Science to Sing About - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 20/07/2023

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(1:29) - Intro, Dr. Kiki
(1:59) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Dr. Kiki
(2:31) - Opening Theme Music
(3:07) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings with Dr. Kiki & Blair — Justin is off for a few months.

(5:12) - Quick Science Bytes! —

(5:20) - The puzzle of the galaxy with no dark matter, Dr. Kiki
(11:00) - The cost of being a non-native English speaker in science, Blair
(19:08) - Private equity takeovers of health care services linked to patient harm, Dr. Kiki
(24:59) - Small ocean creatures use their feces to help seaweeds have sex, Blair
(34:04) - Baby opera: Study finds babies get a kick out of live music, Dr. Kiki

(41:10) - TWIS COVID-19/Sars-CoV-2/Coronavirus Update -
• https://covid19.who.int/
• NY Times Coronavirus U.S. Map - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/us/covid-cases.html
• NPR - How are the COVID-19 vaccine and booster campaigns going in your state? - https://n.pr/374S0qy

(41:26) - Asymptomatic COVID-19 is linked to a gene variant that boosts immune memory after exposure to prior seasonal cold viruses, Dr. Kiki

(47:43) - And... we're at the Break!

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...More minions, please!

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(48:31) - And we're back from the Break!

(48:34) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(48:42) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(49:06) - Loud music festivals could reduce bat activity in some species by nearly 50%, Blair
(56:52) - Fear is in the eye of the beholder [for fruit flies 🪰], Blair

More Science News —

(1:06:16) - Cognitive performance is linked to fitness in a wild primate, Dr. Kiki
(1:14:16) - Artificially grown "mini-brains" without animal components bring opportunities for neuroscience, Dr. Kiki
(1:18:26) - The Timekeeper Within: New Discovery on How the Brain Judges Time, Dr. Kiki

(1:27:41) - Show Wrap-up + volunteer thank you's.

(1:28:30) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors

(1:31:46) - End Theme

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

(1:33:06) - The After Show! - We received a "hi!" from the writer of our end musical theme over on the new Threads app. Wind chimes made from Robot parts — AS A WARNING TO THE ROBOTS. Blair's not so sure you should anger the Robots. Blair is scared of the Robots, but she won't disrespect them. And much, much more …