June 6th, 2020
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Protest Psychology, Fox Life, COVID Self Care, Hemorrhagic Microbiome, Not So Royal Jelly, Misery Loves Company, Lab Grown Livers, Dead Sea Puzzle, Triple Negative, Fleeing Pole-Ward, Geo-engineered Problems?, Feral Cat Death, Rescue Dogs, And Much More…
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The looting has got to stop.
No excuse for it.
The opportunistic nature of the looters should be met with force
Military force if necessary.
I speak of course about the last major tax cuts for the already rich
Which amounted to a 2.3 trillion dollar looting of government spending ability.
Adding trillions to the national debt while getting nothing in return.
What else would 2.3 trillion dollars pay for?
295 years of the National Science Foundations budget
Or
the elimination of all current student debt in the US
Along with 102 years of the National Science Foundations budget
Or
Enough to triple the federal spending on public schools
Every, single, one of them…
When we see looting we react as we should.
It is wrong, and something should be done to stop it.
But let us be clear eyed when we call for force, violent force to resolve it.
If we are talking about financial damage to our nation
Let us count the ways
Let us add up actual cost that looters have taken
And let us direct our outrage where it is most deserved
This week in science
Coming up next…
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Let’s start with the SCIENCE NEWS!
Protest Psychology
Do extreme protest actions deteriorate popular support for protests?
Fox Life
Does human proximity affect animal adaptations?
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What about a COVID-19 Update!
COVID Silver Lining
This crazy time has inspired people to be more deliberate about self care.
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Could it be a cause?
Patients with hemorrhagic brain disease have disordered gut microbiomes.
Is it time for Blair’s Animal Corner???
Royal jelly might not be so royal after all
It might bee that queens are just fed more, and not anything special at all.
Misery loves company
Macaques are less stressed when working through hardship with a friend.
What science news does the second half of the show hold???
Lab Grown Livers
From skin to liver, maybe someday for people.
Triple negative
A breast cancer gene discovery might lead to a cure.
Fleeing Pole-ward
Species around the globe are fleeing to the poles – those on land more slowly than those in water.
Geo-engineered Problems?
An analysis of a geoengineering solution to climate change fouond that while it would be likely to decrease solar radiation and heating, atmospheric effects might be problematic in other ways.
Dead Sea Puzzle
DNA helps with the solution.
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Time for the last quick news…
Feral Cat Death
A spiffy sprayer in Australia zaps cats with poison.
Yes, your dog wants to rescue you
Dogs appear to have a desire to save their owner from trouble.
HOMEWORK for all TWIS minions!
Watch the video.
Black Birders Week
Check out the amazing Twitter hashtags and celebrations of Black birders.
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May 28th, 2020
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Interview w/ Dr. Jenny Tung on Social Behavior & Health, COVID Update, Biting Bumble Bees, Translucent Frog Legs, Bad For Ladies, Cosmic Flashlight, Maternal Neanderthal?, Stretchy Words, Mass Not Extinction, Narwhal Radio, And Much More…
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Some information is not universal.
When we use a number, we can all agree on what it is.
3 is three.
There are three hosts on this show.
That is a fact we can agree on.
Whether three is too many, not enough or just right…
we may or may not agree on.
An important thing to understand in today’s media world is that facts are often less reported than opinions.
And, many of the opinions are manufactured to influence people towards an agenda.
Because of this, there is a difference between the information you may be getting
and the information others may be getting when it comes to the following…
Covid-19
Global warming
How democracy works
How a capitalist economy works
What healthcare should look like
The value spending on education
The value of spending on science
Whether or not scientists are part of a corrupt cabal of deep state liberal fascists
who are duping the American people into staying at home over a made up pandemic
so that only poor godless liberal elite immigrants can take advantage of the reverse engineered alien technology that has been harnessed to make the best fruit smoothies in the history of the world
In this time of pandemic problems…
let us not forget the one thing we face that is worse than the disease itself…
Human ignorance.
With all of the other problems the world may face,
ignorance and the ease with an increasing number of Americans will believe absolute nonsense
is perhaps our greatest threat.
It’s one thing when people are convinced to vote or act against their own interests.
It is quite another when they act against everyone else’s…
We must put an end to human ignorance before human ignorance puts an end to us all.
Because then we wouldn’t be able to listen to
This Week in Science,
Coming up next…
Let’s start with an interview!
Interview with Dr. Jenny Tung
Jenny Tung is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Evolutionary Anthropology and Biology at Duke and a Faculty Associate of the Duke University Population Research Institute.Her lab studies interactions between genes and behavior, and the relationship between social behavior and health.
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Let’s start with COVID-19 Update!
COVID Update
Numbers dead continue to increase while the rate of new death seems to be plateauing in the United States. The WHO warned this week that the first wave of infections is not yet complete, and not to become complacent.
Can Plasma Help?
Evidence suggests that convalescent plasma might be a useful treatment, but there are stumbling blocks.
What About Vaccines?
Are they going to be all that we hope for? Especially if only 50% of Americans say they will get vaccinated?
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Bumbles bees have skills!
In biting.
Is it time for Blair’s Animal Corner???
Translucent frogs bring camouflage to a whole new level
When being see through just isn’t enough, these froggies create a fuzzy edge to their shape.
Why mating shouldn’t be a family affair
Despite a study on fruit flies showing aggression in mating was reduced in the company of family, the ladies could be worse off in the end anyway.
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What science news does the end of the show hold???
Cosmic Flashlight
Radio bursts from other galaxies are illuminating the missing matter in our universe.
Maternal Neanderthal?
It is in the genes…
The Mass Extinction…
That wasn’t.
What does a narwhal sound like??
Now we know!
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May 21st, 2020
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Interview w/ Chad King on Octopus Gardens, COVID Update, Pain In The Brain, Fungis On Twitter, Bird Spys, Eyes On, Irreproducible Results, Dr. Google, Funny Penguin Poop, And Much More…
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The world is close
Closer than you think perhaps
to opening up, unlocking, to just not staying home…
But are we ready?
The answer, I can assure you,
Is maybe at best, And most likely,
no.
Yes, we have social distanced and it has been working.
Yes we are washing hands, wearing masks,
avoiding handshakes, and distancing in public places.
But now we have millions out of work,
in a system that heavily relies on workplace insurance.
And while the advice from public health officials is sound:
“If you think you have symptoms, consult your primary physician.”
More people lack a primary physician than ever before in the history of this nation.
Look it, that is a fact, most likely.
Not everywhere in the world, but definitely here in the United States this is the case
If we learn no other lesson from this epidemic,
let this at least be the take away:
Employer based healthcare fails in an emergency.
What if 911 emergency services only operated during bankers hours?
Or paramedics only carried solar powered defibrillators?
It’s like a fire extinguisher with an automatic shut off valve if it detects smoke.
And the thing is, it’s already a system that has been like this for anyone who gets sick and can’t work so…
We need a better way to care for ourselves than being dependent on sectors of industry that may or may not exist in a crisis situation.
Of course the only way to truly avoid crisis dependent situations,
is to tune into another episode of
This Week in Science,
Coming Up
Next…
Let’s start with an interview!
Interview with Chad King
Chad King is a Marine Biologist at Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. We last spoke with Chad 6 years ago about a shipping container at the bottom of Monterey Bay. And, he has been involved in some more amazing deep sea discoveries over the past few years involving octopuses and whales falls.
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COVID Update
The WHO COVID-19 Situation Report for May 19 reports 4.73 million confirmed cases (112,637 new) and 316,169 deaths. The Johns Hopkins CSSE dashboard is reporting 1.53 million US cases and 92,149 deaths as of 12:30pm on May 20.
COVID Tracking
The COVID Tracker managed by The Atlantic published a massive, volunteer-based effort to identify discrepancies between the national CDC database (which was only made public this month) and reporting from the States themselves over the past three-months.
Reinfection Relief
Tests of South Koreans infected twice by SARS CoV2 showed that while they had viral DNA in their airways, all had antibodies in their bloodstream and none were infectious.
Gym Rats
A study published in the CDC journal of Emerging Infectious Disease based on a contact tracing survey of South Korean individuals recommends minimizing vigorous exercise in enclosed spaces while the threat of the outbreak still lingers.
The pandemics silver lining
COVID-19 crisis causes 17% drop in global carbon emissions
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Is it time for Blair’s Animal Corner???
New species discovered on twitter
Who says you can’t do research from your couch??
Tits eavesdrop with specificity
These birds can recognize specific alarm calls, and keep an eye out for that specific warning. Are these birds multilingual??
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What science news does the end of the show hold???
Eyes On
A synthetic eye with features to challenge natural human sight has been created. Will we see artificial eyes being used by people within the next decade?
Irreproducible Results
When 70 teams around the globe were given the same brain imaging data to test the same seven hypotheses, they mostly came up with differing results.
Dr Google knows all….
Not.
Penguin poop drives scientists mad
Nitrous oxide emissions from penguin poop are off the charts!
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May 14th, 2020
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COVID19 Update, Vagina Science, Turtle Moms Throw Sand, Angsty K9s, Creating Chimeras, Hidden Human Migration, T-rex Legs, Tools Of Self-Control, Night Pollinators, Tully Monster Chemistry, And Much More…
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The following hour of programming has not been peer reviewed
For that to be possible, there would need to be another science news podcast that could be considered this podcasts peer.
At best, there might be a slick pre-recorded post-editing published show or two that can be considered in our wheelhouse.
But since there are no other live science news conversations being brought direct to the public within the week that the science breaks…
We simply cannot be peer reviewed.
But we can bring you the findings of scientists.
We can bring you papers that have been peer-reviewed.
Sourced from institutions that are dedicated to the scientific process.
And while we may wander about the subject matter with our own wonderings aloud of what these stories mean,
how they might impact the world, and where they might go next…
We encourage you to do the same, to actively participate in this conversation about the world you live in…
Because your review of the stories we talk about is the only reason that
This Week in Science
Is coming up next…
Let’s start with COVID-19 Update!
The WHO COVID-19 Situation Report for May 12 reports 4.09 million confirmed cases and 283,153 deaths. The Johns Hopkins CSSE dashboard is reporting 1.38 million US cases and 82,806 deaths as of 12:30pm on May 13.
Moderna Fast-Track
The FDA has given Moderna the greenlight to fast-track testing of its mRNA vaccine.
AntiVax Science
A Nature paper describes the effective spread of antivax messages and sentiment through online networks, and explains the current advantage over pro-vaccine public health efforts.
Plandemic Problem
Let’s fact check, shall we?
Cats And COVID
They get it, and spread it to other cats.
COVID & miRNA
Does micro-RNA help defend against COVID-19? A new study suggests it might, but that defense might lessen with age.
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Here is some more SCIENCE!
A New View On Vaginas
Despite what your gynecologist might have told you, lesions are actually pretty dang common. And, this is good news.
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Is it time for Blair’s Animal Corner???
Mama turtles say, “nothing to see here!”
Turtle moms spend extra time out in the open to create decoy nesting sites, helping their little ones have a leg up in growing up to run for the sea themselves.
Teen dogs have angst
Dogs in their “adolescence” might show a rebellious streak, leading to misunderstandings and potentially a drop off at the shelter, in some cases.
What has science done for you lately?
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What science news does the second half of the show hold???
Creating Chimeras
Researchers report an advance in chimera creation with mouse-human embryos containing up to 4% human cells thanks to a new procedure involving resetting cellular clocks.
Human Migrations
Revealed by hidden islands and underwater archeology.
T-rex wasn’t much of a runner
More of a long-distance walker.
Tools of Self-Control
Did the advent of hand-carved tools indicate the development of self-control?
Let’s finish strong with some quick stories!
Night Pollinators
Moths are major pollinators, but didn’t we already know that?
Tully monster had a backbone
This squid-muppet hybrid fossil likely was a vertebrate, according to new chemical analysis.
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May 7th, 2020
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COVID19 Update, SMART Research, Dolphin Voices, Salmon Magnets, Neighborhood Black Hole, Hydrogen Worlds, Wireless Power, Mushrooms For Jet-Lag, Murder Hornet Mayhem, Sleeping Memory, Koala Licks, And Much More…
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Science
It’s the one thing upon which the world is now relying to make civilization possible again.
While there have been significant advances in all areas of science over the past several decades….
While technology can cross continents and oceans to keep loved ones in contact
While new medicines can slow, prevent and even cure illnesses that once were swift and deadly
While we have discovered new planets, unraveled mysteries of human origin and learned so much about how our natural world functions…
While the fundamental way in which the physics of the universe is constructed continues to tell us stories through supercolliders, super novas and super cool space probes…
The one thing we could not do is remain vigilant to a threat that, while novel, is anything but new.
Our current predicament was not unimaginable, it was imagined, warned about, and not for nothing, because this has happened before.
We humans rely so much on science that we have gotten to a point where we simply take it for granted…
As if discovery were just a natural progression of time, bound to happen if we simply wait long enough.
As if there is a separate world where scientists are adulting full time, running worst case scenarios and attempting to anticipate threats to humanity with all the resources they need to complete the research required to avert tragedy.
And in a way, that’s true, except for the funded research…
If we take any lesson from this threat,
it is that research, not rhetoric creates makes this country great
That academic insight not just military might can keep our borders safe
And that This Week in Science
Is coming up next…
Let’s start with COVID-19 Update!
Beware The PrePrint!
PrePrints are a wonderful way for the scientific community to start wider conversations about their works that hopefully makes for better eventual publications. Unfortunately, wider media report Preprints as peer-reviewed publications, or underplay the fact that they aren’t vetted, resulting in potential social trauma due to hyping of cures , treatments, or tests for COVID. A recent publication on BioArxiv was sold by the LA Times as evidence that mutations are making it more infectious. This is still not known, and there are many problems with the interpretation. However, a peer-reviewed study in Science finds several mutations that we should definitely watch carefully.
French December
Playing into the question of just how long COVID 19 has been around, a new study describes a French patient who upon retrospective analysis is now diagnosed as having had the disease. There are so many issues with this study. Let’s not cherry-pick our data.
Antibody Accuracy
As we discussed last week, serology continues to be a big issue. There are a growing number of tests for SARS-CoV2 antibodies that would indicate whether one had been infected, and a growing number of analyses are finding that there is huge variablity in the accuracy of the tests. Until more of these test perform at an acceptable level, we will not be able to adequately use them at the individual level and potentially even at the population level.
CRISPR Test?
Publishing in Nature researchers described a microwell array system using CRISPR-Cas9 called CARMEN to diagnose a variety of disease, including COVID-19.
SMART research aimed at making viruses more effective
Anti-phage mechanism discovered
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Here is some SCIENCE!
SMART research aimed at making viruses more effective
Anti-phage mechanism discovered
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Is it time for Blair’s Animal Corner???
So long, and thanks for all the fish
Pretty soon, we could be able to identify and track individual dolphins by their voice.
What do pigeons and salmon have in common?
No, it’s not their presence on a dinner plate, it’s their use of magnetic fields to get around!
What has science done for you lately?
“Dear Kirsten, Justin and Blair,
What has science done for me lately.
Well, by lately, I mean most of my life. Starting about age 11 (this was in 1957), I discovered science and was hooked.
I remember lying in my bed at night as a boy, earpiece in my ear as I listened to my crystal radio. How I marveled that this little coil and crystal with no battery, no power, could bring me voices from all over the world.
Over the years my parents were victims of a merciless barrage of requests for science-y things: chemistry set, geology set, rock collecting expeditions, microscope set, ham radio, telescope, space for a laboratory at home – it only stopped when I moved out. I think the last straw was when I built a nuclear reactor in the back yard, and my dad had to check to when he got home from work so the neighborhood wouldn’t blow up.
They did their best to keep up, and with their encouragement, I eventually went to college. I was torn between astronomy and engineering, but eventually chose the one with the greater employment potential. However, I have always kept astronomy as my favorite interest. My wife can attest to the time and money invested!
Science has given me a logical foundation for discovering the world. It has given me hobbies, passions and a career. It has given me a profound sense of awe at the universe we live in. It has kept me up at 2 AM to observe the stars or watch Voyager sail by Saturn. It has given me things to say when people ask me “so what?” about our investments in science. It has allowed me to follow fields such as astrophysics, mathematics and quantum mechanics in a way that helps me deeply appreciate the complexities of our world.
Science has also added many happy and productive years to my life by helping me battle cancer, as I mentioned in a letter to a while back. But perhaps more importantly, it has brought me great joy in so many ways.
And lately, it has brought me to TWIS.
Science brings just as much excitement now, at age 73 as it did when I was 11. Few things in life can do that!
Thank you for your engaging show. I can’t wait to hear each new episode.
Yours truly,
Selden McCabe”
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What science news does the second half of the show hold???
Neighborhood Black Hole
Only 1,000 light years away, the stars that orbit this black hole are viewable by the naked eye.
Hydrogen Worlds
Should we be looking for life on worlds with hydrogen dominated atmospheres?
Wireless power
Could wireless electric cars be in our future.
Mushrooms For Jet-Lag
The active compound in a mushroom known for increasing libido might also help with jet-lag.
Let’s finish strong with some quick stories!
Murder Hornet Mayhem
Don’t panic.
Sleeping Memory
Evidence that memories are replayed during sleep.
Koalas take a licking
Lapping up water from tree trunks is a prior unknown method for koalas to get water.
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April 30th, 2020
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Interview w/ Dr. Valerie Trouet on Tree Story, COVID-19 Update, Matriarchal Neanderthals?, Viral Bee Behavior, Spider Combs!, Underwater Bones, Core Conundrum, Dope Shrews, Toothy Teenagers, Swimming Spinosaurus, City Found, Danger Place, And Much More…
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There is a bee shortage in America…
When a bee stings somebody it’s stinger falls off and the bee dies…
So why not glue them back on so the bee doesn’t die?
Then we would have plenty of bees again.
When a child comes up with a solution to a problem, it’s adorable.
And no matter how silly that solution may be,
we can encourage that child to keep coming up with creative ideas…
It’s a form of curiosity and a sign of self motivated learning
When the leader of a nation
with a million people afflicted with a respiratory virus
With over 60,000 dead already
Believes that, after months of access to doctors, researchers and experts in disease control…
Suggests that maybe injecting disinfectants into the lungs
or massively irradiating people with ultraviolet light could help…
It is not adorable.
It shows a lack of curiosity in the basics of how a human body works.
Let alone anything he could have learned by listening to and asking questions
of the experts at his disposal.
This is a form of narcissistic ignorance and is the sign of an incompetent idiot
With less than a high-school biology student’s understanding of the human body.
I’m sorry, less than junior high understanding even…
Thankfully…
the idiot is not actually in control of the country’s research.
And as the researchers continue to rely on scientific method
There is a treatment at the end of the tunnel
And that treatment is here
On this week in science
Coming Up Next…
Let’s start with an interview!
Our guest this week is Dr. Valerie Trouet. She is a dendroclimatologist, using the rings in trees to study the climate of the past and how it has influenced ecosystems and human history. Additionally, she is Associate Professor in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona, and has written, ‘Tree Story’, a book about tree rings, climate history, and human history.
What has science done for you lately?
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Now for our COVID-19 Update!
Remdesivir Standard?
The first controlled trial of Remdesivir is making the news as a treatment for COVID19 as Fauci, Gilead, and the NIAID tout its early success.
Oxford Vaccine Potential
NY Times reported on the early success of a vaccine trial on non-human primates at the University of Oxford, but the research lab doesn’t like the press, and is asking for us to consider the reality of the timeline.
CRISPR for COVID
It’s in research.
Social distancing Work
And, closing schools is good for the overall outcome according to a study looking at Wuhan and Shanghai.
No COVID Immunity?
A study looking at four other coronaviruses found that people were often reinfected, sometimes several times, within the course of the cold and flu season.
Stop Comparing
There is no comparing flu to COVID 19. a new data dredge found that the flu kills many fewer people. We’ve apparently been overstating the numbers and using predictions for years.
This is just a really good review article about COVID and how it works.
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What science news does the second half of the show hold???
Matriarchal neanderthals?
Are genes telling us that women ruled the roost?
Is it time for Blair’s Animal Corner???
Infected bees welcomed with open antennae
Virus harboring honeybees get through security at strange hives all too easily…
Spider combs!
Comb structures on the legs of spiders could help us design better tools for handling nanofibers!
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Let’s finish strong with some quick stories!
Underwater Bones
Scientists might be able to use proteins to determine how long bones have been submerged.
Core Conundrum
Does the Earth’s outer core contain more than iron?
Toothy teenagers
Ancient sharks were big.
Dope Shrews
Hero shrews’ dense spine might have a weird purpose.
Swimming with Spinosaurus
It’s tail made the motion possible.
Lost fort!
Found in lost city of the Colusa suggesting a storyline to the disappearance of the tribe.
Most Dangerous Place
A Saharan fossil bed might have been the most deadly place on the planet at one time in history.
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April 27th, 2020
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Interview w/ Kevin Peter Hand on Alien Oceans & Life Beyond Earth, Life Value, FOX Experiment, Toxo Zoos, Evolution Stinks, Cool Bird Beaks, Indoor CO2, Hungry Robots, Two Comfort Bugs, Spider Pain Venom, Amazonian Agriculture, Food Waste, And Much More…
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The day the earth-day stood still…
as humans everywhere in the world limit their activities
As economies are paused
As plain and train and automobile traffic is slowed
And oil futures fell to negative numbers…
As the human world suffers and death continues to haunt the public spaces
As we wait for a vaccine that will allow us to resume our human-y ways
Earth Day happened
And while we were not able to celebrate Earth Day as we have in days past
It was, in many ways, the best earth day yet.
It may not be the sort of celebration we would have thought of
But if every Earth Day, humans just stopped everything they were doing
Let the planet catch its breath for a day
It would be a sincere gesture of thanks for a planet we often take for granted
Speaking of things we might often take for granted…
It’s time for
This Week in Science
Coming up next…
Let’s start with an interview!
On this 50th Earth Day, our guest, Kevin Peter Hand, is an astrobiologist and planetary scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he has served as deputy chief scientist for solar system exploration and is leading an effort to land a spacecraft on the surface of Europa. He has helped lead expeditions to the glaciers of Kilimanjaro, the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, and the sea ice of the North Pole. He has written a book called Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space.
What has science done for you lately?
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Now for our COVID-19 Update!
Value Of Lives
It’s more cost effective to save lives through social distancing than to do nothing.
No Patterns
We get viruses everywhere.
FOX Experiment
Hannity versus Carlson. Which FOX host cost more lives?
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What science news does the second half of the show hold???
Toxoplasma Gondii and Zoos
Spanish zoo animals have a lot of toxo.
Is it time for Blair’s Animal Corner???
Evolution Stinks
If you are a lizard… In just 4 generations, lizard smells adjusted to new populations and ecosystems!
Bird beaks are cool!
Birds can cool their beaks in response to food scarcity, proving once and for all that they are dinosaurs.
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Let’s finish strong with some quick stories!
Indoor CO2
It’s bad for your brain.
Hungry Robots
They make their own power!
Small additions to industry robots could save species
Oil industry robots could boost ocean discoveries, with a slight alteration. Or, perhaps, scientists could buy oil robots and easily modify them, considering the day’s news on oil??
Two comfort bugs
Two bugs could reduce allergy suffering in millions around the world.
Tarantula Venom Pain-relief
A powerful pain-killer has been found in tarantula venom.
Amazing amazon
A discovery pushes back the onset of agriculture in the Americas.
Food Waste
We waste a lot.
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April 17th, 2020
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Interview w/ Crazy Aunt Lindsey of The Fab Lab, COVID Science, Potential For Violation, Alien Breakup, Turtle Sex, Rhino Guards, Carbon Cutting, Evolving AI, Space Brain, Flamingo friends!, Breakfast Chocolate, And Much More…
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At a time like this,
with civilization reorganizing itself around a particularly pernicious pandemic.
We are all awaiting the ultimate “What has science done for me… lately?” moment.
A vaccine, a treatment, an immunity, a cure, a path back to normal life.
The way to do it is through the funding of science because
Science – Saves – Lives
Polio, measles, mumps, chicken pox and the Spanish flu have been eliminated.
The Spanish flu alone killed nearly 700,000 Americans in 1918…
50 million lost their lives world wide.
HIV has killed about 32 million people world wide.
Today, around 38 million people on this planet have HIV.
If treated properly, they have the same life expectancy as anyone without HIV.
Science – Saves – Lives
It’s just one of the wonderful things that science does…
but, it’s a really important one.
Almost as important as…
This Week in Science,
Coming up next…
Let’s start with an interview!
Our guest, Lindsey Murphy, is the creator, Executive Producer, and host of The Fab Lab With Crazy Aunt Lindsey, the award winning kids science web series on YouTube that takes everyday science concepts and turns them into fabulous DIY projects.
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Now for our COVID-19 Update!
Cases continue to increase globally with the US still leading the world in new cases and deaths. However, we might have reached a daily peak in cases this week, and conversations have turned to plans for relaxing strict social distancing measures and lock-downs. That said, the situation will continue to shift as more information is added to our arsenal of prevention and treatment options. A peak in cases is not the end of the pandemic, and several models show us experiencing social impacts through at least 2021 if not into 2022 or beyond. But, dont despair! There is good news! While some argue about models, researchers are organizing volunteer efforts to make sure papers get reviewed and tests get tested. A study looking at Remdesivir’s mechanism of action suggests it acts as a direct anti-viral against COVID-19 that inhibits RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. A new symptom to look out for is loss of taste and smell. AND, the Folding@Home project to investigate the sstructure of the SARS coV2 virus is now more powerful than current day supercomputers.
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What science news does the second half of the show hold???
Potential For Violation
A neutrino experiment in Japan might have discovered a symmetry violation that explains why there is more matter than anti-matter in our universe.
Alien Breakup
Oumuamua might be the product of a bad breakup.
Is it time for Blair’s Animal Corner???
Telling boy turtles from girl turtles
Since turtles exhibit temperature dependent sex determination, it was pretty hard to identify changing sex ratios in the wild. A new technique allows for better monitoring, which could help with turtle conservation!
Oxpeckers have their eyes out for danger.
Black rhinos have infamously bad vision, but it looks like they have a feathered copilot that helps them avoid humans who may have it out for them.
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Let’s finish strong with some quick stories!
Carbon Cutting
Stop driving, eat more veggies, and get some solar panels on our house.
Evolving AI
They are figuring out things all by themselves.
Space Brain
Space affects astronauts brains permanently.
Flamingo friends!
Flamingos form strong friendships, with many members of the flock!
Breakfast Chocolate
It does a circadian clock good.
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