Science Is Always Nobel - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 2023-10-04

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(3:18) - Intro, Dr. Kiki
(3:42) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! by Justin
(5:16) - Opening Theme Music
(5:51) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings with Dr. Kiki & Justin — Blair is still off for a while being a new parent with new baby & hubby Brian!

(10:43) - Quick Science Bytes! —

(10:54) -  The 2023 Nobel Prize Announcements, Dr. Kiki
(24:11) - Stonehenge study upends a 100-year-old theory and suggests further discoveries to come, Justin
(39:15) - Cell biologists identify new organelle present in mammalian cells made of rings of DNA, Dr. Kiki
(46:44) - The chilling tale of snow flies, self-amputation, survival and certain death, Justin
(57:06) - Domestic cat larynges can produce purring frequencies without neural input, Dr. Kiki
(59:48) - How do cats purr? New finding challenges long-held assumptions, Dr. Kiki
(1:02:27) - From glowing cats to wombats, fluorescent mammals are much more common than you’d think, Dr. Kiki

(1:10:32) - And... we're at the Break!

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...More minions, please!

(1:13:13) - And we're back from the Break!

More Science News —

(1:13:13) - Repeated low doses of psilocybin increase resilience to stress, lower compulsive actions, and strengthen cortical connections to the paraventricular thalamic nucleus in rats [🐀], Dr. Kiki
(1:26:28) - Mathematical bedtime stories may build better mathematical memory, Justin
(1:33:06) - Hidden in the Hippocampus are the Neural Secrets Behind False Memories, Dr. Kiki
(1:44:08) - In Forming Long-Term Memories, Vascular Cells are Crucial, Dr. Kiki
(1:48:40) - Students made Oxford the MURDER CAPITAL of late medieval England, research suggests, Justin

(1:58:59) - We have a Question to honor "Ask A Stupid Question Day" — From the Episode two weeks ago where Justin interviewed Brian Dunning of Skeptoid Media, what do we think about the Skinwalker Ranch? Dr. Kiki sez: she doesn't think about it. Justin gives the low-down on the "Skinwalker Ranch" and why it's a political pork barrel grift.

(2:02:07) - Show Wrap-up + volunteer thank you's..

(2:04:42) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors

(2:11:14) - End Theme

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

(2:12:34) - The After Show! - Music worked much better this week, last week it was weird, with a glitch. While waiting for Justin to return. Not certain about the 2024 TWIS calendar, as Blair is on Baby Leave. Justin gets artsy. And much, much more …