October 24th, 2025
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This Week: Interview with Dr. Daniel Whiteson, It’s Jupiter’s Fault, Squirrels, Metabolic Limits, Pandas, Mini-Brains, Flatworms, Flying, Lead Brains, And Much More Aliens!
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We don’t know what’s going on,
How could aliens know what’s going on?
I don’t even know what a Gold Standard is anymore. They put words and things in the government, and that’s what’s supposed to determine what things are? I don’t know anything anymore.
I’d like to know things, so let’s talk about them here on,
This Week in Science!
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Quick Science News!
It’s Jupiter’s Fault
… that Earth exists.
Squirrels like road noise
Not everyone prefers peace and quiet
Metabolic Limits
Even the most extreme have their limits.
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The Interview!
We want to welcome our guest, Dr. Daniel Whiteson. He’s a professor of physics at UC Irvine, coauthor of We Have No Idea, Frequently Asked Questions About the Universe, and now a third book called Do Aliens Speak Physics?
Dr. Daniel Whiteson’s research is in the field of Experimental High Energy Physics. He is interested in probing the structure of matter and the nature of its interactions at the very smallest scales, to understand the fundamental nature of our universe.Whiteson is part of the ATLAS collaboration which built, maintains, and collects data from the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, where the Higgs boson was discovered. His research uses the LHC to investigate the basic building blocks of the Universe around us, hoping to find new kinds of particles or interactions and reveal a deeper and simpler layer underlying our reality.. WELCOME TO TWIS, Daniel!
Dr. Kiki and Blair explore space and time with Dr. Daniel in this interesting interview you’ll want to listen to again and again!
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Panda gut microbes are back in the news
And they do better in captivity. proving once again that pandas should not be…
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Some Science stories with Kiki!
More Complete Mini-Brains
Will lab-grown mini-brains inherit neuroscience?
Flatworm Miracles
How did the headless flatworm regrow its head? Ask the stem cells.
Flying Time
Why does time seem to go faster the older you get?
Lead Brains
Did a mutation help us adapt to lead poisoning as humanity evolved?
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This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed Scariest Meat, Venomous Bandages, Blackest Black, Mummies In Europe!!!, Zombies!!!!, Furry Wolfmice, Shriek For Danger, Anty-Oobleck, Spider Glue, Drunk Comet, Tracking You, The Black Death, Zeno Confirmed, And Much More! Take a blast into the past with TWIS!
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October 9th, 2025
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This Week: Nobel Prize Time, Tired Blood, Cheesy Spider Feet, What Are You Eating?, Connected States, Intersex spider found, Leafcutter Ants, Dolphin Alzheimers, ChatGPMouseBrain, Nanoparticles, and Much More Science!
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When Universities bend the knee,
what happens to the idea of being free?
When science funding is based on politics,
what happens to the lot of us?
Academic rigor goes hand in hand with freedom.
To self-police is required.
But when the thought police regulate previously free men,
What will we talk about on
This Week in Science…
Some quick science news!
Nobel Prize Time
And, the winners are… kind of esoteric this year.
Tired Blood
Finally, a test for “chronic fatigue” syndrome.
Cheesy Spider Feet
Black widow females lure males in with every man’s favorite smell – rotting cheesy feet.
What Are You Eating?
Two interesting food-related stories this week involving how we eat the things we do.
Connected States
Is it possible that the Cascadia & San Andreas faults are connected?
Intersex spider found
Aside from this new species having mysteries like an “unknown substance” that covers the males, an individual male on one side and female on the other was found. Did you know that is a thing??
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Leafcutter ants have blind spots like truck drivers
But wait, not with their eyes. That’s the interesting part!
Do stranded dophins have alzheimers?
It’s possible marine mammal strandings occur for the same reason older humans wander away from the nursing home.
Some Science stories with Kiki!
ChatGPMouseBrain
What happens when you put transformer learning models together with cellular brain data?
Nanoparticles For Good
Could therapeutic nanoparticles lead the way to a new, more effective Alzheimer’s treatment?
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This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed Nobel Prizes!, Giraffe Necks. Naledi Feet, The Cone Zone, Poop Mimicry, Nuptial Gifts, Chernobyl Cheer, Interview on Octopuses w/ Dr. Richard Ross, Psychic Robots, Stimulating Sex, And Much More!
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October 3rd, 2025
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This Week: Cassini, Fungal Evolution, Swimming Jaguars, Mouse Microbes, Cancer News, Lizard Snake, Dodo Birds, Electricity & Crabs, Cold Robot, Getting Oldest, Junk Food Brain, and Much More Fearless Science!
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The world lost one of the good ones today.
This week, science mourns the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall,
primatologist and conservationist extraordinaire.
For over six decades, she blurred the lines between human and chimpanzee
intellect, behavior, and emotion…
The first to reveal tool use by non-human hands…
She dared to identify emotional states in chimpanzee eyes,
and kinship in chimpanzee communities…
Concepts so foreign to the scientific dogma at the time,
and yet so apparent to the young, open-minded observer
She showed us that to understand nature, you must respect it.
To save it, you must fight for it.
From the jungles of Tanzania to the halls of the United Nations,
from bare bones research huts to the Jane Goodall Institute,
She leaves behind a scientific movement.
We all live in a world forever changed by one woman’s courage
to listen to the voices of the wild.
Forever missed but never forgotten here on
This Week in Science
Fearless Stories of the Week!
Return of Cassini
Is there life in them distant moons?
Fungal evolution
timeline update
Holy swimming jaguars
Cats don’t like water? News to these beauties!
Momma Mouse Microbes
How are bacteria involved in female reproduction? New research suggests they are essential.
Just good news…
cancer
Lizard Snake
A new fossil straddles the line between lizard & snake.
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Is the dodo coming back?
It’s been a minute since we chatted dodo… let’s check in on their progress
Female crabs can feel the electricity
Unfortunately, it’s not coming from males, it’s coming from underwater power cables…
Science Stories with Justin!
The robot that came in from the cold
G1 humanoid robots caught spying for China
Brainy Stories with Kiki!
Getting Oldest
How is a supercentenarian different from you?
Junk Food Brain
Poor memory? Blame the junk food!
This Week in Science Questions!
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What were we discussing at this time last year? This time last year, we discussed It’s Nobel Time!!!, Pessimistic Bees, Birds Of A Foot, Plunging Biodiversity?, Combining Jellies, Run Time?, Distant Mirror, DNA Maps, Eating Alzheimer’s, Divided Days, And Much More Fearless Science!
This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed Nobel Prizes!, Giraffe Necks. Naledi Feet, The Cone Zone, Poop Mimicry, Nuptial Gifts, Chernobyl Cheer, Interview on Octopuses w/ Dr. Richard Ross, Psychic Robots, Stimulating Sex, And Much More Fearless Science!
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September 25th, 2025
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This Week: It’s Ig Nobel Season!, Cats!, Fish, Extinct Herbivores, Magic Mushrooms, Plastic Brains, Astrocyte Conductors, Social Spiders, and Much More Science to Pronounce!
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They are playing politics with women’s health… again.
This time, it’s Tylenol, aka acetaminophen,
Paracetamol, if you happen to be on the European continent.
An announcement was made that was…
I’ll say it…
Not good.
Suggesting without evidence that Tylenol was causally linked to autism
This is what it is like to be led by the scientifically illiterate
But why?
Who will benefit from the FDA slapping frightening labels on harmless medicine?
Aside from the egos of a few who want to champion a cause without the skills to do so…
Such arrogance matched with power and a lack of knowledge
It is truly a dangerous combination
Likely to cause unnecessary suffering
Speaking of causing unnecessary suffering
It is time to administer another unregulated dose of
This Week in Science
Top Science Stories to Pronounce Week!
It’s IgNobel Season!
Who are the winners of the best, most curious science award this year?
Beware of cats!
Cat food warning
Territorial Fish
What turned fish lovers into fighters?
Bad Introductoin
Science says just don’t with the large herbivore intros.
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Science Stories to Pronounce With Justin!
Magic Mushrooms
Times two!
Brainy Stories with Kiki!
Plastic Brains
How do polystyrene nanoparticles affect the brain?
Astrocyte Conductors
Is this really the first report of astrocytes contacting multiple synapses & neurons?
Social Spider Brains
Do social spiders have brains that are different from other spiders?
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What were we discussing at this time last year? This time last year, we discussed It’s Climate Week!, Bacterial Quick Change, Pollinators, Bronze-Age Cheese, Ancient AI, Magma Soup, Snake Origins, Ant Queens, Mile High Microbiota, Weird Galaxies, Virtual Fish Maze, Man Brain Cycle, Slapfights, Sleep On It, And Much More Science to Pronounce!
This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed Tears Of Mars, Moon Water, Big Dry Trees, New CRISPR Tool, A Viral Tree, Fake Blood, Bee Tongues, Fish Lovin’, Light Damage, BRAINy News, Memory Prosthetics, No Gravitational Waves, Proper Speaking, Sex Acts, Light Sabers, Much More Science to Pronounce!
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September 23rd, 2025
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This Week: Interview with Dr. Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., about Science Under Siege.
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The Interview!
We want to welcome our guests, Dr. Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D.!
Dr. Michael E. Mann is Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication. He also serves as Vice Provost for Climate Science, Policy, and Action and Director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media (PCSSM). You can also find him on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and BlueSky.
Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., is Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine, where he is also the Co-director of the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) and Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics. You can also find him on XTwitter.
How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World
Two of the world’s most respected scientists reveal the forces behind the dangerous anti-science movement—and show us how to fight back
From pandemics to the climate crisis, humanity faces tougher challenges than ever. Whether it’s the health of our people or the health of our planet, we know we are on an unsustainable path. But our efforts to effectively tackle these existential crises are now hampered by a common threat: politically and ideologically motivated opposition to science.
Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez are two of the most respected and well-known scientists in the world and have spent the last twenty years on the front lines of the battle to convey accurate, reliable, and trustworthy information about science in the face of determined and nihilistic opposition.
In this powerful manifesto, they reveal the five main forces threatening science: plutocrats, pros, petrostates, phonies, and the press. It is a call to arms and a road map for dismantling the forces of anti-science. Armed with the information in this book, we can be empowered to promote scientific truths, shine light on channels of dark money, dismantle the corporations poisoning the planet, and ultimately avert disaster.
Dr. Kiki, Dr. Michael E. Mann, and Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D. get a little political in this interesting interview you’ll want to listen to again and again!
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September 18th, 2025
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This Week: Life on Mars, HomoNaledi, Koala Vaccines, Bugs Against Cancer, Human Bees, Earthquake Energy, Alcoholic Chimps, Bad Math, Clone Ants, and Much More Science!
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Life.
Is such an everyday thing here on Earth.
Everywhere you look,
In every drop of water,
Under every rock
In the air, under the soil
In every cranny
In every nook
Life has found its way.
For billions of years.
Elsewhere in the universe, not so much.
What we know of life here
Suggests it should be out there
Suggests that whenever conditions are right
Life must occur
Not an accident, not a fluke
But a natural progression of chemistry.
An almost inevitable feature of the universe
Though not necessarily a permanent one
To be a multicellular, complex, sentient form of life
is incomprehensibly rare
While we are here, while we are part
of the complex sentient universe
Let us celebrate our ability to know
With This Week in Science
Top Stories of the Week!
Life On Mars?
We have no idea. What is the new news?
Homo Naledi
Gets a proper study
Koala Vaccines
Are hitting the bush!
Bugs Against Cancer
Will microbes be our best defense?
Humans Bees
Humans have social bee genes
Getting Heated
Where does most of the energy from an earthquake go?
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Ghost sharks with teeth on their heads
It’s exactly what it sounds like.
Flagrant displays for predators not mates
Matador bugs deter being a meal by waving a big red flag. Why does this work? Scientists still don’t know.
Science Stories with Justin!
Chimps
They’re basically alcoholics
Brainy Stories with Kiki!
Bad Math
What is wrong with scientific publishing?
Ants That Clone
What even is a species anyway?
This Week in Science Questions!
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What were we discussing at this time last year? This time last year, we discussed It’s IgNobel Time!, Thermal Collecting Coral, PLANT NEWS, Nanobreath, Food Dye Discovery, Get Out The Trash, Earth Rings, Bumblebee Memories, Decoy Dolphins, Liquid Cats, Spy Squids, Human Cement, ChatGTP does Good?, Learning By Thinking, Memory Trash, And Much More Science!
This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed Another Hominid?, Oats For Paleos!, Global Oceans, Viral Babies, Panda Upside, Caterpillar Poop, Monogamy And Bird Love, Pheromoned Fruit Flies, Ultrasound For Brains, Basque Links, Cholesterol Trouble, Colliding Black Holes, School Lunch Redux, Prothesis With Feeling, And Much More!
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September 4th, 2025
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This Week: Government Climate Propaganda, Health Gutted, SeeMe, Less Pain With ADRIANA, It’s Not You, It’s Us, Justin Trashes a Study, Correlation? Causation on the Toilet?, Electrical Immunity?, Spleendid Healing, That Succulent Glow, and Much More Science Unplugged!
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Science… is not a brand.
It’s a process of discovery.
A catalog of knowledge.
A way of understanding the world
Without human bias
But a brand, it is not.
That’s why the US health and human services department
A historically science-based agency
That funds health and welfare programs, conducts medical research,
oversees food and drug safety via the Food and Drug Administration
manages health insurance programs like Medicare and Medicaid
And responds to public health emergencies
by taking advice from the National Institutes of Health
And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ceases to be a science-based agency when it…
Stops using science as a process of discovery,
Stops relying on a catalog of knowledge,
And only understands the world
Through the lens of human bias
Since becoming the head of the US Health and Human Services Department
Robert FK Jr…
Has never been briefed by a CDC expert… on anything
Despite altering research priorities, shutting down pandemic preparation, and replacing positions held by experts with people who are not…
Soon, the CDC itself will have a new hand-picked leader.
And the top science-driven public health organization… will be pointless.
It won’t matter
what the CDC says,
What the NIH researches,
or what the FDA sanctions.
Despite the long histories of these agencies using science to make decisions, the credibility of their science-based brand is gone.
And the same is happening at the Department of Energy…
Without science, these are meaningless organizations
Putting out unvalidated, untrustworthy, and dangerous nonsense.
Science is not a brand.
But it is what keeps the brand of health agencies credible.
And increasingly, the only place you can find a credible agency is right here on
This Week in Science
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Government Climate Propaganda
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Justin trashes a study
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A correlation study
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Electrical Immunity?
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Spleendid Healing
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That Succulent Glow
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August 28th, 2025
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This Week: Interstellar Interloper, Mind’s Eye, Jumping Spiders, Pig Lungs, Covid Shots, Ape Medicine, Cane Toads, Bird Poop, Justin Trashes a Study, Phantom limb, Big Brainy Thumb, Nature Words, and Much More Good Science!
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Although the sun is shining
High above
There are shadows creeping
In spite of
All that we have learned from
science, literature, history, and art
Like there is a madness growing
An ignorance in the American heart
How freedoms are lost
Is how power is seized
And it’s a long road back
From enslavement to freed
So this book, that research, those ideas
Every ban comes with a hidden cost
Because knowledge is a form of freedom
And a free mind is never lost
There are brilliant people in the world
More than ever before
And one not too distant day
They will again be knocking on the American door
After the failure of the ignorant and the cruel
When the smart kids have had enough
The sun will still be shining
High above
Meanwhile, down on Earth…
It’s This Week in Science!
Scientifically Interesting News!
Interstellar Interloper
What’s up with comet 3I/Atlas?
Mind’s Eye
Is there a risk to opening the mind’s eye?
Jumping spiders see a “sea of red”
Will this mean doom for one particular species?
Pig Lung Test
What happened when researchers transplanted a pig lung into a human?
COVID shot
Can you even get the COVID shot this year?
Ape Medicine
Why are chimpanzees putting insects in their wounds?
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
New ammo for cane toads
CRISPR to the rescue!
Duck!
Seabirds poop while flying, and they do so quite often. So is it really good luck to get plopped??
Science Stories with Justin!
Justin trashes a study
“I spent 3 1/2 hours trying to figure out how I was reading it wrong, turns out it was the study was trash!”
Brainy Stories with Kiki!
Phantom Limb Mistake
Does phantom limb syndrome arise in the brain or the periphery?
Big Brainy Thumb
What does the thumb have to do with the brain?
Nature Words
Where are they going?
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