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  • 7 September, 2022 – Episode 891 – What Is The Rain Shadow Effect?

    7 September, 2022 – Episode 891 – What Is The Rain Shadow Effect?

    What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Patience, Galling Wasps, Albatross, Human Pollution, Stock Markets and Cannabis, Concussion Skull, Drumming Chimpanzees, Rain Shadow Effect, Plastic Pollution, Gut-Brain Circuits, Axolotl Brains, Seasonal Plasticity, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube or […]

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  • 17 August, 2022 – Episode 888 – Will We Return to The Moon?

    17 August, 2022 – Episode 888 – Will We Return to The Moon?

    What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Artemis, Curing, Sleepy Flies, Sponge Sneezes, Synthetic Circuits, Ancient Genes, Styrofoam Upcycling?, Long COVID, CDC Restructuring, Cannibalism, Social Connections, Misophonia, Sugar, Consciousness Solved??? And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember […]

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  • 29 June, 2022 – Episode 882 – Smells Like Fresh Science!

    29 June, 2022 – Episode 882 – Smells Like Fresh Science!

    What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Arms and Karaoke skills, Friends of a Feather, Water, Plants, Wet Wood, Buggy Bite Strength, Go Dig a Well, Ancient Hominins, Missing Microbiomes, And Much More… Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube. You can do that […]

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  • 15 June, 2022 – Episode 880 – How to See the Galaxy

    15 June, 2022 – Episode 880 – How to See the Galaxy

    What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: GAIA Data, Sample Return, Planetary systems, Wigs, Tired Plants, Human echolocation, Baby Brains, 1000 genes, Baby Whales, Seals, Baby Compass, Hot Heads, Sleepy Anger, And Much More… Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube. You can do […]

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  • 4 May, 2022 – Episode 874 – May the Fourth be with us!

    4 May, 2022 – Episode 874 – May the Fourth be with us!

    What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Black Hole Sound, Poo Pills, Abortion, Global warming will kill all the fish, Coral Coves, Sweet CO2, What’s that? A tired bird?, Bats, Vegetarian kids, Bioreactor burgers, Eye Screen, Factory Resets, Reset Diseases, And Much More… Become a Patron! Check out the full episode […]

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  • 27 April, 2022 – Episode 873 – This Show has Teeth!

    27 April, 2022 – Episode 873 – This Show has Teeth!

    What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Death, Regeneration, Fear, All Your Base, Snot Bugs, Yamanaka factor, Locating Lupus, Lockdowns, New mRNA Vaccines, Great Tits, Teeth, Fire Control, Microbe Survivalists, Brain Ocean, Altered Arousal, And Much More… Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube. […]

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  • 20 April, 2022 – Episode 872 – Going Cuckoo For Earth Day!

    20 April, 2022 – Episode 872 – Going Cuckoo For Earth Day!

    This Week: Earth Day Climate, Sound Cancer Cures, Robot Rat, Accelerating Currents, Acoustical Charging, The Oreometer, COVID Update, Cuckoo Eggs, Rhino Value, Trilobite Camera, Spicy Fuel Cells, Lying Lyres Like Drama, Imagine Aphantasia, And Much More…

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  • 13 April, 2022 – Episode 871 – Can the Internet Handle This Science?

    13 April, 2022 – Episode 871 – Can the Internet Handle This Science?

    This Week: Scientific Skepticism, Linking Brains, Biodiversity with Leeches, Less Lightning, Electricity From Archaea, Porpoise’s, Chimps, Rhesus Monkey Hearts, Missing Hub Humans, Space Balloons, Baby Brains, Plant Protection, And Much More…

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