The Science of Sex - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS) - Episode 723
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 29/05/2019

Want to know about sex and genetics? Watch the This Week in Science news Podcast (TWIS) with hosts Dr. Kiki, Blair Bazdarich and Justin Jackson, and our special interview guest, Dr. Melissa A. Wilson!

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Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin explore the world of science news with a few of the week's popular stories:

(0:00) - Recording Start (HAIRY FACE HOLES???) (also, some iTunes technical difficulties...)
(2:45) - Show Start, Intro - Dr. Kiki
(3:10) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(4:38) - Opening Theme Music
(5:13) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines.

(7:14) - Interview w/ Dr. Melissa A. Wilson

Dr. Wilson is an Associate Faculty at the Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution and an Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University. Her research interests include sex-biased biology. She studies the evolution of sex chromosomes (X and Y in mammals), why mutation rates differ between males and females, and how changes in population history affect the sex chromosomes differently than the non-sex chromosomes.

(7:55) - How did you come to study sex-based biology? Dr. Kiki

[Ed. Note — YouTube does not give us enough room for the whole interview, find all those notes, here — http://bit.ly/twis-dr-melissa-wilson-interview.]

(49:52) - Where can people can find you online if they're interested in finding out more about your research or following your social media and Science communication work? Dr. Kiki

https://sexchrlab.org
Twitter - @sexchrlab
https://mathbionerd.blogspot.com/

(51:20) - Thank yous & Interview Wrap up. Dr. Kiki

(52:47) - And we're at the break!
(53:13) - Half-Time Theme Music - "Our 1st Assumptions Were Correct" by Jake Mann from his album, "Daytime Ghost." https://apple.co/2G3ERxV

(53:48) - TWIS will be LIVE! in Santa Fe New Mexico, June 15th at the Interplanetary Festival - https://interplanetaryfest.org/, doing a LIVE broadcast on Saturday, June 15th from 4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Mountain Time. Get your tickets now!

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(57:17) - Interstitial Music

(57:38) - And we're back from the break!

(57:43) - What has Science done for ME, lately?
TWIS Minion Joyce Berkers shares how TWIS has been there for her and helped her since being a grad student, as well as giving her material to get some unruly K-12 Science students more interested in the subject!  
Please send your #WHSDFML stories, poems, sonnets, odes, lyrics, songs, etc., to: kirsten@thisweekinscience.com or message us on Facebook - facebook.com/ThisWeekinScience.
 
(1:01:49) -  Healthy fat hidden in dirt may fend off anxiety disorders, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/healthy-dirt-fat
(1:11:41) - Scientists uncover a trove of genes that could hold key to how humans evolved, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/genes-how-we-evolved 
(1:16:09) - Coral reefs can't return from acid trip, Justin - http://bit.ly/coral-acid

(1:22:33) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(1:22:44) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(1:23:06) - These fruit bats trade food for sex, Blair - http://bit.ly/bats-food-for-sex
(1:30:06) - The healing power of fish skin for a dog named Stella, Blair - http://bit.ly/fish-skin-heals-dogs

Quick Science Bytes! — 

(1:35:37) - 18 Earth-size planets found in our galaxy—all hiding in plain sight, Dr. Kiki - https://on.natgeo.com/2JHRrsU
(1:36:55) - The 'forbidden' planet has been found in the 'Neptunian Desert', Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/forbidden-neptune-desert
(1:39:07) - Chimpanzees spotted cracking open tortoises for meat, Blair - http://bit.ly/chimpanzees-crack-tortoises
(1:41:43) - Declining fertility rates may explain Neanderthal extinction, suggests new model, Justin - http://bit.ly/neanderthal-declining-fertility 

(1:43:39) - Show wrap up 

(1:44:30) - Thank you’s to our generous Patreon sponsors. AND THE CREDIT SCROLL/CRAWL IS BACK, BABY!!

(1:46:20) - NEXT WEEK! We have another interview with author Dr. Matthew Stanely on his book, "Einstein's War." Tune in! http://bit.ly/einsteins-war-book

(1:48:43) - End Theme

(1:52:15) - The After Show! - Distrac-ta-kiki needs to take more B12 vitamins. Good job on getting through the stories in the second half of the show. A picture of... BLAIR ON A HORSE!!  And much much more...