware the toxic rat slobber (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110802201836.htm) We are all chimeras (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/human-cells-chimera/) If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:09:46 http://www.twis.org/2011/08/03/956/ http://www.twis.org/2011/08/03/956/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:57:07 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=956 http://www.twis.org/2011/08/03/956/feed/ 8 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS What's Old Acts Young, Toxo Cancer Link?, Is Cancer A Parasite?, A Trojan For Earth, Slim Chance For Life, Interview w/ Joel Primack and Nancy Ellen Abrams About The New Universe, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) What's Old Acts Young, Toxo Cancer Link?, Is Cancer A Parasite?, A Trojan For Earth, Slim Chance For Life, Interview w/ Joel Primack and Nancy Ellen Abrams About The New Universe, And Much More... Everything old can be young (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/07/27/memory-improves-when-neurons-fire-in-youthful-surroundings/) again... Toxoplasma (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/07/26/is-the-parasite-toxoplasma-gondii-linked-to-brain-cancer/) and Cancer? Maybe, Maybe Not. Cancer a Parasite (http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/07/26/are-cancers-newly-evolved-species/)? Earth has a Trojan (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/07/astronomers-find-earths-first-trojan-asteroid.ars) ET life (http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27025/?ref=rss)? Slim chance... Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! In the second half of the show, we interviewed Joel R. Primack and Nancy Ellen Abrams about their new book: The New Universe (http://new-universe.org). If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:04:39 http://www.twis.org/2011/07/27/953/ http://www.twis.org/2011/07/27/953/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:05:21 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=953 http://www.twis.org/2011/07/27/953/feed/ 4 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS A New Dawn, The 4th Moon, Invisible Time, Electric Tadpoles, Spark of Life, High Schoolers With Rulers, A Tale Of Two Mice, UC Davis Monkey Pox, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) A New Dawn, The 4th Moon, Invisible Time, Electric Tadpoles, Spark of Life, High Schoolers With Rulers, A Tale Of Two Mice, UC Davis Monkey Pox, And Much More... A New Dawn (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/news/dawn20110718.html)... Hubble finds 4th moon around Plutp (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/23/full/) Temporal Invisibility (http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/26992/ )??? Electric tadpoles ( http://news.discovery.com/animals/electrical-patterns-frog-110720.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1) foretell future events. The Spark (http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jul2011/nichd-21.htm) of Life... Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! High Schoolers (http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2011/07/21/unlisted_ingredients_in_teas_and_herbal_brews_revealed_in_dna_tests_by_high_school_students.html) With Rulers A Tale of Two Mice (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/07/21/house-mice-picked-up-poison-resistance-gene-by-having-sex-with-related-species/)... UC Davis Primate Virus (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/07/species-hopping-virus-found-in-california-primate-facility.ars) Want to look for sharks (http://www.scientificamerican.com/citizen-science/project.cfm?id=shark-observation-network)? If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:08:38 http://www.twis.org/2011/07/19/947/ http://www.twis.org/2011/07/19/947/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:16:17 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=947 http://www.twis.org/2011/07/19/947/feed/ 4 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS,TWIS Bookclub Justin Raps, Stem Cell-o-Rama!, Fish Using Tools, TWIWRD Disturbs Us All, Lizard VS. Bird, The Internet Is Your Mind, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Justin Raps, Stem Cell-o-Rama!, Fish Using Tools, TWIWRD Disturbs Us All, Lizard VS. Bird, The Internet Is Your Mind, And Much More... Justin's Disclaimer Rap: Disclaimer to the many minions and fans of twis If you gotta hungry brain it’ll bounce to this And as I labor to find the inspired line of reason to rhyme So I can spit science-y alliterations when it comes show time Dr kiki gets the show rolling with a phd of kick ass knowing and kicks will be going to my shins if my speech is slowing or my tangent starts flowing But seriously how do you contain within a brain frame of just one hour That the world as we know it is but one drop in an informational shower That everything we know now is only ten percent of what we will learn in fifty years hence Its mind boggling to say the least That each week we could have such feast Of new ideas and new discovery From exoplanets to ancient dna recovery From the big bang to the latest advances We got more science news than Chinese zoos got pandas And all the great finds of late minds over the history of time on the shoulders of giants we put it in context This week in science is coming up next... Stem Cell Round up!!! California Eyes Stem Cells - http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-07/first-trial-embryonic-stem-cell-treatment-blindness-begins-california Stem Cell Breakthrough (http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001099 )... in Mice First Synthetic Organ (http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-07/using-lab-grown-trachea-surgeons-conduct-worlds-first-synthetic-organ-transplant) Transplant Teeth (http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-07/mice-molars-grown-stem-cells-form-fully-functional-transplantable-teeth) From Stem Cells Fish Using Tools (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/07/13/fish-join-the-list-of-tool-using-animals/) A (surprisingly) great compilation (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/12/tusk-fish-using-tools-eat_n_895563.html) of the press on this story Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! TWIWRD! Robots For Climate Science (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=climate-scientists-to-use-robo) Really Disturbing Robot (video from popsci (http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-07/moaning-mouth-bot-learns-croon-even-creepier-ever), and Kagome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagome_Kagome) song) But, neverfear, NYT article (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/12/science/12robot.html?_r=1&ref=science) reassures us that robots aren't us yet... Lizard (http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/07/scienceshot-tropical-lizards-get.html) vs. Bird The Internet (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/07/14/the-extended-mind-%E2%80%93-how-google-affects-our-memories/) Of Our Memory (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/07/study-why-bother-to-remember-when-you-can-just-use-google.ars) If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:00:37 http://www.twis.org/2011/07/19/948/ http://www.twis.org/2011/07/19/948/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:53:20 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=948 http://www.twis.org/2011/07/19/948/feed/ 1 http://www.twis.org/2011/07/18/945/ http://www.twis.org/2011/07/18/945/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:21:31 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=945 http://www.twis.org/2011/07/18/945/feed/ 1 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS Repairing Damaged Brains, Overpriced Drugs, Speaking in Genes, Let's Get Dirty, TWIWRD!, Pollution Stupidity, The Romance Novel, Finger Ratio, The (Not So) Holographic Life, Minion Experiment!, And Much More… (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Repairing Damaged Brains, Overpriced Drugs, Speaking in Genes, Let's Get Dirty, TWIWRD!, Pollution Stupidity, The Romance Novel, Finger Ratio, The (Not So) Holographic Life, Minion Experiment!, And Much More… Repairing The Damage (http://the-scientist.com/2011/07/04/new-target-for-myelin-repair/) Of MS From Speech (http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/609780/11166221c6/289803557/b10e12f275/) To Brain (http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002145) How much do drugs cost ( http://www.genengnews.com/gen-articles/drug-r-d-costs-questioned/3707) to make? Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Let's Get Dirty (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304314404576413303666083390.html)... - Robots Of The Future Stink (http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/30/robotic-armpit-sweats-you-out-of-harms-way-uncanny-valley-just/) Bad Air Bad For Brains (http://the-scientist.com/2011/07/06/air-pollution-stunts-cognition/) How Long Is Your Finger (http://the-scientist.com/2011/07/05/digit-ratio-predicts-penis-length/ )? Is Our Universe Holographic (http://news.discovery.com/space/we-might-not-live-in-a-hologram-after-all-110701.html)? Take part in our experiment! Listen to the show to see if you can get involved... 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Oh, and Flipping Neutrinos (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/06/neutrino-transformation-could-help-explain-mystery-of-matter.ars) Bird Talk (http://io9.com/5816441/birds-are-the-first-non+human-animals-to-use-grammar) Crow Grudges (http://news.discovery.com/animals/angry-crows-memory-life-threatening-behavior-110628.html) Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Selling Monkey (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20618-the-first-advertising-campaign-for-nonhuman-primates.html) Sex (http://www.canneslions.com/festival/event_detail_page.cfm?event_id=149) Tripping the Epileptic (http://today.uci.edu/news/2011/06/nr_baram_110627.php) Switch Food NOT Calories (http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20110630/sc_livescience/foodtypenotcaloriecontentmattersmoreinweightgain)... Prune fingers (http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110628/full/news.2011.388.html) grip better. If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:06:39 http://www.twis.org/2011/06/29/937/ http://www.twis.org/2011/06/29/937/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:45:20 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=937 http://www.twis.org/2011/06/29/937/feed/ 0 Dan Gardner,Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS Oceanic Blues, Udder Engineering, Mercury Revs, Who's Earth's Daddy?, Parental Blame, Orca Ears, Dino Thermometers, Memory Prosthetics, Zombie Parasite, and Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Oceanic Blues, Udder Engineering, Mercury Revs, Who's Earth's Daddy?, Parental Blame, Orca Ears, Dino Thermometers, Memory Prosthetics, Zombie Parasite, and Much More... So Go The Oceans (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/06/21/lots-of-ink-ocean-quality-dropping-fast-its-quantity-is-way-up-not-so-much-ink-except-fox-colorado-scientists-doctored-sea-level-data/)... Oceanic ears ( http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/june/orca-ears-microphone-062311.html) Mercury (http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/124079034.html) Revs (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/06/17/nytimes-etc-the-planet-mercury-it-is-interesting-more-so-anyway-than-the-experts-expected/) - cows engineered ( http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110616/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_cows_1) to produce human milk... Autism... Blame it On The Parents (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/06/kids-autism-may-be-result-of-parents-talent-for-system-oriented-thinking.ars) Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Earth - Sun origins (http://www.space.com/12059-earth-formation-sun-building-blocks-nebula.html ) out of whack Taking Dinosaurs Temperatures (http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/13429) Brain Prostheses (http://www.kurzweilai.net/artificial-hippocampal-system-restores-long-term-memory) For Memory (http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-06/artificial-memory-chip-rats-can-remember-and-forget-touch-button) And, the latest zombie parasite news (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13860891) If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:08:00 http://www.twis.org/2011/06/21/934/ http://www.twis.org/2011/06/21/934/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:19:49 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=934 http://www.twis.org/2011/06/21/934/feed/ 3 Dan Gardner,Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS - Water From Stars, Why Americans Die, Happy K-Holes, Lose Weight Easy, Holy Batcopter!, The Peacock Factor, Date Like Dad, Chandra News, And Much More... - Water From Stars - What is killing americans? lack of TWiS in their daily routine... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Water From Stars, Why Americans Die, Happy K-Holes, Lose Weight Easy, Holy Batcopter!, The Peacock Factor, Date Like Dad, Chandra News, And Much More... Water From Stars (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/06/110613-space-science-star-water-bullets-kristensen/) What is killing americans? lack of TWiS in their daily routine (http://www.apha.org/)... How Ketamine Makes People Happy (http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/06/why-ketamine-makes-you-happy.html ) Scientists develop Batcopter (http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-06/batcopter-flies-bat-swarms-helping-researchers-study-bat-flight-patterns) Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Promiscuity can be inherited (http://news.discovery.com/human/playboy-gene-promiscuity-110613.html) Chandra News ( http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/H-11-183.html) If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:04:36 http://www.twis.org/2011/06/14/932/ http://www.twis.org/2011/06/14/932/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:27:26 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=932 http://www.twis.org/2011/06/14/932/feed/ 4 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS Request For Help, Light From Nothing, Human Origins, Kids On Math, Fat Damage, Bird Brain Differences, Got Regrets?, Ant Wars, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Request For Help, Light From Nothing, Human Origins, Kids On Math, Fat Damage, Bird Brain Differences, Got Regrets?, Ant Wars, And Much More... A request (http://www.pressbanner.com/view/full_story/10001757/article-Scotts-Valley-student-battles-leukemia) for help.... Light From Nothing (http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110603/full/news.2011.346.html)? Top regrets in life, not what you may have guessed... Brain (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/health/07learn.html) Training Kids Brains On Math (http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-early-math-lessons-children-brains.html) Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! The Intelligence Difference (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/06/08/crows-and-parrots-–-brainy-birds-but-in-different-ways/) California! Uber-Ants (http://io9.com/5809680/how-a-small-group-of-california-ants-are-challenging-the-global-argentine-ant-empire)! If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:12:10 http://www.twis.org/2011/06/13/924/ http://www.twis.org/2011/06/13/924/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:09:45 +0000 Richard Baker http://www.twis.org/?p=924 http://www.twis.org/2011/06/13/924/feed/ 0 http://www.twis.org/2011/06/08/921/ http://www.twis.org/2011/06/08/921/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:44:16 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=921 http://www.twis.org/2011/06/08/921/feed/ 3 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS Arsenic Life Report, WHO Knows Cells, Bed Of Algae, Short-term Brain, Breaking Photon Records, RIP Spirit, And Much More... (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Arsenic Life Report, WHO Knows Cells, Bed Of Algae, Short-term Brain, Breaking Photon Records, RIP Spirit, And Much More... Arsenic (http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/58190/) life (http://www.slate.com/id/2295724) report (http://www.slate.com/id/2276919)... WHO knows Cellphones (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/06/01/lots-of-ink-world-health-organization-doesnt-quite-say-cell-phones-dont-cause-brain-cancer-maybe-it-does/) Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Get your algae filters (http://io9.com/5807800/why-a-simple-bed-of-algae-could-save-us-from-water-pollution-and-fuel-shortages)! Brain in a dish (http://scienceblogs.com/deanscorner/2011/05/growing_a_brain_in_a_dish.php) has a memory (http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-06/tiny-artificial-rat-brain-exhibits-12-seconds-short-term-memory)! Breaking photonic (http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-06/researchers-entangle-and-observe-eight-photons-simultaneously-smashing-previous-record) records! RIP (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/news/mer20110524.html) Spirit (http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-06/last-image-spirit-mars-rover-ever-saw) If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 57:08 http://www.twis.org/2011/06/02/918/ http://www.twis.org/2011/06/02/918/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:18:01 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=918 http://www.twis.org/2011/06/02/918/feed/ 8 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,science,talk,This Week in Science,TWIS Missing Matter Found, Skin To Neurons, FeelingSmall, Moon Mystery, Interview With Robert Brand RE: Balloons To Space, And Much More… (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Missing Matter Found, Skin To Neurons, FeelingSmall, Moon Mystery, Interview With Robert Brand RE: Balloons To Space, And Much More… Universe's Missing Mass Found (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110524094515.htm)! How big (http://io9.com/5805799/how-to-trick-people-into-thinking-theyre-the-size-of-barbie-dolls) are you (http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020195)??? Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Interview with Robert Brand (http://wotzup.com/space-quest/)... If you love TWIS, please support us by donating below: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media no 1:04:13 http://www.twis.org/2011/05/24/914/ http://www.twis.org/2011/05/24/914/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 00:24:36 +0000 Kirsten Sanford http://www.twis.org/?p=914 http://www.twis.org/2011/05/24/914/feed/ 2 Dr. Kiki,Justin Jackson,Kirsten Sanford,news,podcast,radio,science,Steven Pinker,talk,technology,This Week in Science,TWIS Justin vs. the LHC, Zombie Science, Fear Of Death, Lonely Planets, Climatic Politics, Fear Of Food, Melty Freezy Earth, Fear Of Fearlessness, Neanderthals, The Rapture, And Much Much More… (http://www.twis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TWIS_podcast_logo-e1277863172926.jpg) Justin vs. the LHC, Zombie Science, Fear Of Death, Lonely Planets, Climatic Politics, Fear Of Food, Melty Freezy Earth, Fear Of Fearlessness, Neanderthals, The Rapture, And Much Much More… LHC False Alarm (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13424231)! Zombie (http://hubpages.com/hub/Scientists_cure_cancer__but_no_one_takes_notice) Science (http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2011/05/the_dca_zombie_arises_again.php) Planets without orbits... ArsTechnica (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/05/exoplanets-without-a-star-galaxy-teems-with-lonely-jupiters.ars) Lots of Ink (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/05/18/lots-of-ink-lensing-study-says-therere-more-rejected-planets-floating-free-than-stars-maybe-indecently/) Are We in Danger? (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/05/19/are-we-in-danger-from-a-rogue-planet/) Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Wikileaks and the Arctic Stampede (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/05/13/bbc-wikileaks-cables-reveal-intl-rush-to-stake-mineral-claims-in-arctic-ocean/) Climate Critic Plagiarism (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/05/climate-science-critic-sees-paper-retracted-due-to-plagiarism.ars) and Retraction Melting and Freezing At the Core (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110518131421.htm) Happy Rapture (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/05/19/miller-mccune-theres-this-idiotic-end-of-world-scheduled-this-week-but-not-to-insult-anybodys-faith/) everyone!!! 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Who Do You Trust (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/05/10/fracking-is-good-for-you-trust-me-i-have-a-nice-voice-and-i-could-be-your-neighbor/)? Explosive H2O (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/05/natural-gas-fracking-can-make-local-well-water-explosive.ars) Shale Methane Leaks (http://news.discovery.com/earth/hydrofracking-shale-methane-leak-in-wells-110511.html) In the age old battle between nature (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-05/asu-pop051211.php) and technology ( http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-05/msu-scm051211.php), which one is winning? Early Memories (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13351681)... The '$1,000 genome' decoding may be here soon… what good will it do? (http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2011-05-11/the_genomics_conundrum.html) World Robot Domination!!! Robo-birds (http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/03/robot-bird-soars-through-the-sky.html)... Schizophrenic Computers (http://news.discovery.com/tech/paranoid-android-simulating-schizophrenia-on-a-computer-110511.html)... Get a free audiobook at Audible.com (http://www.audiblepodcast.com/twis)! Whales have accents (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110512104252.htm)! Gamma Ray Mystery (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/05/11/science-news-bbc-crab-nebula-and-its-sizzling-pulsar-erupt-with-mystery-gamma-bursts/)... Human Lung Stem Cell (http://blogs.nejm.org/now/index.php/human-lung-stem-cells-a-breathtaking-discovery/2011/05/11/) Discovered! The Power of Whisky (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/05/10/a-toast-to-scottish-homes-powered-by-whisky/)... 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