Under the Super Blue Blood Moon - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS) - Episode 656
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 2018-01-31

Under the Super Blue Blood Moon - Watch Episode 656 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 with a few of the week's popular stories:

(0:00) - Recording Start - with a Dr. Kiki Mole Rat Song! 🎵🎶
(1:10) - Show Start, Intro - Dr. Kiki
(1:36) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(3:11) - Opening Theme Music.
(3:45) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines.

(7:43) - Naked mole-rat mortality rates defy Gompertzian laws by not increasing with age, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/fYNPSw
(18:45) - A mutational timer is built into the chemistry of DNA, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/7Tv6HW
(26:36) - These bacteria produce gold by digesting toxic metals, Justin - https://goo.gl/Bf2AgZ

(33:29) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(33:43) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme.
(34:03) - How many toes on a horse? More than you think, Blair - https://goo.gl/dqiuMU
(43:33) - Why roosters don't go deaf from their own loud crowing, Blair - https://goo.gl/TWtZdQ

(51:02) - And we're at the break!
(51:25) - Half-Time Theme Music.

(52:12) - 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!

(56:40) - Interstitial Music: George Hrab, "Skeptic," from the album "Vitriol." (https://itun.es/us/H1qUe).

(56:55) - And we're back from the break!

(57:01) - What has Science done for ME, lately?
"Science gave me a frame of reference in which to view the world. I was trained as a biochemist and eventually became a database designer. 
For me, I am able to view an entire system and break it down to individual components. When something goes wrong I use the scientific method to analyze what is working and not working. 
I use enzymology to view data flow like enzyme reactions in a biochemical pathway. Finding optimal paths and identifying bottlenecks. 
The tools I learned as a scientist help me identify problems, and figure them out helps me every day.  You don’t have to be a scientist to thing like a scientist.
Jerry Salem
Love the show.  I mention it at least once a week to my friends and family!  Jerry Salem Ph.D."
Please send your own science stories to kikifinch@gmail.com or message us on Facebook - facebook.com/ThisWeekinScience.
 
(1:01:07) - It's not how you play the game, but how the dice were made, Justin - https://goo.gl/99GW7L
(1:08:45) - Study proves ‘muscle memory’ exists at a DNA level, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/iVGJK8
(1:13:46) - Cancer 'vaccine' eliminates tumors in mice, Stanford researchers find, Justin - https://goo.gl/CHRX8o
(1:21:32) - Nanopore sequencing and assembly of a human genome with ultra-long reads, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/hHrTCF

Quick Science Bytes! — 

(1:25:17) - Here’s how you’re influenced by the genes you didn’t inherit from your parents, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/SjCZU9
(1:29:57) - Plastics linked to disease in coral, Blair - https://goo.gl/bDavxF
(1:34:29) - Artificial Intelligence May Have Cracked Freaky 600-Year-Old Manuscript, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/gN37Dk

(1:39:38) - IN TWO WEEKS — TWIS will be talking with University Professor Ryan Kobrick, who is also Mission Commander of the Mars Desert Research Station. 

(1:40:56) - Show wrap up.

(1:41:32) - Thank you’s to patreon sponsors - with the credit scroll/crawl!

(1:44:52) - End Theme

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

(1:48:22) - The After Show - an improvised Dr. Kiki “it’s time for the After Show!” song. A coughing fit - what’s happening? Dr. Kiki has finished reading and highly recommends “The Expanse” series and also “Reincarnation Blues.” Regarding the book “Being a Beast,” trying to live like animals, like badgers. Blair wonders if there is butt rubbing involved. Justin just wants to be a hairless ape. And much, much more…

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