Top 11 of 2017 - This Week in Science (TWIS) Podcast - Episode 651
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 27/12/2017

Top 11 of 2017 - Watch Episode 651 of the This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS), with hosts Dr. Kiki, Blair Bazdarich, & Justin Jackson now!

Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin explore the world of science news of 2017 with a few of the week's popular stories:

(0:00) - Recording Start
(1:37) - Show Start, Intro - Dr. Kiki
(2:08) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(2:55) - Opening Theme Music.
(3:29) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines.

(5:58) - The TWIS 2018 Coloring Book Calendar by Blair ARE HERE & IN STOCK! Go to http://twis.org & click on the link for the Calendar in the top right of the page.
(6:24) - TWIS will be LIVE! at the @SFSketchfest, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, 6 - 10 pm, at the California Academy of Sciences. Get your tickets now! https://www.sfsketchfest.com/

(7:00) - #11 Politics and Science - March4Science, Women in science, #metoo, USDA, FDA, CDC, EPA…, Dr. Kiki

[TWIS Minions - YouTube does not give us enough space to squeeze all the Science-y Goodness we jam-packed into this one episode, so for each major story heading, we'll have the section heading, and for all the stories & time codes for this episode #651, please find it all here — https://goo.gl/k8fPfL]

(12:28) - #10 Human Evolution & Archeology, Justin 
[For stories under #10, see: https://goo.gl/k8fPfL]

(18:53) - #9 Aging & Stem Cells, Blair
[For stories under #9, see: https://goo.gl/k8fPfL]

(23:49) - Short Break

(23:57) - #8 NASA & Space & Planetary Exploration, Dr. Kiki 
[For stories under #8, see: https://goo.gl/k8fPfL]

(33:12) - #7 DNA as Storage! Justin
[For stories under #7, see: https://goo.gl/k8fPfL]

(36:46) - #6 XNA! Blair
[For stories under #6, see: https://goo.gl/k8fPfL]

(40:40) - And we're at the break!
(41:42) - Half-Time Theme Music.

(42:20) - TWIS 2018 Color Book Calendar by Blair! Go to http://twis.org & click on the link for the Calendar in the top right of the page.
(43:39) - This is where you can find out about our Zazzle store (http://www.zazzle.com/thisweekinscience) and supporting us through Paypal (http://bit.ly/twis-paypal) and Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinsci... Tell more folks about TWIS (http://twis.org). And please leave great reviews for the podcast on iTunes (http://apple.co/2bJGvtB). More minions, please!

(47:16) - Interstitial Music: George Hrab, "Skeptic," from the album "Vitriol." (https://itun.es/us/H1qUe).

(48:00) - And we're back from the break!

(48:13) - #5 CRISPR & Gene Editing, Dr. Kiki
[For stories under #5, see: https://goo.gl/k8fPfL]

(57:24) - #4 Gut Bacteria! Justin 
[For stories under #4, see: https://goo.gl/k8fPfL]

(1:04:35) - #3 Climate Change, Blair
[For stories under #3, see: https://goo.gl/k8fPfL]

(1:12:20) - #2 Ancient Life!, Justin
[For stories under #2, see: https://goo.gl/k8fPfL]

(1:19:03) - #1 LIGO/VIRGO, Dr. Kiki
[For stories under #1, see: https://goo.gl/k8fPfL]

(1:26:11) - Runners’ Up - Blair
[For stories under Runner's Up, see: https://goo.gl/k8fPfL]

(1:31:39) - Dr. Kiki’s Mad Scientist Awards —
[For stories under Mad Science, see: https://goo.gl/k8fPfL]

(1:39:50) - Show wrap up.

(1:40:19) - NEXT WEEK!: Our 2018 TWIS Prediction Show!

(1:42:57) - Order your TWIS 2018 Coloring Book Calendar by Blair, see links above.
(1:43:05) - TWIS will be LIVE! at the @SFSketchfest, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, 6 - 10 pm, see link above.

(1:44:05) - Thank you’s to patreon sponsors - with the credit scroll/crawl!

(1:48:27) - End Theme

And that's all, folks! Except, we still have...

(1:51:55) - The After Show - Blair’s animal corner theme - End of a show, end of a year - the end is nigh, the end is… Bill Nye! A White Christmas in Portland, Ore. A comparison of everyone’s TWISmas presents haul. And much, much more…

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