Do Roosters Even Know Themselves? - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 25/10/2023

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(1:46) - Intro, Dr. Kiki
(2:13) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! by Justin
(4:14) - Opening Theme Music
(4:49) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings with Dr. Kiki & Justin — Blair is still off for a while being a new parent with new baby & hubby Brian!

(8:10) - Quick Science Bytes! —

(8:20) - LIGO surpasses the quantum limit, Dr. Kiki
(23:49) - Experts reconstruct the face of Peru's most famous mummy, a teenage Inca sacrificed in Andean snow, Justin
See also — Scientists unveil recreation of sacrificed Inca maiden in Peru
(36:00) - AI "breakthrough": neural net has human-like ability to generalize language, Dr. Kiki
See also — New Type of Neural Network Reveals How Language Influences Thought
(45:32) - Smartphone data shows which neighborhoods police spend most time patrolling, Justin 
(54:56) - New study: Pig welfare outweighs climate concerns for consumers, Dr. Kiki

(1:05:58) - And... we're at the Break!

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...More minions, please!

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(1:07:26) - And we're back from the Break!

(1:07:27) - NOT QUITE Blair's Animal Corner — it's Dr. Kiki's Birdhouse
(1:08:12) - "Dim-witted" pigeons use the same principles as AI to solve tasks, Dr. Kiki
(1:14:14) - Roosters may be able to recognise their reflection, study finds, Dr. Kiki
See also — Roosters do not warn the bird in the mirror: The cognitive ecology of mirror self-recognition

More Science News —

(1:23:54) - Sunflower extract fights fungi to keep blueberries fresh, Justin
(1:30:11) - Challenging prehistoric gender roles: Research finds that women were hunters, too, Justin
(1:40:11) - Role of hippocampus in two functions of memory revealed, Dr. Kiki
See also — Associative and predictive hippocampal codses support memory-guided behaviors
(1:49:25) - Zooming in on our brains on Zoom: Study finds suppressed neural signaling, Dr. Kiki

(1:58:42) - TWIS Minion Questions — A TWIS listener asks: what makes crumbs stick to our fingers?!

(1:59:45) - Show Wrap-up + volunteer thank you's..

(2:00:35) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors

(2:03:57) - End Theme

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

(2:05:17) - The After Show! - This is the moment of the After Show where Justin holds up his finger and goes, "one minute! one minute!" and then wanders off... Happy TWIS-O-WEEN , everyone. Yes, it's all in your Gourd. 🎃 Does everyone have great costumes? And much, much more …