Super Summer Solstice Science! - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 21/06/2023

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(1:39) - Intro, Dr. Kiki
(2:10) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(3:21) - Opening Theme Music
(3:55) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin!

(6:51) - Quick Science Bytes! —

(7:00) - Modern horses have lost their additional toes, scientists confirm, Dr. Kiki
(11:47) - Air-conditioning adoption and electricity demand highlight climate change mitigation–adaptation tradeoffs, Justin
(21:51) - These long-necked reptiles were decapitated by their predators, fossil evidence confirms, Blair
(30:33) - Scientists discover new embryonic cell type that self-destructs to protect the developing embryo, Dr. Kiki
(31:21) - Whoops! Dr. Kiki's screen freeezes! Oh noes!
(31:48) - Dr. Kiki comes back!
(37:01) - Further hope for base-edited T-cell therapy to treat resistant leukaemia, Justin
(44:52) - Helping "good" gut bacteria and clearing out the "bad," all in one treatment, Dr. Kiki
(50:56) - Facial tumors evolve to coexist with Tasmanian devil populations, shows new study, Dr. Kiki

(53:43) - And we're at the break!

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...More minions, please!

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(54:33) - And we're back from the break!

(54:38) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(54:44) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(55:06) - Ribbiting rhythms: Citizen science reveals new information about frog calls, Blair
(1:02:45) - Pheromone found to put scared rats at ease could lead to humane pest control, Blair

More Science News —

(1:11:09) - Snake genome reveals burrowing past and re-adaptation to surface life, Justin
(1:18:33) - The earliest unambiguous Neanderthal engravings on cave walls: La Roche-Cotard, Loire Valley, France, Justin
(1:26:34) - Hit or Miss? AI and Brain Waves Tune into Future Hit Songs with 97% Accuracy, Dr. Kiki
(1:35:14) - Our Unique Pain Fingerprints: Diverse Brain Responses to Pain Revealed, Dr. Kiki

(1:41:03) - Show Wrap-up + volunteer thank you's.

(1:41:48) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors

(1:44:40) - End Theme

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

(1:46:01) - The After Show! - We made it through another great Science show! Blair is not frozen, but she is slowly decaying. NO SLEEP FOR YOU! Justin has some great hair. It's the humidity! Justin thinks the humidity in Denmark is nonsense! Justin wants de-humidifiers EVERYWHERE! Submarines, submersibles and high-ticket adventure tourism. And much, much more …