June 27th, 2025
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What is in the This Week in Science Podcast?
This Week: 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!
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Disclaimer, Disclaimer, Disclaimer!!!
The following program contains scientific stories about recent research performed by actual scientists, and then published for public review.
None of the stories are based on “doing my own research”
or “A friend of a friend told me”
or “I read somewhere”
or the U.S. Department of “Health and Human Services” says
Instead, we bring you a slightly curated selection of authenticated works in science
Generated by working scientists
Using scientific methods based on the scientific method
If for any reason you find the findings of any particular research not to your liking
Remember that you are but one of billions
of biologically bipedal beings bopping about on a planet
Orbiting a nuclear fireball for a very limited span of time
And certainly you can spend this opportunity of being alive
Concerning yourself with something more noble than science denial
Unless you really can do your own research in which case
Challenge those results!
Design an experiment and put it to the test
And maybe we’ll talk about it here on
This Week in Science
Quick Science News!
Vera’s First Look
What did the biggest camera on Earth see when it looked at the sky?
Not Really A Dragon, Man
We have a Denisovan skull, the Dragon Man homo Longi gets genteticaly linked
Poke the Skin
Can your skin tell doctors about your fertility?
Anthrobots Get Younger
What happens when you let cells become their own master?
Vascular Organoids
Five-day vascular organoids speed tissue engineering research
Body Bot Pod
Would you use it?
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Orca Drones
Why are we spying on smart whales?
Sucker Cups
What do they mean to the octopuses of the world?
Some Science stories with Justin!
CAR T
For everyone!
Type 1
A Cure
Science stories with Kiki!
In One Ear
Does light projected through one ear really come out the other?
Glow Brains
Are our brains glowing in a useful way?
Why The Chorus?
Scientists still don’t know why the morning birds sing.
This Week in Science Questions!
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This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed Heading to Europa!, Parrot Mimicry Core, Counting Crows, Moth Tricks, Monkeys Wolfing Around, Hopping Lefties, Olfactory Fingerprinting, Baby ERV’s, And Much More!
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June 20th, 2025
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What is in the This Week in Science Podcast?
This Week: Early Humans, Terriers, T Gondii, Spiders, Sugar Substitute, Weight Loss Drug, Weight Loss, Live Longer Eat More, and Much More Science on this Episode!
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When wandering through the world of humans
A few words of advice
Never take advice from strangers
who look like they never take advice
Always be on the side you prefer
When burning bridges
And whenever you have a chance
Learn more about the world than you need to
Ask questions
Be the person who knows things
The uncogged mind
And when you are hungry for more
When the knowledge you have is not enough
When the wandering world of humans begin to bore
Wander on without them
Wander into
This Week in Science
Quick Science News!
Earliest Humans in America
Were there really humans in America 20,000 years ago?
Tough toots for terriers
What dogs have the most diarrhea? Why? Is this good science?
Brain Parasites
A T Gondii story
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Spiders smother bugs with venom-laced silk
And you thought spiders couldn’t get any scarier
How do spiders run on 6 legs?
At first, very carefully. After a bit, pretty well, actually!
Science Stories with Justin!
Sugar
Sugar substitute could kill you
Weight Loss Drugs
Weight loss drug could blind you
Eating Less Often
Eating less often can help you lose weight
Live Longer Eat More
Taking a drug can make you live longer without eating less
This Week in Science Questions!
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This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed Philae Awakens!, Opto-CRISPR Future, Stress Babies, Neander-teeth, Dense Old Brains, The Amazing Seastar, No Mongoose Inbreeding, Otolith rosetta Organs, European Nation, Flexible Injectibles, Bath Power Ahoy!, Dogs Hate Rudeness, Papal Pronouncement, And Much More!
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June 12th, 2025
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What is in the This Week in Science Podcast?
This Week: Sham Panel, Strategic Hawks, Chimps, Cucumbers, and Bats Fight Cancer, Napping Bees, and Much More Science!
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Sometimes the show goes off without a hitch,
Sometimes all your friends are there,
Sometimes there’s endless science to discuss,
But not tonight, tonight it’s just me Blair, with a few simple stories, and all of you listening. So please join us for this episode of This Week in Science!
Quick Science News!
Sham Panel
Vaccine panel abruptly overhauled in sweeping shakeup.
A Strategic Hawk
Crossing signal ambushes
Chimps catch yawns from androids
Chimps dream of electric sheep.
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Cucumbers Fight Cancer
First they clean the ocean, now they fight cancer.
Bats Fight Cancer
Epitome of disease but also fights cancer?
Bees Take a Break
Even bumble bee queens need personal days
This Week in Science Questions!
Do you have questions that you want us to answer? Send us your questions (Like, Are We Just Banging Rocks on Trees??)! We will do our best to have answers!
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What were we discussing at this time last year? This time last year we discussed JWST, Supplements, Shark Vomit, Old in Space, Young in Space, Giraffes, Elephants, Bad Air, Brain Maps, Handy Babies, And Much More Science!
This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed World Robot Domination Challenge, FasterBetterStronger, We Never Learn, Dino Teeth, Irish Gold, Bird Inspired Color, Prosocial Is New Normal, Run Rabbit, Test For Infections, Sleep On It, And Much More!
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June 5th, 2025
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What is in the This Week in Science Podcast?
This Week: Science State, Frogs, Light Limits, Trash Parrot Update, A Tiny Violin, Baboons and Rocks, Birds Flying Far North, Garbage Gull, Making Myelin, Mouth Tape, and Much More Science!
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Don’t let your confidence waver
Although this bump in the road
Looks like a monstrous Cane toad
This moment can be ours
Should we meet it.
And, if you despair,
Remember, we’re always here
at This Week in Science
coming up next…
Quick Science News!
Science State
What is the future of American science?
One Man’s Water Tank
Is another frog’s watering hole
Light Limits?
Have we almost reached the limits of optical measurement?
Trash Parrot
Update
A Tiny Violin
Of course, physicists have created the “world’s smallest violin”, but why?
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Pair up and Share
In the baboon world is no joke
Even Birds Can’t fly far Enough North for the Summer
Climate change is moving too swiftly for even birds to escape, so how do you think turtles and trees feel??
Kiki was going to talk about this last week
So we’ll talk about it now!
Rocking stories with Kiki!
Garbage Gull
Are gulls using garbage trucks to get around now?
Making Myelin
Why is myelin production lost in Multiple Sclerosis?
Say No To Mouth Tape
Why do people insist on doing things they see on the internet?
This Week in Science Questions!
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This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed Drain Holes In Brains, Epigenetic Evidence, Evolution News, Rough Rubbers, Local Burning, Fruit Fly Clocks, Bluffing Birdies, Yawning Budgies, Sonic Screw Driver, Fake Chocolate News, Pluto’s Moon, Robo-Cheetah Jumps!, Oversexy Extinction Risk, Pillbugs, Kitties, And Much More!
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May 23rd, 2025
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What is in the This Week in Science Podcast?
This Week: CRISPR, Government-Sanctioned Mass Extinction, Bugs in Space, Shrinking Clownfish, Bees Sleep, Dolphins Talk, Blocking Cell Death, Toothy Origins, and Much More Science!
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When lie after lie makes you question the sky,
And wonder what truth even is,
Remember to find the people
Who question themselves,
And don’t try to sell
You on certainty
Or their life-changing supplements.
Snake oil is greasy
And easily slips past the lips
Of the charlatans & cheats.
Remember to think about
The source of that link
Before clicking your way
Past the brink.
You hold the tools in your head
To parse the good from the bad.
And, when you need more,
Remember This Week in Science.
Quick Science News!
New & Improved CRISPR
What makes CRISPR even more useful? Maybe using another enzyme?
Redefining the ESA could mean mass extinction
By redefining the word “harm,” the Trump administration has eliminated key protections for endangered species and their habitats. The public has submitted 345758 comments.
Bugs In Space
What happens to bacteria from Earth when they go to space?
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Shrinking Clownfish
Does getting smaller help you respond to climate woes?
Bees sleep!
And their brains look just like ours! Well, kind of…
Dolphins Talk!
What do dolphin whistles mean?
Brainy stories with Kiki!
Blocking Cell Death
What happens when programmed cell death is stopped?
Toothy Origins
When did teeth get their start?
This Week in Science Questions!
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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 Shocking Stories, Solar Focus, Orange Rivers, Stress, Alzheimer’s Hope, Grasslands, Falcons, New Sixth Sense, Elephants, Neanderthal Dating, Bird Brains, Mouse Monogamy, LARPing, And Much More Science!
This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed NASA Moonshot Research, Cere’s White Spots, Crazy Clouds, Artificial Neurons, Under-reporting People, Clean Up Man, Snake Orgies, Bat Beams, Anti Bac Babies, Chicken Snouts, Drugs For Cleverness, Chocolate Or Friend, And Much More!
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May 15th, 2025
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What is in the This Week in Science Podcast?
This Week: Science, Knowledge, & Power, Forever Chemicals, AI Exaggeration, Internal Inference, Prey Trapping, Labile Language, Librarians Saving Democracy, and Much More Science!
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What do you do when the system is broken?
When you watch your contributions set to the side,
a token,
a motion that others are going through around you,
so many words unspoken.
Do you stay where you are and hope that the fight,
is worth the capitulations,
keeping you up at night?
when others are silent,
potentially to become,
a sign of the violence,
they say that people like you,
are getting up to.
When you do,
are you silent underground?
Or, do you use your moment as a beacon,
for others,
for sisters and brothers,
who know you did what you could.
That you stood for science & knowledge
and working for the good of society?
Like we do here on This Week in Science.
A Democracy of Science News!
Science, Knowledge, & Power
Another dramatic week in Washington at usually fairly humdrum institutions.
Forever Chemicals For Longer
What does delaying protection mean?
AI Exaggeration
How much do AI chatbots love to exaggerate scientific findings?
Internal Inference
How are astronomers measuring the insides of moons?
Prey Trapping
Different strokes for different species still lead to full bellies.
Labile Language
How fixed is chimpanzee language?
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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 Shocking Stories, Solar Focus, Orange Rivers, Stress, Alzheimer’s Hope, Grasslands, Falcons, New Sixth Sense, Elephants, Neanderthal Dating, Bird Brains, Mouse Monogamy, LARPing, And Much More Science!
This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed NASA Moonshot Research, Cere’s White Spots, Crazy Clouds, Artificial Neurons, Under-reporting People, Clean Up Man, Snake Orgies, Bat Beams, Anti Bac Babies, Chicken Snouts, Drugs For Cleverness, Chocolate Or Friend, And Much More!
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May 9th, 2025
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What is in the This Week in Science Podcast?
This Week: Tiny Life, Human Fungus, Honeyguides, Survey Says, Vaccines and Menstruation, Art with Porpoise, Cuttlefish, Shrimp, Brain Computer Interface, Neanderthals, Tiny Town, On Being, and Much More Science!
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The following hour of programming contains scientific material
While currently still legal at the time of this recording,
Who even knows anymore!
Regardless of what weirdness is yet to come
Science! Will continue.
Here on This Week in Science!
Quick Science News!
Tiny Life?
What is alive even anyway?
Human Gut
Liver fungus
Honeyguides
With a score to settle
Survey Says!
People like science, but what about the weather?
Menstrual Patterns
Do vaccines change menstrual patterns
Art With Porpoise
How can ancient poems help us understand ecological history?
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Cuttlefish
Waving cuttlefish say hey, or maybe they don’t
Shrimp Carbon
Where shrimp get their carbon, and it isn’t where you think
Some Stories with Justin!
Brain computer
Computer interface
Striking Neanderthals
Middle Paleolithic stone tool technology
Brainy stories with Kiki!
Tiny Town
How do we learn to navigate our world?
On Being
How does consciousness work? Do we even know?
This Week in Science Questions!
This week we have some comments from listeners like you!!
Do you have questions that you want us to answer? Send us your questions (Like, When is a Power Grid a Metaphor???)! We will do our best to have answers!
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What were we discussing at this time last year? This time last year we discussed Glueballs Exist!, Cows, Parrot Parents, Leprosy, Bad Business, Light Vaporization, Neanderface, Olive Oil, Hybrid Brains, Brain Scaffolding, Tiny Implants, Implant Abandonment, And Much More!
This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed Hologram Or No?, Nasty Politicses, One In Six, DIY IQ?, Warm-Hearted Fish, Bad Birdfeeders, NASA Tech, Far Away Galaxy, Tooth-Dragging Penis Worm, Phosphorus For All, Bridging A Gap, Birds Are Older, Ethanol Smog, Beardpooplegate, And Much More!
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May 1st, 2025
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What is in the This Week in Science Podcast?
This Week: Black Start, Bird Flu, Zoo Life, Blonde Beer, Anti-Microbiotic, Hippie Spiders, Real Pokemon, NIH, Musically Speaking, Screaming Trees, Electrome Eclipse, and Much More Science Power!
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There are some really interesting things happening in the world of science.
Discoveries that could change everything for the better or point out dangers before they change things for the worse.
But the critical findings in research are currently in jeopardy of being silenced.
Anti-science political actions are dismantling research in America.
To the far right everything is part of a left-wing agenda including vaccines, research, science, math, and even muppets.
It is unclear if American science will survive the next few years. There is a real and frightening danger.
That we may not only lose our place as global leaders in research, but that it might be replaced by something far worse
Agenda-driven fake research will certainly be next put forward as if it were science
When that time comes, and it will be coming soon…
We will be here to hold the line
between the world of biased beliefs
And This Week in Science
Power through quick science news!
Black Start
Why is it hard to jump-start a power grid without power?
Hidden Transmission
Bird flu’s bovine biohazard
Zoo Life
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Blonde Beer Beginnings
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Anti-microbiotic
Short-term antibiotic use linked to long-lasting resistance in gut bacteria.
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
Hippie spiders with personality might not be so interesting
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Real-life Pokémon wear remains of dead animals
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Slashing misinformation research
Hundreds of grants axed in a field where the United States was a global leader
NIH under siege
U.S. health institutes are demoralized and have lost essential staff and funding
Science stories with Kiki!
Musically Speaking
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The Screaming Trees
Do plants make sounds to be heard by other plants?
Electrome Eclipse
What is the electrome & how do trees use it?
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