Why Aren't We Studying Sex in Space?
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 2023-04-26

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(1:28) - Intro, Dr. Kiki
(1:56) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(5:12) - Opening Theme Music
(5:47) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin!

(8:39) - Quick Science Bytes! —

(8:45) - Possible but rare: Safe and just satisfaction of national human needs in terms of ecosystem services, Dr. Kiki
(16:17) - Searching for ancient bears in an Alaskan cave led to an important human discovery, Justin
(24:14) - Is sex in space being taken seriously by the emerging space tourism sector?, Blair
(33:32) - Study Finds Significant Variation in Anatomy of Human Guts, Dr. Kiki
See also — Hidden diversity: comparative functional morphology of humans and other species
(42:44) - Study finds stool transplants more effective than antibiotics for treating recurring, life-threatening gut infections, Justin
(52:02) - Asteroid’s comet-like tail Is not made of dust, solar observatories reveal, Dr. Kiki

(57:34) - And we're at the break!

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(58:08) - And we're back from the break!

(58:12) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(58:18) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(58:40) - Study: Lockdowns revealed the British wildlife most at risk of becoming roadkill, Blair
(1:03:17) - Elephant seals drift off to sleep while diving far below the ocean surface, Blair 

More Science News —

(1:15:35) - Colistin-resistant E. coli gains resistance to innate human immunity, Justin
(1:26:02) - Japanese Hakuto-R spacecraft seems to have crash-landed on the moon, Justin
(1:28:56) - New Brain Network Connecting Mind and Body Discovered, Dr. Kiki
See also — A somato-cognitive action network alternates with effector regions in motor cortex
(1:35:34) - New discovery challenges our understanding of nervous systems and their evolution, Dr. Kiki

(1:43:16) - Show Wrap-up + volunteer thank you's.

(1:43:55) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors

(1:47:42) - End Theme

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

(1:49:04) - The After Show! - Cute Elephant Seal Pups pics! Yay! Elephant Seal sounds in "Jurassic Park." Justin records a chicken to stand-in for a T-Rex. And much, much more …