Celebrate the Science Teachers - Episode 772
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 2020-05-06

Check out This Week In Science's Episode #772, "Celebrate the Science Teachers," with your hosts: Dr. Kiki, Blair, & Justin. Watch now to find out what happened This Week in Science...

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(0:39) - Intro, Dr. Kiki
(1:04) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(3:13) - Opening Theme Music
(3:48) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines. 

(6:43) - An Update on SARS-CoV2, Dr. Kiki - https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

(14:16) - We don’t know yet whether a mutation has made SARS-CoV-2 more infectious, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/sars-cov-2-mutation-unknown
See also - Spike mutation pipeline reveals the emergence of a more transmissible form of SARS-CoV-2 - https://bit.ly/sars-cov-2-mutation-unknown-2
(21:47) - Emergence of genomic diversity and recurrent mutations in SARS-CoV-2 - https://bit.ly/sars-cov-2-mutation-unknown-3
(25:54) - Doctors Date First COVID-19 Case in France to Late December, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/first-french-covid-19-dec-2019
(30:15) - Why the Accuracy of SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Tests Varies So Much, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/sars-cov-2-antibody-tests-vary
See also - Covid-19 Testing Project - https://bit.ly/covid-19-testing-project
(42:07) - CRISPR-based diagnostic chips perform thousands of tests simultaneously to detect viruses, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/crispr-based-covid-19-tests

(45:49) - SMART researchers uncover new anti-phage defense mechanisms in bacteria, Justin - https://bit.ly/smart-finds-anti-phage-defense

(54:53) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(55:01) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(55:23) - Tuning into dolphin chatter could boost conservation efforts, Blair - https://bit.ly/dolphin-chatter
(1:02:15) - Magnetic pulses alter salmon's orientation, suggesting navigation via magnetite in tissue, Blair - https://bit.ly/salmon-magnetic-navigation

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(1:13:21) - Back from the break!

(1:13:27) - What has Science done for me, LATELY? Dr. KiKI -
TWIS Minion Selden McCabe shares his life-long love of Science, from his first crystal radio set at age 11, to begging & annoying his parents over the years for Science kits & projects, to becoming an engineer and maintaining his love for astronomy.
Send science stories to kirsten@thisweek

(1:16:51) - ESO Instrument Finds Closest Black Hole to Earth, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/closest-black-hole
See also - Astronomers find the closest (known) black hole to Earth - https://bit.ly/closest-black-hole-2
(1:25:34) - Study: Life might survive, and thrive, in a hydrogen world, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/hydrogen-world-life
(1:30:10) - How we might recharge an electric car as it drives, Justin - https://bit.ly/electic-car-charging-while-driviing
(1:44:51) - Compound found in Medicinal Fungus can "rapidly" reset the body clock, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/fungus-for-body-clock

Quick Science Bytes! — 

(1:53:35) - Researchers Try to Head Off “Murder Hornets” Coming into US, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/heading-off-murder-hornets
(1:54:40) - Replay of Learned Neural Firing Sequences during Rest in Human Motor Cortex, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/sleeping-learned-memory 
(1:59:59) - Tree trunks take a licking as koalas source water, Blair - https://bit.ly/koalas-licking-trees

(2:02:42) - Show wrap up.

(2:03:04) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors

(2:06:04) - End Theme

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

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