Where's The Brief? - This Week in Science (TWIS) Podcast - Episode 788
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 26/08/2020

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(0:59) - Intro... Whoops! Wrong Date..., Dr. Kiki
(1:25) - ACTUAL Intro (2nd try), Dr. Kiki
(1:47) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin 
(2:52) - Opening Theme Music
(3:25) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair, Justin & our special guest, Dr. Jeremy Faust. Intros & Top Story Headlines. 

(5:35) - Quick Science Bytes!

(5:37) - If bacteria band together, they can survive for years in space, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/bacteria-surviving-in-space 
See also - Bacteria could survive travel between Earth and Mars when forming aggregates, Justin - http://bit.ly/bacteria-surviving-trip-earth-to-mars 
(10:08) - Video is not always effective in science communication, Blair - http://bit.ly/video-not-effective-science-comm 
(15:13) - Pigs Grow New Liver in Lymph Nodes, Study Shows, Dr. Kiki - https://upmc.me/32v1OqV 
(20:09) - Self-powered wildfire detector could help prevent deadly blazes, Justin - http://bit.ly/self-powered-wildfire-detector 
(26:02) - Importance of rainfall highlighted for tropical animals, Blair - http://bit.ly/rainfall-important-tropical-animals 
(28:56) - Bird deaths down 70 percent after painting wind turbine blades, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/painted-turbines-less-bird-deaths 

(31:40) - Interview with Dr. Jeremy Faust of Brief19.com.

Dr. Faust is an emergency physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the division of health policy and public health, and an instructor at Harvard Medical School. And, he is the editor-in-chief of Brief19, a daily review of COVID-19 research and policy.

[Ed. Note — folks, YouTube does not give us enough room for all the questions in this interview. For a more expanded version, please go here — http://bit.ly/twis-dr-jeremy-faust-interview.]

(1:24:09) - Where can people find you online?

• https://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profiles/display/Person/157539
• https://twitter.com/jeremyfaust 
• https://www.brief19.com/
• https://twitter.com/brief_19 
• https://www.facebook.com/brief19/
• https://foamcast.org/

(1:32:04) - Interview Wrap-up

(1:33:55) - And we're at the break!

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(1:35:13) - Back from the break!

Science News —
(1:35:15) - Locust swarm could improve collision avoidance, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/locust-swarm-collison-avoidance 
(1:43:50) - Researchers one step closer to bomb-sniffing cyborg locusts, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/cyborg-locust
(1:45:23) - Catching genes from chlamydiae allowed complex life to live without oxygen, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/chlamydiae-life-without-oxygen 
(1:49:14) - New study warns: We have underestimated the pace at which the Arctic is melting, Justin - http://bit.ly/arctic-melt-underestimated-1 
(1:51:09) - Warming Greenland ice sheet passes point of no return - http://bit.ly/greenland-ice-sheet-past-point-of-no-return 

(1:57:33) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(1:57:42) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(1:58:05) - Nutrients make coral bleaching worse, Blair - http://bit.ly/nutrients-coral-bleaching-worse  
(2:06:15) - This cuttlefish is flamboyant on special occasions only! Blair - http://bit.ly/flamboyant-cuttlefish 

(2:16:26) - User Question?? TWIS Minion Art Dogtiev shares an adorable wild hedgehog video from his back porch and has a question about feeding wild animals.

(2:23:13) - Show wrap up

(2:24:51) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors & the Burroughs Welcome Fund (https://www.bwfund.org).

(2:28:08) - End Theme

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

(2:31:38) - The After Show! Get in the video, Emergency Room Brian! Dr. Kiki's cat is in attack mode. Blair's chatroom answer about Zoos and its long rant... and much, much more...