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This Week: Interview W/Tom Merritt, Open Carbon Data, Biobots, Dolphins, Optimism, Unity, Goodbye Offices, Ketamine, Mice, Birds, Penguins, And Much More Science!
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Video killed the radio star,
Search engines killed news,
Short form killed attention spans,
Our kids would rather be YouTubers than someone on TV.
Climate is changing one day at a time.
And, now AI is on the verge of taking our jerbs.
Or, is it?
Who do we want to be today?
Who do we want to be tomorrow?
A Sledgehammer?
Where will the future take us?
On the highway to the danger zone?
Are we just along for the ride?
Or, do we get to decide?
Will you Think & let your mind be free?
We definitely like to think that’s the case here on This Week in Science.
Some quick science news!
Open Carbon Data
NASA is making its data on carbon emissions available through Greenhouse Gas Centers.
Body Repairing Biobots?
Would you let cellular robots repair your ailing internal organs?
Stimulating Recovery
Deep brain stimulation was reported to successfully help a small sample of people suffering from traumatic brain injury regain lost cognitive abilities.
Dolphin Sense
It’s not just fishes with electical senses.
Optimism Overshoot
Is being overly optimistic a bad thing? Science says maybe.
Unify This
If they’re right they unified quantum physics and gravity. And they have a way to test if they’re right!
Goodbye Offices
Nick Bloom, an economics professor at Stanford University who studies workplace trends says the “return to the workplace is dead.”
50 years later…
Takeoff December 24 in Florida on the first ULA launch. Attempt landing January 25.
He lies, uh
In a Turing Test study, Eliza did better than GPT 3.5. But not better than GPT 4
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The Techie Interview!
Tom is an award-winning independent tech podcaster and host of regular tech news and information shows. Follow Tom on Mastodon @acedtect@mstdn.social or check out his website http://tommerritt.com
Tom hosts Sword and Laser, a science fiction and fantasy podcast, and book club with Veronica Belmont. He also co-hosts Daily Tech News Show, covering the most important tech issues of the day with the smartest minds in technology.
Tom also hosts Cordkillers with Brian Brushwood, bringing people the news they need to watch the TV shows and movies they want when they want and how they want them. That’s not all! There’s also It’s a Thing with Molly Wood, A Word with Tom Merritt with some of the smartest most interesting people on the planet, and Know A Little More. All his shows are listed on the subscription page.
Dr. Kiki and Tome get all techie in this fun interview you’ll want to listen to again and again!
Dr. Kiki’s Animal Corner!
Ketamine Brain
Ketamine changes mice minds.
Mouse Self
Self-recognition in mice? What does this mean for all these ketamine studies?
Bird Gratification
Some birds can delay gratification, but some do it better than others.
Bird Gratification
Many micro-naps add up for these flightless birds.
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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 Paleo Feud?, DNA, Club Competition, ADHD, Lying Toddlers, Cold Noses, Lady Locust, Animal Sounds, Just Good News, Ancient Kid Crafts, Neuralink Concerns, And Much More Science!
This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed Dead Comets Have No Tails, Asian Space Race, GMO Corn Retraction, Memory Sperm, Oldest Human DNA Evah, Crocs Are Smarter Still, Sneaky Sharks, Interview w/ Richard Price of Academia.edu, Matching Your Mate, Promise For Huntington’s, Grab A Bartender, Frisky Fruit Flies, Planet Formation Quandary, Axions Are Dark Matter?, And Much More! Take a blast into the past with TWIS!
I listened with interest to your December 6 podcast regarding people not returning to the workplace. I think one of the big disconnects is the difference in the use of digital communication between those in managerial positions and most young workers. I was the medical director for a major university health center and learned firsthand that our students made no distinction between digital communications and in person communication. I had always believed that people prefer in person communication for discussing important medical issues but quickly learned that our students considered coming into the office to discuss the results of medical test an inconvenience and preferred texts regardless of the nature of the information. Despite pushback from my clinicians I insisted that the clinicians offer the option of getting test results electronically. Almost no one wanted an in person visit. Only the clinicians were upset about the lack of an in person visit.