August 7th, 2026
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This Week: Politics, Making a Golden Age, Money Ai, Space Tiles, Bubbles, Ants, Dodos, Awkward Robots, Sleep, and Much More!
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Disclaimer, Disclaimer, Disclaimer!!!
I was never the one known to disclaim.
Definitely to explain,
and rarely complain.
Who am I, but a pale comparison
of the Voice of Reason
that began this mission.
A replacement bargain found in a basement.
“Will those opinionated words return?”,
we ask with no small sense of trepidation.
Only the shadow knows,
and it’s not telling.
But we have much more for you
here on This Week in Science!
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Quick Science News!
Does Politics Still Work?
Well, it at least adds a bit more breathing room this time.
Making A Golden Age
Many aren’t convinced that the White House & OSTP have the right idea on how to build a better scientific venture.
Monkey AI for good
AI trained to recognize monkeys carries out difficult wild experiments
At What Cost?
How far should researchers be allowed to go in the search for solutions?
Space Tiles
A unique design might be the solution for data centers in space.
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Uncanny valley
It exists for monkeys too
Koala cure
First-ever koala chlamydia vaccine implant inserted into a wild koala
Fish hide in plain sight
Revealing previously undocumented partnership
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Kiki’s Science Stories!
Dodo Brains
How much did the Dodo know?
Go Away Awkward Robot
Why don’t people like robots that make mistakes?
Go To Bed Kids
You all need a good night of sleep.
This Week in Science Questions!
This Week’s Science Comment comes from Alan Irwin! They delve into details on Vanta Black to give you an insider look at why it’s so cool!
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What were we discussing at this time last year? This time last year, we discussed Funding State, mRNA HIV vaccine, Radioactive rhino horn, Wasting Source, Editing Diabetes, Roaches, Cockatoos, GLP1, Snails, Roach Bots, Political Sway, and Much More to Prompt You to Think Scientifically!
This week 10 years ago TWIS discussed Plants And Parasites, Malarial Mechanisms, Zika Update, Orangutan Mimic, Sea Lion Beats, Wolfie Questions, Oily Palms, Frost On Io, First Private Moon, New Lasers, Neurons Line Up, Don’t Smoke ‘Em, Challenge Success, Theranos Still Going, ISS Design Challenge, Fungus Lichens Yeast, Junco Telomeres, And Much More! Take a blast into the past with TWIS!
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July 30th, 2026
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This Week: Interview W/Dannielle Engle, PhD, Pancreatic Cancer, Gut Memories, Memorable Brain Changes, and Much More Science to Dish About!
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There once was a cell from a patient
It was always useful adjacent.
With more than a wish
It’s now in a dish,
And, new therapies are possibly nascent.
Learn all about it here on This Week in Science.
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The Interview!
We’re starting the show off with an interview tonight.
Dannielle Engle, PhD, is an American biologist and assistant professor of the regulatory biology laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Engle’s research aims at improving detection and treatment of pancreatic cancer.
She received her B.A. from Northwestern University in Biology and Asian Studies and her Ph.D. in Biology from the University of California, San Diego. She recently published a paper in Cell Stem Cell describing a new platform using patient-derived pancreatic organoids for disease study and development of personalized treatments.
This is a fun and fascinating interview you’ll want to listen to again and again!
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Science Stories with Kiki!
Gut Memories
The stomach is involved with memory formation. Who knew?
Memorable Brain Changes
Your brain cells swell when you learn new stuff.
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What were we discussing at this time last year? This time last year We discussed Atomic Slits, Vaccines Work, Wifi Fingerprint, Ancient Teeth, Deep Life, Fat for Tumors, Immunity in your head, Cultural Function, Brain Generics, and Much More Science you can trust!
This week 10 years ago TWIS discussed Red Hot Spot, Primordial Holes, Spinning Gas Cloud, Dingo Diet, Slothy Sloths, Interview with Bad Astronomer – Philip Plait, and Much More!
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July 24th, 2026
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This Week: Interview W/Dana Page, Feral Pigs, Prescribed Burns, Climate Change, Plant Cheese, and Much More Science!
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The only constant in this world is change
Friendships fade, children grow up, historical knowledge shifts, the hip become passe.
Decay, consumption, conflict, they are all part of life.
In many ways, it is what makes life truly beautiful.
Yes, nothing stays the same, nothing is forever…
Well, except for a certain podcast perhaps? One that persists, year after year.
Dedicated to the dissemination of the latest science news…
The players may rotate, the format may shift, but one thing is for sure, you can count on
This Week in Science!
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The Interview!
We’re starting the show off with an interview tonight.
Dana Page is a trained Wildlife Biologist working on large-scale regional land management strategies.
USCS – BA Enviro Studies and USF- MS Enviro Management. Dana has over 2 decades of experience working throughout the Bay Area on a variety of projects ranging from Island Restoration off the CA coast and SF Bay, coastal grassland habitat restoration, Prescribed Fire and Rangeland Management, to name a few.
This is a fun and fascinating interview you’ll want to listen to again and again!
Interview Topics
Feral Pigs Vs Deer
Prescribed Burns Australia
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Climate change depends on ancestors to carry the weight
Climate changes are so quick that mutation is unlikely to save species; instead, old-school genetic variation is the key
Would you like some plant cheese?
When is dairy not dairy? Would you eat cheese, milk, or ice cream created by a plant? It may be in our future.
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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 Interview W/Matthew Facciani, Australia, Stonehenge, Blood Pressure, Moth Dreams, Friendly Brains, Replication Win, Undoing Strokes, Meaning & Memory, And Much More Science!
This week 10 years ago TWIS discussed Interview w/ Dr. Enrique Abreu re: ketamine therapy for depression, So Hot!, Brain Mapping Matters, Brilliant Ducks, Turtle Shells, Zero-Knowledge Time, Bonobo Mentors, City Punk Birds, And Much More!
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July 16th, 2026
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This Week: Culture, Uncanny Valley Monkeys, Koala Cure, Hidden Fish, and Much More Science!
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The only constant in this world is change
Friendships fade, children grow up, historical knowledge shifts, the hip become passe.
Decay, consumption, conflict, they are all part of life.
In many ways, it is what makes life truly beautiful.
Yes, nothing stays the same, nothing is forever…
Well, except for a certain podcast perhaps? One that persists, year after year.
Dedicated to the dissemination of the latest science news…
The players may rotate, the format may shift, but one thing is for sure, you can count on
This Week in Science!
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Quick Science News!
Culture
It’s good for you!
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Uncanny valley
It exists for monkeys too
Koala cure
First-ever koala chlamydia vaccine implant inserted into a wild koala
Fish hide in plain sight
Revealing previously undocumented partnership
Blair will be on DTNS tomorrow!
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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 Interview W/Matthew Facciani, Australia, Stonehenge, Blood Pressure, Moth Dreams, Friendly Brains, Replication Win, Undoing Strokes, Meaning & Memory, And Much More Science!
This week 10 years ago TWIS discussed Interview w/ Dr. Enrique Abreu re: ketamine therapy for depression, So Hot!, Brain Mapping Matters, Brilliant Ducks, Turtle Shells, Zero-Knowledge Time, Bonobo Mentors, City Punk Birds, And Much More!
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July 10th, 2026
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This Week: Orbital Weapons, Vanta Black Satellites, Emotional Bees, Old Enzymes, Light Tech, Sex-changing Spiders, Cephalopod Brains, Cry For Health, Brain Damage, Preventing Trauma, and Much More Science!
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After a weekend of exploding skies
now the east coast
is exploding with diarrhea?
Where is the CDC as state health departments
wrangle a new threat to public safety?
Where are the institutions
created over some 250 years
to serve our citizens?
Did a referee hand them a red card?
Are they just out for a match?
Will they be back?
We have hope here on
This Week in Science.
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Quick Science News!
Orbital Weapons
Can we detect nuclear weapons in space before it’s too late?
Paint It Black
Will the blackest black paint make satellites better for astronomy?
Bees
They’re emotional!
Old Enzymes
Let’s bring back the old to learn about the new.
Light Tech
The future looks bright thanks to technologies that make our photon production and detection more energy efficient.
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Sex-changing spider bacteria
Disrupted by climate – and that’s a bad thing
Ocean acidification
Shrinks cephalopod brains – nooooooOOOOOOOoooooo
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Science with Kiki!
Cry For Health
What if your tears could be used to check your brain health?
Permanent Damage
Is chronic brain damage responsible for neurodegenerative mortality among football players?
Preventing Trauma
What if one protein could stop childhood trauma from having permanent consequences?
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What were we discussing at this time last year? This time last year We discussed A Different Science Fair, Cucumbers, Zoonotic Time Travel, Tortoises, Crabs, Chimps, New Brain Cells, Dance Brains, and Much More Science!
This week 10 years ago TWIS discussed Shifting Clouds, JunoCam, Two Blind Mice, Cicada Turn On, Crow Clean Up, Raven Friends, Cannibal Neanderthals, Social Immune Brains, Bacterial Brains, X Marks Brainy Maps Echolocation For All, Monkey Tools, Monkey Smarts, Swimming Robot Domination, And Much More!
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July 3rd, 2026
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This Week: Spudcell, Colossal Effort, Planigales, Homo Naledi, Crocodile Brians, Snails, Overies, and Much More Science Lighting Up the Skies!
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I missed a view of the Strawberry moon
because it was overcast in Portland.
This wasn’t such a surprise
for a night at the 45th Parallel.
What do you see when you look up?
Clouds? Pollution? Or clear skies and stars?
What if that view
were filled with satellites instead?
If your long-exposure telescopic images
were streaked from right to left,
criss-cross, and up and down?
How many launches will it take
to fill the night sky?
How many lost fireflies?
Will the endangered be missed
when we have their genome frozen in a dish?
How is the view on
This Week in Science?
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SpudCell
What is it?
A Colossal Effort
Is a partnership between the government and Colossal a good idea?
Do you know about planigales?
Now you do! And there are new ones!
Homo naledi News
Why are only females buried in that cave?
This Fourth
Don’t burn the country down.
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Crocodile brains
Remain unchanged, but that snout keeps showing up
Snails
Change with the weather!
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Science with Kiki!
Ovaries For Immunity?
What happens to ovaries after they become non-reproductive?
Bringing You Back
Will a new BCI system help minimally conscious people heal their brains?
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What were we discussing at this time last year? This time last year We discussed LLM-assisted writing, Exercise Pills, Long Lived Mice, Scotland’s Birds, Orcas’ Pets, Fish Schools, High Elevation Scents, Climate Change, Triglycerides, Spatial Cognition, and Much More Science!
This week 10 years ago TWIS discussed Juno You Know, Extremophile Culture!, Fungi farming, Paper Wasps Misrepresentin’, Bonobo Lady Wiles, The American Ostrich, Faulty fMRIs, Beetle Penises, Matching Genomes, Octopus Eyes, Martian Moons, Titan Life?, And Much More!
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June 25th, 2026
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This Week: .Gov vs .US, Cleaning Phones, Mines and Rain, Pod Presence, Pterosaur Wings, Bilingual Brains, Laugh Lines, Eyes, and Much More Science!
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Disclaimer Disclaimer Disclaimer
The war of the words started long ago.
You might not have noticed then,
but now you know
that words don’t work the way that they used to.
Do we live in the upside down?
What happened to dialog?
What happened to accepted definitions?
When did science start to mean
“I think I’m better than you.”?
IF we dial it back,
this has been in the making for decades.
The hubbub over evolution versus creationism
wasn’t just a philosophical schism.
It was a wedge to crack the foundations
of education that had helped this nation.
It dredged up animosities
that had been put aside with more & more advanced degrees.
People were learning to see more diversely.
All it did was scare the ministry.
We saw the focus shift from conversations
to recitations of what the word theory really means.
Why did that happen?
We have ideas here on
This Week in Science!
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Quick Science News!
Replacing The Government… Websites
What used to be climate.gov is now climate.us.
Clean your phones!
Especially doctors…
Deep Flow
What happens to the air deep underground in mines when it rains?
Pod Presence
Which orcas are hanging in Puget Sound these days?
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Pterosaur wings are more diverse than that museum might lead you to believe
Once again, we are faced with the reality that paleontologists are just posing some bones and going, “yeah, that looks good.”
Kiki’s Animal Corner!
Sneaky New Spider
They thought it was a mushroom.
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Bilingual Brains
Do our brains store languages together or separately?
Laugh Lines
Where does laughter come from?
See? See!
Eyes respond to input.
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What were we discussing at this time last year? This time last year We discussed Vera’s First Look, Dragons, Fertility. Anthrobots, Vascular Organoids, Orcas, Octopi, Car T, Type 1 Cure, Ears, Glow Brains, Morning Chorus, and Much More Science!
This week 10 years ago TWIS discussed Mercury’s A Meteorite?, Mars Might Tridymite, Sneaky Black Holes, Hobbit Hole Fires, Kalimantan Deep Skull, Naked Dragons, Blue Tit Danger Songs, Snails On Acid, Chronically Your Gut, THC For Brains, Air Combat Robot Domination, Cockatoo Smarts, Sexy Mantis Snacks, Sexy Smelling Birds, Exercise To Remember, Text Brain?, And Much More! Take a blast into the past with TWIS!
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June 19th, 2026
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This Week: The Underground, Climate Change Survey, Forever? Chemicals, Blood Thinning, Dead Whales, Zebra Finch, Scared Pregnant Mice, Contagious Fear, Sneaky Spiders, Knee Pain, Bird Brains, Gamer Critics, and Much More Science Smarts!
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The Underground
Just how much of our Earth is connected by underground fungal networks in the soil?
Latest survey of americans on climate change
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Forever Or For Now?
Can we figure out how to get rid of forever chemicals?
Blood Thinning You Can Love
What does a new source for heparin mean???
Dead Whales
Where are they?
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Zebra Finch calls warn unborn chicks
How does a parent’s calls change physiology from outside the egg??
Pregnant moms scared by fake snakes pass knowledge on to babies
Scaring pregnant mouse mothers – for science!!
Rays pass fear onto neighbors… chemically
Is fear contagious? Sounds like a resounding maybe.
Kiki’s Animal Corner!
Sneaky New Spider
They thought it was a mushroom.
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Knee Pain Takes Balls
Is knee pain going to be surgery-free eventually?
Ladies Look For Skills
What do female chickadees look for in a mate? Yeah, you know it’s bigger brains.
Gamers Are Critics
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