Are You Ready To Science?! - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS) - Episode 732
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 31/07/2019

Are You Ready To Science?! -  Episode 732 of the This Week in Science news Podcast (TWIS) with hosts Dr. Kiki, Blair Bazdarich and Justin Jackson discusses the latest Science News stories!

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(0:00) - Recording Start - after being late due to some computer crashiness technical difficulties...
(1:26) - Show Start Intro - Dr. Kiki.
(1:48) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin (the show 
(3:44) - Sorry, No Opening Theme Music, just Dr. Kiki dancing around in silence as it appears the theme music wan't playing out through her computer.
(4:04) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines. 

(6:32) - TESS hits the trifecta: Nearby bright star has 3 interesting planets, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/tess-three-new-exoplanets 

See also - TESS satellite uncovers 'first nearby super-Earth' - http://bit.ly/tess-nearby-super-earth 
See also - https://tsc.mit.edu/docs/Talk_Abstracts.pdf
See also - Confirmation of toasty TESS planet leads to surprising find of promising world - http://bit.ly/tess-toasty-planet 

(20:03) - Stanford researchers develop technology to harness energy from mixing of freshwater and seawater, Dr. Kiki - https://stanford.io/2YAke9R 
(26:33) -  Precision editing of gut bacteria reduces cancer in mice, Justin - http://bit.ly/edited-gut-bacteria-mice  

(33:09) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(33:19) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme. - MISSING, would not play through Dr. Kiki's computer.
(33:28) - Study suggests dark-colored wing feathers may help birds fly more efficiently, Blair - http://bit.ly/dark-wings-help-flight 
(38:52) - Desert seed-harvesting ants will save nestmates from spiderwebs, Blair - http://bit.ly/ants-rescue-from-spider-webs  

(46:46) - And we're at the break!
(47:25) - Half-Time Theme Music  - "Our 1st Assumptions Were Correct" by Jake Mann from his album, "Daytime Ghost." https://apple.co/2G3ERxV

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(51:08) - Interstitial Music

(51:31) - Back from the break!

(51:35) - What has Science done for ME, lately?
TWIS Minion & Patreon Patron Larry Cox shares a haiku on how sound waves, electricity and magnets help him and his bandmates in "Sugar Buzz" get their groove on. Rock On, Sugar Buzz!
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(53:36) - Study: Children born to older parents tend to have fewer behavior problems, Justin - http://bit.ly/old-parents-better-children 
(1:00:52) - A new study challenges the idea that the placenta has a microbiome, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/does-placenta-have-microbiome 
(1:07:27) -  Keeping parasites from sticking to mosquito guts could block disease transmission, Justin - http://bit.ly/mosquito-disease-block 
(1:13:30) - Mapping how the ‘immortal’ hydra regrows cells may demystify regeneration, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/mapping-hydra-regeneration-cell 
(1:16:24) - Liver transplants could be redundant with discovery of new liver cell, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/new-liver-cell 
(1:18:50) - Researchers Launch First Study of In Vivo CRISPR Therapy in Humans, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/first-crispr-in-vivo-human 

Quick Science Bytes! — 

(1:19:40) - You can't squash this roach-inspired robot, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/cockroach-bot  
(1:22:41) - The cuttlefish may be flashy, but its microbiome is super simple, team reports, Blair - http://bit.ly/cuttlefish-simple-microbiome 
(1:27:29) - PE fitness tests have little positive impact for students, Justin - http://bit.ly/pe-sucks 

(1:31:45) - Show wrap up.

(1:32:22) - Thank you’s to our generous Patreon sponsors.

(1:33:47) - NEXT WEEK — WHAT THE IF CROSSOVER SHOW! Twitter - @WhatTheIfShow, https://whattheif.com/.

(1:36:17) - End Theme

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

(1:39:46) - The After Show - with a special appearance by young Kai.