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What is in the This Week in Science Podcast?
This Week: Predicting Solar Flares, Laser-guided lightning, Toddlers & Dogs, Bird Vagrants, Concrete, Phantom Credits, Tree Tossing, Echidna, Stem Cells, Rebooting Age, And Much More Science!
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Disclaimer, Disclaimer, Disclaimer!!!
The following program is all about science,
Not about all science, that would take too long to listen to,
This is just a slice of recent science,
A peek into the ongoing efforts within research,
To reassure you that sane work is being done somewhere in the world,
And to get your mind thinking,
Not that it wasn’t already…
About what a truly wonderful mystery we are surrounded by,
With all the things we know already,
With all the discoveries, and inventions that have come before,
New knowledge has a certain excitement about it,
It can feel almost inevitable at times,
When a new technology or therapy is unveiled,
But there, is along the way,
Incremental advances,
Simple mechanisms understood,
Previously missed observations noted,
Concise experimentation was conducted,
And through it all,
The step-by-step,
Data point by data point,
Gathering of knowledge,
That builds upon our previous understanding,
To make the mysterious mundane,
The mundane manageable,
And the previously unimaginable,
As routine as a self-driving electric car,
A novel virus rapid home test,
Or another episode of,
This Week in Science!
Some lightning-quick science news!
Predicting Solar Flares
Can flashes on the sun help us predict solar outbursts?
Laser-guided lightning bolts
Will lasers help put lightning where we want it?
Is a toddler’s love of dogs ingrained?
Maybe, but what does appear to be true is that toddlers want to help dogs get a treat!
Bird Vagrants
Why do birds end up where they aren’t supposed to be?
An exciting story!
About concrete!
Phantom Credits
New analyses report that up to 90% of carbon credits sold by carbon offset company Verra are useless.
Tree Tossing
More intense storms could lead to the increased upsetting of the Amazon.
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Blair’s animal corner
Is that echidna blowing bubbles or is he just hot?
He’s hot, and blowing bubbles helps him keep his nose cool.
To move animals or not to move animals, that is the question!
Do we risk introducing an invasive species to save them from climate change? This question is very sticky.
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What science news does Justin have?
Ancient Norwegian
Nonsense
Anti-metastic peptide fantastic
Molecular blocker halts breast cancer metastasis
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Some Science stories with Dr. Kiki!
Cartilage Hope!
Can stem cells renew aging cartilage?
Rebooting Age
Will epigenetic controls overcome aging?
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Take a blast to the past…
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