Pick Your Nose or Not? - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 2022-11-02

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(2:15) - Intro, Dr. Kiki
(2:43) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(3:33) - Opening Theme Music
(4:09) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin will join soon, we hope!

(7:57) - Quick Science Bytes! —

(8:03) - A novel way to measure time using Rydberg states, Dr. Kiki
(14:55) - The microbiota promotes social behavior by modulating microglial remodeling of forebrain neurons, Justin
(24:02) - Take your pick: Aye-aye joins ranks of snot-eaters, Blair
(32:10) - New research suggests nose picking could increase risk for Alzheimer's and dementia, Dr. Kiki
(36:28) - New report: Countries' climate pledges put unrealistic demands for land ahead of emissions reductions, Justin 
(45:01) - AlphaFold’s new rival? Meta AI predicts shape of 600 million proteins, Dr. Kiki

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...More minions, please!

(51:03) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(51:14) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(51:36) - Just like humans, more intelligent jays have greater self-control, Blair
(1:00:33) - First-ever study shows bumble bees "play," Blair

(1:09:30) - And we're at the break!

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(1:10:06) - And we're back!

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More Science News —

(1:10:11) - Ancient DNA analysis sheds light on the early peopling of South America, Justin
(1:18:52) - U.S. state policy contexts and mortality of working-age adults, Justin
(1:27:42) - Scientists map the neural pathways for vomiting after eating infected food, Dr. Kiki
(1:34:53) - Using sound to model the world, Dr. Kiki

(1:44:43) - Show Wrap-up

(1:45:32) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors

(1:48:55) - End Theme

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

(1:50:19) - The After Show! - Blair has a Lego Salmon Shark (Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo! 🎵 🦈) she is showing off that will be in the TWIS 2023 Calendar, coming soon! She's on 10 Lego Animals out of the 12 months. And Blair has an exciting idea for the cover, too! Making Lego Animals takes much longer than expected. Justin shares about the weird VAT & import taxes where he is in Denmark. And much, much more…