Can We Move The Moon? - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 2021-06-09

What happened 'This Week in Science'??? From hangry fruit flies to climate change disinformation and outright vaccine lies. Find out about all the important science news of the week with TWIS! Check out episode 828 to learn now...

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[For Story Links, please see our TWIS website for show notes —  https://www.twis.org/09-june-2021-episode-828-can-we-move-the-moon/.]

(0:00) - Recording Start
(1:38) - Intro, Dr. Kiki 
(2:02) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(3:44) - Opening Theme Music, Dr. Kiki
(4:18) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines. 

(7:29) - Quick Science Bytes! —

(7:33) - Russian scientists reanimated a 24,000-year-old microscopic rotifer showing once again that life finds a way - Dr. Kiki
(15:18) - Could robots be a solution to help children learn to regulate their emotions? - Justin
(21:55) - Does evolution offer a solution to the problem of anti-bacterial escapr? -  Blair
(25:49) - What if treating depression were as easy as breathing? - Dr. Kiki
(30:16) - Will a fluffy asteroid 16 Psyche be as valuable? - Justin
(34:44) - How did school kids influence a new measurement of Megalodon? - Blair
(40:52) - No, Louie. We can't move the moon, and you know it. - Dr. Kiki

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(48:18) - TWIS COVID-19/Sars-CoV-2/Coronavirus Update -
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(48:39) - Dr. Kiki starts out the Covid-19 Update with a grateful letter from a listener, Todd Barnell 
(50:55) - Should you get vaccinated if you've already been infected with COVID? - Dr. Kiki
(54:00) - No, the COVID-19 vaccines do not magnetize people - Dr. Kiki
(57:15) - How well do leaky surgical masks work to reduce transmission? - Dr. Kiki
(1:00:16) - Can people mix and match COVID-19 vaccines? - Dr. Kiki
(1:01:39) - How safe is the seasonal flu vaccine for pregnant moms & their babies? - Justin

(1:07:50) - Become a TWIS Producer! Please support us through Patreon — https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinscience.

(1:08:43) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(1:08:54) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(1:09:16) - Do you get hangry like a fruit flies when hungry?
(1:15:34) - Puppies are wired for people from birth.

(1:23:50) - Help Support TWIS by buying our great Schwag at our TWIS Zazzle Store, including many pieces of art & design by our own Blair Bazdarich! https://www.zazzle.com/store/thisweekinscience

More Science News —

(1:24:25) - Women are more likely than men for their diet to influence their mental health - Justin
(1:30:10) - Take breaks for better memory! - Dr. Kiki
(1:36:14) - Math is good for your brain - Dr. Kiki

Have a Science Question or question on a current or recent Science news story? Send 'em to our TWIS User Questions?? - kirsten@thisweekinscience.com, @TWIScience on Twitter & Instagram, or http://facebook.com/ThisWeekinScience.

(1:43:20) - Show wrap-up - Happy Black Cow Day on 6/10, all!

(1:44:55) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors

(1:46:33) - NEXT WEEK! — We'll have guests Angelique Cortalls, Liliana Davalos & Diana Moreno Santillán talking about Bat Immunity!

(1:48:18) - End Theme

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

(1:51:50) - The After Show! - Who Wants To Do MATH?! How to cure your child's Math anxiety, with... A RANGE OF VALUES. Blair loves Math. Justin touts/recommends https://www.khanacademy.org. And much, much more...