Getting Handy, The Rock Hyrax Sings, And Chilly Science

May 10th, 2012
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Episode 366 of This Week in Science broadcast live from the TWiT Network on 19 April 2012.

Discussion topics include: Evolving XNA, Moving A Hand, Blair’s Animal Corner, No Bird Magnets, Cooler Heads Prevail, Predicting Your Future, Livers Need Love, DIY Drugstores, Remembering Lines, And Much More…

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Frogs That Workout, Sexy Animal Science, And Astronomy’s Time Machine

May 9th, 2012
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Episode 365 of This Week in Science broadcast live from the TWiT Network on 12 April 2012.

Discussion topics include: Fit Frogs, A Gene For Niceness, The Neurotic IQ, Animal Sex, Patented Plants, Tracking Toxo, Social Immunity, And Much More…

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Feathered Dinosaurs, Whale Barf Science, And Chris Mooney’s Political Brain

May 8th, 2012
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Episode 364 of This Week in Science broadcast live from the TWiT Network on 5 April 2012.
Discussion topics include: Feathered Dinos, Red Wine Diet, Female Objects, Seas A-risin, Sweet Whale Barf, Blair’s Animal Corner, Interview With Chris Mooney Re: The Republican Brain, And Much More…

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Future Dark Overlord, Boozy Creativity, And Unsolved Science Mysteries

May 1st, 2012
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Episode 363 of This Week in Science broadcast live from the TWiT Network on 29 March 2012.
Special Guest: Scott Sigler, our favorite sci-fi horror author!
Topics include: a cure for cancer, a fetus for a brain, booze for creatives, birds flying around, NOCTURNAL, unsolved science mystery of Pine Mouth, a planetary paternity test, a drive to Taco Bell, and more…

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The New X-Men, Mercurial Science, and World Robot Domination

April 4th, 2012
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Episode 362 of This Week in Science broadcast live from the TWiT Network on 22 March, 2012
Topics: Looking At Mercury, Making Memory, Just Replace X With Bear, Jumping Plankton, Vaccinating Men, How Biologists Kill, TWIWRD!, And Much More…

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Dem Science Bones, Raising Mammoth, And Losing Control

March 28th, 2012
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Episode 361 of This Week in Science broadcast live from the TWiT Network on 15 March, 2012
Topics: TWIS Gets Bony: Microraptor Feathers, New Humans, And Cloning The Mammoth; An Interview With Dr. Valerie Weiss About ‘Losing Control’, And Much More…

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Poo Science Tales, Birds Behaving Badly, And Spider Strings

March 27th, 2012
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Episode 360 of This Week in Science broadcast live from the TWiT Network on 9 March, 2012.
Discussion topics include: Dark Matter Conundrums, Peeking At Antimatter, Gorilla Genes, Leopard Poop Tales, Bad Bird Behavior, Eradicating HIV, Fossil Worms, Computer Lie Detectors, Spider Strings, And Much More…

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Science Updates, Pop-up Robots, And A Planet of Viruses

March 13th, 2012
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Episode 359 of This Week in Science broadcast live from the TWiT Network on 1 March, 2012.
Discussion topics include: Neander pirates, new and improved marijuana, the hunt for ancient ohio’ns, and author and journalist Carl Zimmer joins us and talks about his book, A Planet of Viruses.

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