Going Cuckoo For Earth Day!
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 20/04/2022

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(1:22) - Intro, Dr. Kiki 
(1:49) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(2:24) - Opening Theme Music
(2:59) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin.

(6:03) - Quick Science Bytes! —

(6:08) - Earth Day: U.S. Warming Rankings, Dr. Kiki
(8:42) - Check Out Earth Day Live — https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-live/, Dr. Kiki
(10:57) - Impact of Histotripsy on Development of Intrahepatic Metastases in a Rodent Liver Tumor Model, Justin
(19:39) - Introducing SQuRo, a novel small-sized robotic rat with high movement agility, Blair
(25:10) - Scripps Oceanography-Led Study Predicts Climate Change Accelerates Ocean Currents, Dr. Kiki
(31:38) - Ferroelectrically augmented contact electrification enables efficient acoustic energy transfer through liquid and solid media, Justin
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See also — Pork video example: https://www.rsc.org/suppdata/d1/ee/d1ee02623b/d1ee02623b3.mp4
(41:18) - MIT engineers introduce the Oreometer, Dr. Kiki 

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(51:02) - TWIS Covid-19 / SARS-CoV-2 / Coronavirus Update —
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• NPR - How are the COVID-19 vaccine and booster campaigns going in your state? - https://n.pr/374S0qy

(52:06) - About 30% of COVID patients develop “Long COVID."
(57:50) - Dr. Kiki discusses the Omicron BA.2 sub-variant spread and the recent ruling by a U.S. Federal Judge on CDC Mask mandates.
(1:01:35) - SARS-CoV-2 viral fragments found in feces 7 months after mild COVID-19
(1:06:09) - Wearables can track COVID symptoms, other diseases


(1:08:36) - And we're at the break!

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(1:09:08) - And we're back!

(1:09:11) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(1:09:28) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(1:09:50) - Green eggs and scam: Cuckoo finch's long con may be up
(1:19:58) - Black rhino extinction risk sharply increased by killing of specific female rhinos

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(1:47:23) - Can your pupils indicate the extent of your visual imagination? Can they identify aphantasia?

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(1:59:35) - Show Wrap-up

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(2:03:13) - End Theme

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