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Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 21/07/2021

What happened 'This Week in Science'??? Find out about poo-eating pikas, protein folding by AI, thawing viruses, & so much more with TWIS on this episode 834! Watch & learn with the TWIS team now...

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(1:47) - Intro, Dr. Kiki 
(2:15) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(4:31) - Opening Theme Music, Dr. Kiki
(5:04) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines. 

Quick Science Bytes! —

(7:42) - Massive DNA "Borg" structures perplex scientists, Dr. Kiki
See also - Borgs are giant extrachromosomal elements with the potential to augment methane oxidation
(14:56) - 15,000-year-old viruses discovered in Tibetan glacier ice, Justin
(21:13) - New 3D images of shark intestines show they function like Nikola Tesla's valve, Blair
(26:47) - Accurate protein structure prediction now accessible to all [AI], Dr. Kiki
See also - Accurate prediction of protein structures and interactions using a three-track neural network [AI]
(29:37) - No excuse to continue reliance on fossil fuels, says leading nano-technologist, Justin
(42:11) - Microbially produced fibers: stronger than steel, tougher than Kevlar [Synthetic Spider Silk], Dr. Kiki

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(45:40) - TWIS COVID-19/Sars-CoV-2/Coronavirus Update -
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(46:16) - When will COVID-19 vaccines be fully approved—and does it matter whether they are? Dr. Kiki
(47:14) - To end the Covid pandemic, children need their own vaccine trials, Dr. Kiki
(49:07) - Systems vaccinology of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine in humans, Dr. Kiki
(49:55) - COVID-19 antibodies persist at least nine months after infection. Dr. Kiki
(51:18) - Children With Mild or Asymptomatic COVID Have Strong Antibodies Months Later, Dr. Kiki
(52:11) - Study reveals scale of children orphaned by COVID-19, Dr. Kiki
See also — One million orphans, so far: the hidden COVID crisis we need to talk about much more

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(54:32) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(54:46) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(55:08) - The plateau pika: How this tiny mammal survives winter on the roof of the world, Blair
(1:02:18) - Fish friends help in a crisis, Blair

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More Science News —

(1:09:23) - DNA from 93-year-old butterfly confirms the first US case of human-led insect extinction, Justin
(1:12:02) - Fully booked at the bottom of the sea: There seems no room for new bacteria on sand grains, Justin
(1:18:26) - The surprising connection between a mockingbird’s song and Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Kiki
(1:29:31) - Rats prefer to help their own kind. Humans may be similarly wired, Dr. Kiki

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(1:35:18) - Show wrap-up

(1:36:15) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors

(1:39:36) - End Theme

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

(1:43:05) - The After Show! - Dr. Kiki's child is talking to someone upstairs, she hopes it's his father, and not... A GHOST!  👻  If you got a TWIS Doormat from our Zazzle store, then you'll have people wiping their feet on TWIS! Rewards going out... And much, much more...