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What is in the This Week in Science Podcast?
This Week: Vomit, Poop, Cells, Crying Babies, General Relativity, Cryptococcus Neoformans, Interview with Bryn Nelson RE: Poop!, Cockatoos VS Humans, Camouflage, Mimicking Exercise, Virtual Reality, And Much More Science!
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Birds do it, bees do it,
Educated folks with Phds do it!
Anthropologists, microbiologists, and animal Vets do it,
In Hollywood, the celebrity sets do it!
Beetles who navigate by the stars do it,
Billionaires and last nickel drunks in bars do it!
The Danes in Kobenhavn do it,
Any city, any town, they do it!
Old sailors who tell tall tales do it,
Tardigrades and killer whales do it!
Polar bears and kangaroos do it,
At some point even me and you do it!
Everybody everywhere,
poops!
And while most don’t give two thoughts about what happens to it next,
It’s just the sort of thing we’ll fill your head with on,
This week in science!
Some quick science news!
How to Make a Cell
Researchers at the University of Bristol use viscous micro-droplets saturated with bacterial innards & powered by E. coli to create amoeba-like symbiotic protocells. It’s very Frankensteinian at the cellular scale.
How to put a crying baby to sleep
Walk, sit, and sleep! It’s that easy.
General Relativity Confirmed… Again!
An experiment on the MICROSCOPE satellite has confirmed with the highest precision yet that two objects with equal mass are affected equivalently by gravity.
Cryptococcus neoformans
Summary
Historical Vomit
Jurassic barf tells the story of predation in a pond that existed approximately 150 million years ago in what is now Utah.
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And, now for our Interview!
INTERVIEW W/ Dr. Bryn Nelson
Dr. Nelson has a Ph.D. in microbiology and is a Seattle-based freelance writer and editor with an avid interest in biology, biomedicine, ecology, green technology, and unconventional travel destinations. You may have seen his byline in publications like the Newsday, NY Times, Scientific American, or now on the cover of his book, “Flush” The remarkable science of an unlikely treasure.“
‘The future is sh*t: the literal kind. For most of human history, we’ve been, well, disinclined to take a closer look at our body’s natural product—the complex antihero of this story—save for gleaning some prophecy of our own health. But if we were to take more than a passing look at our poop, we would spy a veritable cornucopia of possibilities. We would see potent medicine, sustainable power, and natural fertilizer to restore the world’s depleted lands. We would spy a time capsule of evidence for understanding past lives and murderous ends. We would glimpse effective ways of measuring and improving human health from the cradle to the grave, early warnings of community outbreaks like Covid-19, and new means of identifying environmental harm—and then reversing it.’
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It’s time for Blair’s Animal Corner Presented by Kiki and Justin!
Cockatoos VS Humans
Who will win the garbage wars???
Comparing the effectiveness of camouflage
Summary
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Cryptococcus neoformans
Summary
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Some Science stories with Dr. Kiki!
Mimicking Exercise
Are we making progress on finding molecular targets to benefit those who can’t exercise?
Will VR Save the World?
A VR program to allow connection between individuals broke down the sense of self and led to transcendent experiences for users… just like psychedelics without the drawbacks!
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Take a blast to the past…
What were we discussing at this time last year? This time last year We discussed Fusion Magnets, Justin’s Good News, Transplant Sniffer, Shape Shifters, Perseverance Payoff, Duck Talk, COVID Update, Gecko Bot!, Dog Knowledge, Bad Police Behavior, Cellular Mimic, Danger Smellers, Cat Stripes, And Much More!
This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed Genome ENCODeD, Why Buy Organic, Tiger Graveyard Shift, Bird Funerals, TWIWRD, Ancient Life Signs, And Much More! Take a blast to the past with TWIS!