Regenerating & Transplanting - This Week in Science (TWIS) Podcast - Episode 644
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 08/11/2017

Regenerating & Transplanting - Watch Episode 644 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 
(0:56) - Show Start, Intro - Dr. Kiki
(1:19) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(2:07) - Opening Theme Music.
(2:41) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines.

(4:51) - Pre-order your 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.

(5:24) - Child Receives Transgenic Skin Over Most of His Body, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/zStZAg
(12:59) - This star cheated death, exploding again and again, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/PhK82t
See also - Energetic eruptions leading to a peculiar hydrogen-rich explosion of a massive star - https://goo.gl/vBtw2C
(19:54) - Microbial murder mystery solved, Justin - https://goo.gl/py1m7M

(26:55) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(27:10) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme.
(27:31) - Male mammoths more often fell into 'natural traps' and died, DNA evidence suggests, Blair - https://goo.gl/shJzKB
(34:56) - Males rapidly adjust sperm speed to beat rivals, study finds, Blair - https://goo.gl/pSH7yt

(43:14) - And we're at the break!
(43:38) - Half-Time Theme Music.

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(48:15) - Interstitial Music: George Hrab, "Skeptic," from the album "Vitriol." (https://itun.es/us/H1qUe).

(48:37) - And we're back from the break!

(48:42) - What has Science done for ME, lately?
Science gave us science teachers! I was homeless for a time in high school resulting in a myriad of issues jumping from school to school. By junior year I was sick of being placed in remedial classes due to administration not willing to determine what the different transcripts were saying about my class rank. I went to this new school asking anyone who would listen that I needed to be placed into AP Chemistry. The amazing Mrs Ward led the charge to let me take the class which eventually led me to pursue my PHD in physical chemistry. --Veronica Hayes
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(51:54) - Height and weight evolved at different speeds in the bodies of our ancestors, Justin - https://goo.gl/SZSbF4
(58:23) - Old human cells rejuvenated in breakthrough discovery on ageing, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/rMJQrY
See also - Small molecule modulation of splicing factor expression is associated with rescue from cellular senescence - https://goo.gl/j7B5qZ
(1:04:28) - Artificial sweeteners in groundwater indicate contamination from septic systems, Justin - https://goo.gl/RFJcBT
(1:10:01) - Bonobos Help Strangers Without Being Asked, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/ejexWS
See also - Bonobos respond prosocially toward members of other groups - https://goo.gl/jAxNEv

Quick Science Bytes! — 

(1:20:44) - Three-dimensional visualization and a deep-learning model reveal complex fungal parasite networks in behaviorally manipulated ants, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/UzbSud
(1:23:23) - New Horizons: Help us Nickname a Distant World, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/EXME8X
(1:24:57) - Sheep are able to recognize human faces from photographs, Blair - https://goo.gl/QxW1PE
(1:28:58) - Twilight trick: A new type of cell has been found in the eye of a deep-sea fish, Justin - https://goo.gl/fb74pd

(1:31:35) - Show wrap up.

(1:32:10) - Thank you’s to patreon sponsors - with the credit scroll/crawl!

(1:35:53) - End Theme

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

(1:39:25) - The After Show - Dr. Kiki thinks she’s all Hip-Hop. Blair’s stuffed up nose is not having it. Justin wonders why every episode has to end with a cat (Dr. Kiki’s)! The show hosts share more about their trip to the Denver Entomology 2017 Conference, including… BED BUGS! The Entomologists were all way over-stimulated. Mysoginist, or raised by lesbians? YOU DECIDE! Dragonflies vs. Damselflies and which make the better tattoo. And much, much more…

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