Seeing The Hole Thing - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS) - Episode 716
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 2019-04-10

Want to know about the first black hole image? We discuss this and other recent developments in science news on the This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS), with hosts Dr. Kiki, Blair Bazdarich & Justin Jackson!

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(0:00) - Recording Start - Fo' sho'! Fo' sho'! Fo' sho'! Podcast!!....
(1:01) - Show Start, Intro - Dr. Kiki 
(1:26) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Justin
(2:31) - Opening Theme Music.
(3:04) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines. 

(6:03) -  Black Hole Image Makes History; NASA Telescopes Coordinated Observations, Dr. Kiki - https://go.nasa.gov/2IqWAV2 

See also - Event Horizon Telescope Infographics - http://bit.ly/eht-infographics 

(18:47) - Autism symptoms reduced nearly 50 percent two years after fecal transplant, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/new-autism-treatment 
(29:20) - New species of early human found in the Philippines, Justin - http://bit.ly/new-species-early-human 

See also - Ancient Bones And Teeth Found In A Philippine Cave May Rewrite Human History, Justin - http://bit.ly/new-ancient-human-species 

(40:42) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(40:48) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme (Oh! It's gonna work! Ok, great!)
(41:11) - Screw-shaped bird sperm swim faster -- but it comes at a cost, Blair - http://bit.ly/corkscrew-sperm 
(49:15) - Plentiful females keep male crickets young, Blair - http://bit.ly/lots-of-lady-crickets 

(53:58) - And we're at the break!
(54:25) - Half-Time Theme Music  - "Our 1st Assumptions Were Correct" by Jake Mann from his album, "Daytime Ghost." https://apple.co/2G3ERxV

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(57:13) - Interstitial Music

(57:39) - Back from the break!

(57:46) - What has Science done for ME, lately?
TWIS Minion Shane from the Netherlands went on a mathematical measurement journey by trying to estimate how much carbon he puts in the atmosphere from his daily showering.
send Science stories to kirsten@thisweekinscience.com 

(1:03:27) - Researchers interpret Cherokee inscriptions in Alabama cave, Justin - http://bit.ly/alabama-cherokee-cave-inscriptions
(1:08:19) - Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Turns Back Clock on Memory, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/brain-stimulation-memory 
(1:15:41) - Long-lived bats could hold secrets to mammal longevity, Justin - http://bit.ly/long-lived-bats 
(1:22:30) - Chinese scientists have put human brain genes in monkeys—and yes, they may be smarter, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/human-brain-genes-in-monkeys 

Quick Science Bytes! — 

(1:32:09) - Iron volcanoes may have erupted on metal asteroids, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/asteroid-iron-volcanoes 
(1:33:15) - A common food additive may make the flu vaccine less effective, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/food-additive-vs-flu-vax 
(1:35:06) - Meow hear this: Study says cats react to sound of their name, Blair - http://bit.ly/cats-call-me-by-my-name

(1:39:03) - Show wrap up.

(1:39:36) - Thank you’s to our generous Patreon sponsors = the credit scroll/crawl is back!

(1:43:10) - End Theme

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

(1:46:44) - The After Show - Somewhere along the way, Dr. Kiki's computer updated — now, all her pop-ups are blocked! Silly Popup! I trust my web site, you should too. Everyone's texting, all over the place. And much, much more...