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What is in the This Week in Science Podcast?
This Week: Stucktronauts, Material Questions, Frozen Remains, Genetics Grammar, Megalithic mystery solved, Culling Crocodiles, Antlions Play Opossum, Sweet Bat News, NASA DART, Pong Goo, Brain Attack!, And Much More Science to get stuck with!
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I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth I know not where,
So swiftly it flew,
My eye could not follow in its flight.
Nasa launched a Dart above the air,
It hit an asteroid Dimorphos there.
So soundly did it hit it’s mark,
That millions of fragments did embark.
Sometime later, in an oak,
I found my arrow, still unbroke;
And now we all await the hour,
To see NASA’s homemade meteor shower.
Will it be a pretty sight?
Will it bombard geese in flight?
Time will tell if Dimorphos can best,
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test.
This, and other sciencey tales next here on,
This Week in Science!
Some quick science news!
Stucktronauts
It’s official. The two NASA astronauts who rode up to the ISS on Boeing Starliner will NOT be returning on it. Rather, the craft will return without crew; leaving the astronauts on the ISS until SpaceX can bring them back to Earth in February 2025.
Material Questions
Maybe dark matter isn’t WIMPy after all?
Frozen Remains
How much of history is stored in melting ice?
Genetics Grammar
Now that we can read the genetic letters, how do we understand the story?
Megalithic mystery solved
Ancient people were smart, too!
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Culling crocodiles isn’t the answer
Once again, “just kill it” doesn’t cut it in complicated human-wildlife interactions
Antlions play opossum
And it’s so much more complicated than just playing dead
Sweet Bat News
How do bats not die from high blood sugar?
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What Science News Does Justin Have?
NASA DART
Mission update
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Some Science stories with Kiki!
Pong Goo
What’s playing Pong now?
Brain Attack!
It Came From Inside the House… What is attacking our brain cells… from the inside?
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Take a blast into the past…
What were we discussing at this time last year? This time last year We discussed Free From Dialysis?, Ancient Apes of Turkey, Hot German Boars, Migratory Birds, AI Wins Again?, Can AI talk to animals?, Why Cats Like Tuna, Bees & Neanderthals, Bat Brains, Plastic Brains, And Much More Science!
This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed Life Under Ice, Seals And TB, Understanding TB, Deep Sea Dandruff, Dead Star Toothpaste, Zombie Ants!!!, Big Brained Fish, Animal Talk, Spiders Getting Bigger, Interview w/ Garth Sundem on Beyond IQ, And Much More! Take a blast into the past with TWIS!
