March 6th, 2026
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This Week: Animal Science, Bats, Caribou, Dogs, Fish, and Much More!
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Do not adjust your sets!
This week, there will be no astronomy, no brains, no anthropology, no physics.
No, this week it’s all about the wild, wacky, wonderful world of all things zoological!
So polish your scales, blink your many eyes. Brush your fur, sharpen those claws, and prepare yourself for…
This Week in Science! Blair’s Animal Corner Edition!
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Bat cronching sounds!
How long do bats eat? And how big are their meals? Microphone backpacks can tell us!
Caribou horns aren’t just for the boys,
But why??
Sniffer dogs are at it again!
But a quick air injection can assist
Fish use more energy staying put
Same girl, same…
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What were we discussing at this time last year? This time last year We discussed Firefly & Astronauts, Weekends and Surgeries, Narwhal Tooth, Fusion Update, Heart Health Watch, Sound Spring, Sharks, Rat Sommeliers, Processed Foods, Mediterranean Diet, AI, Synthetic Intelligence, Love Types, And Much More Time for Science!
This week 10 years ago TWIS discussed Sponge Life, Giant Viral CRISPR, All For One, Far Flying Fies, Biodiversity Rules, WORLD WILDLIFE DAY!!!, Fairy Wren Affairs, First Land Life, More Moles Good, Defeating AutoImmune Disease, Zombie Frogs Are Sexier?, Smart Lady Spiders, And Much More! Take a blast into the past with TWIS!
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February 27th, 2026
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What is in the This Week in Science Podcast?
This Week: Interview W/Nicola Allen PhD., Stabilizing The Brain, Space Alerts, Artemis, Bouba Kiki, Birder Brains, Drunken Apes, and Much More Science!
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The state of all things is fine
Just sign on the dotted line
Watch what you get
and never forget
That This Week in Science is coming up next…
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The Interview!
We’re starting the show off with an interview tonight.
Our guest, Dr. Nicola Allen, is a neuroscientist & professor in the Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute. She investigates how the brain normally forms and functions, and how it goes awry in diseases, like autism and Alzheimer’s disease, by asking how non-neuronal cells in the brain regulate neuronal function. Dr. Allen and her colleagues recently published a study in Nature establishing the stabilizing role of one cell type, called astrocytes, in the adult brain. And she is here tonight to talk with us about her work and its implications.
Allen studies how astrocytes regulate the formation, function and stability of neuronal connections called synapses. Astrocytes closely interact with neurons and synapses via thousands of fine processes, putting them in a position to regulate these connections. Synapses are essential points of information transfer within neuronal circuits and change throughout life. In the young brain trillions of synapses form, in the adult brain synapses are stabilized, and in the aging brain synapses become less functional and are eliminated. Further, in most neurological disorders, no matter the stage of life, synaptic dysfunction is a key component. This includes autism during youth, schizophrenia in adulthood and Alzheimer’s disease in aging. Allen is investigating if life stage-specific properties of synapses are being regulated by the astrocytes the neurons interact with, to identify new therapeutic targets for repairing synapses in the disorders where they are dysfunctional.
This is a brainy and fascinating interview you’ll want to listen to again and again!
Quick Science News!
First Alerts For Space
How will near-real time information of changes in space impact astronomy?
Artemis Rollback
It’s back to the hangar for Artemis II for repairs. No launch should be expected until after March.
Bouba Kiki Effect
Is it really universal?
Birder Brains
How does birding change your brain?
Drunken Apes
Yes, chimpanzees consume alcohol.
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What were we discussing at this time last year? This time last year We discussed The Stellarator!, Animal Emotions AI, Islet Surgery, Stressed Monkeys, Animal Awareness, Oxygen Pill, More Memory, Melatonin, And Much More Science!
This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed Rapidly Rising Waters, Cutting Out HIV, Probiotics For Cancer, Mama’s Little Helper, Fear for Forests, Dodo Brains, Climate For Change, Tracking Sleep Genes, Spider Webs!, And Much More!
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February 20th, 2026
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What is in the This Week in Science Podcast?
This Week: Life on Mars, Interstellar Water, Snakes, PFAS, Wind Farms, Sea Silk, Frogs, Zebra Finches, Organoids, Brain Training, Alzheimer’s, and Much More Science to Know!
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When can we say that we know enough
to make a decision,
to make a claim,
to stop asking questions?
Will there ever be a moment
where we step back
and say,
“I think I’ve had enough as of today.”?
Well, you should know that
That moment will never arrive
Here on This Week in Science.
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Quick Science News!
Life On Mars???
It’s still a maybe that life did or does exist on Mars, but the latest analysis suggests that we don’t have any better explanation at the moment.
Interstellar Water
Why is Comet 3I/Atlas releasing so much water into our solar system?
Hate snakes? Blame society.
Kindergarteners like snakes, so it’s our fault adults don’t…
PFAS From The Sky
You’ll never guess where the latest PFAS source originates.
Wind Farm Disruption
Do offshore wind farms disrupt the wind?
Saving Sea Silk
Will we be wearing ancient Roman silk once again?
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Temperature affects frog calls…. riiiiiibit.
Warmer means, well.. hotter for lady frogs. What does that mean with climate change?
Zebra finches show strong color preferences
Are you particular about your colors? Would a researcher call you stubborn??
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Science stories with Kiki!
Measuring Organoids
What is the best way to listen to brain organoid neuron activity?
Speed Train Your Brain?
It couldn’t hurt, and might help with aging.
An Exposed Life
What are the habits that lead to a longer, healthier life?
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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/Annalee Newitz, Fish, Fruit Flies, Not So Sweetner, Anti-bacterial Anti-depressants, And Much More!
This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed Gravitation Makes Waves, Beating Cancer, We Did It, Selective Elective?, Whooping Whoops?, Rabbit Bye-Bye, Birdie Blood Cell, Your Bacterial Home, Print And Grow, Virgin Mouse Preferences, And Much More!
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February 12th, 2026
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What is in the This Week in Science Podcast?
This Week: Twilight ALAN Problems, YouTube, Sea Lion Moms, Apes Play Pretend, and Much More Science!
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When is a show not a show?
And when is a podcast not a podcast?
When is TWIS not TWIS?
And, when is science not science?
One thing’s for sure, even though it’s just me tonight (Blair) there’s still a show, a podcast, where we’ll discuss science and I look forward to doing that with all of you on,
This Week in Science!
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Quick Science News!
Are we barking up the wrong tree with ALAN?
New research shows that twilight, not midnight, could be the worst time for animals with artificial light at night. What can we do about it??
YouTube isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, at least for conservation
Very few comments focus on conservation action; most are focused on awe and aesthetics. What can we do about it??
Blair’s Animal Corner!
Sea Lion moms take their pups to work
Hands-on teaching style surprises researchers, and is also just cute!
Apes play pretend
Is this unique? Surprising? Not that interesting? Let’s discuss!
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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 Blair’s Animal Corner, Baby Turtles, Mantis Shrimp, Flies, And Much More!
This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed Interview w/ Paul Knoepfler re: Designer Babies, Slime Sees! Toxo Chimp Control, Screaming Flies, Thirsty Ladies, No PDA Chimps, Jib Cutting, Space Challenges, Seasonal Brain Changes???, And Much More! Take a blast into the past with TWIS!
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February 5th, 2026
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What is in the This Week in Science Podcast?
This Week: Story Updates!, Vapor Tracking, Roadkill, Lanternfly, Worms, Caterpillars, Conservation, Prediction From Memory, SpacexAi, Defining Consciousness, and Much More Science!
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Some days are better than others.
We hope all your days
make you think of
This Week in Science
coming up next…
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Quick Science News!
Story Updates!
What’s up with Artemis II? Is offshore wind going to roar back into action? Can judges change anything about how the DOE & EPA deal with climate change?
Vapor Tracking
Isotopes are dope!
Roadkill… for science!
I mean, it’s just lying there…
Lantern Fly Focus
Where did we go wrong with Spotted Lanternfly management?
Ridding The World Of Worms
What are guinea worms, and why are we excited about eradicating them?
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Caterpillars may be responsible for the next microphone
Are you hearing me ok or are my woolly bears off?
How to get ahead… err.. afoot in conservation
Tracking footprints might be the best passive monitoring out there
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Science stories with Kiki!
Prediction From Memory
How does the hippocampus influence cognitive brain function beyond memory?
SpacexAI
Why space is not the place for data centers…
Defining Consciousness
Why do we need to define concepts like intelligence & consciousness more accurately?
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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 Science In Danger?, Frogs, Better Pain, Revive Your System, Octopus, Bats, Mice, Active Listening, And Much More!
This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed Interview w/ Daniel Hummer re: The Carbon Mineral Challenge, CRISPR Alert!, Giving Babies Cooties, Let’s Go Renewable!, Not Peak Ocean, Safer X-Rays, Corvids-R-Smart, Disruptive Climate, Chubby Kitchens, And Much More!
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January 29th, 2026
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What is in the This Week in Science Podcast?
This Week: Nasal Vaccine, Artificial Light & Pollen Season, EVs, Train Snakes, Heavy Hoppers, Hot Tubbin Macaque, Howlers, Language, Parkinsons, Dread, and Much More Science!
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When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness; that, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.
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Quick Science News!
New Nasal Vaccine
Are we finally going to get a nasal vaccine for COVID?
Artificial light at night extends pollen season
Turn off the porch light, you’re making me sneeze!
EVs FTW
Do EVs actually do anything good? YES!
Train Snakes
Yup. Cobras are actually snakes on planes.
Heavy Hoppers
Could ancient giant kangaroos hop?
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Hot tubbin is part of my health plan
Well it would be if I were a Japanese macaque
Howler monkey howls are larger than life
But true howlers know…
National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation
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Science stories with Kiki!
Where Language Is?
Let your little brain talk…
Parkinsons Prognosis
When is Parkinson’s prominent?
Dreading It
Did you know that dread and fear cause more pain than positive anticipation? What does that mean for humanity?
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What were we discussing at this time last year? This time last year We discussed The End Of Social Social Media, Climate Collusion, Researcher Targets, Smelly Spider Legs, Ants with Grudges, And Much More !
This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed Alzheimer’s Seeds?, CRISPR Update!, Computer Beats Man, Little Crumpled Balls, Weird Bird Navigation, Big Mammal Brains, No Striped Camo, Appalachian Dino, Consciousness In Balance, Genes For Schizophrenia, Hedgehogs For Teeth, And Much More!
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January 22nd, 2026
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What is in the This Week in Science Podcast?
This Week: Interview with Dr. Clare Fieseler, Windmill, Acetaminophen, Fight Aging, Artificial Light & Pollen, Bloody Mossies, T. rex, Hot Tubbin, Howler Monkeys, Cow Tools, Cow Food, and Much More!
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When the weather is bitter,
How do you find a glimmer
of warmth, goodwill, or joy?
Do you curl up indoors?
Find new places to explore?
Resist hostile occupation?
Celebrate Congress funding science in this great nation?
Witness illegal kidnappings with neighbors?
Sing protest songs of the day?
Scroll for baby animal dopamine hits?
Or, do you check out
This Week in Science?
Coming up next…
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The Interview!
We’re starting the show off with an interview tonight.
Our guest is Dr. Clare Fieseler, a scientist and journalist whose work focuses on people coping with a changing ocean and a warming world. Clare is a recipient of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communications, is a National Geographic explorer, and does research through the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. You can find Clare’s work in National Geographic, Vox, Grist, The Washington Post, Politico, and Canary Media. Welcome to the show, Clare.x
Currently, she is covering oceans and offshore wind for Canary Media, a U.S.-based non-profit newsroom. She has been a staff reporter for POLITICO covering the green energy transition. Prior to that, Clare was an investigative reporter covering environmental issues in the South for The Post and Courier (Charleston, S.C.). In this interview Dr. Kiki and Dr. Clare get into the impacts of stopping offshore wind in the US, going to be for our energy economy & infrastructure, the reason President tRump seems so opposed to wind power, and the man who might be behind the fall of off shore wind in the US.
She is a National Geographic Explorer and maintains an unpaid research appointment at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. She is currently collaborating with museum curator Nick Pyenson on a National Geographic Society-funded project combining research and visual storytelling.
Though they talk a lot about wind there is nothing long-winded about this interesting interview you’ll want to listen to again and again!
Quick Science News!
No Autism From Acetaminophen
Is this latest review the final word on paracetamol safety?
Fight Aging?
Get vaccinated… for shingles!
Artificial light at night extends pollen season
Turn off the porch light, you’re making me sneeze!
Bloody Mossies
Are mosquitoes in Brazil becoming hungrier for human blood?
Delayed T Rex Action
How long did it take for the T. rex to reach full size?
COW TOOLS!
Was The Far Side prescient? Are cows tool users?
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January 16th, 2026
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I’m trying to think of something optimistic to say
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but with the state of things as they are
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that people will always seek
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Hot Waters
Why should we be concerned about rising ocean temperatures and heat absorbsion?
Plastic Bombshell?
How accurate are all of the studies finding our bodies filled with plaastics?
The desert isn’t so barren afterall.
To some but not many’s shock and awe, the desert is full of life
African EVs
How fast could electric vehicles begin to replace internal combustion cars in Africa?
Red Hair Reason
Could red hair actually be a mechanism for managing toxic levels of cysteine?
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Queen bees don’t have a taste for manual labor
Their tongues just won’t allow it, it isn’t their fault!
AI causing havoc for animals
Does AI offer any bright side for conservation? Or is it all bad??
Deer scrapings
They glow! What’s with all the glowing mammals…?
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Pore Problems
How does a quality control breakdown lead to neurodegeneration?
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How does our brain create the perception of body as self?
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