Science Predictions for 2022 - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 2022-01-05

What will happen This YEAR in Science'??? Find out what the This Week in Science team predicts for the coming year of scientific discoveries & events. Look ahead into the future with TWIS!

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[For Story Links, please see our TWIS website for show notes —  https://www.twis.org/05-january-2021-episode-857-2022-science-predictions/.]

(0:00) - Recording Start
(1:43) - Intro, Dr. Kiki 
(2:13) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(3:28) - Opening Theme Music, Dr. Kiki
(4:02) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines.

(6:57) - How Did Our Scientists Fare with Last Year’s 2021 predictions?

(8:00) - What Dr. Kiki Predicted for 2021 - 60% vaxxed, mRNA, Biden & Climate, JWST, NASA Mars Perseverance., etc.
(12:04) - What Justin Predicted for 2021 - Covid-19 cases, Gov't Employees & Health, Travel Bans, Lie Detectors, etc. Major the White House Dog ruined Justin's predictions.
(22:11) - What Blair Predicted for 2021 - Weird tardigrades, Covid-19 babies, 4D Movies... w/ smell!, Vax predictions, etc. And yes, Blair did get MARRIED!
(26:42) - Dr. Kiki shares What The Twitterverse Predicted for 2021 - alien signals, new antarctic finds, CRISPR cures, and more.

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...More minions, please!
Also: TWIS 2022 CALENDARS ARE NOW ON SALE!! — with art by Blair! Go to https://twis.org and click on the calendar frog pic in the top right!

(30:21) - And now… here it is… OUR 2022 TWIS PREDICTIONS! —
 
(30:35) - For 2022, Justin predicts… Everything's fine, but the definition of "fine" changes, LHC come back w/ too much info, new Covid-19 variants & vaccines, non-vaxxed population shrinks (as they die!), how to handle unruly airline passengers, tardigrades are delish, and more.
(36:14) - For 2022, Blair predicts… Synthetic spider silk, weird tardigrades, one pandemic ends, another begins, scary deep sea fish, humans from antarctica, broken Webb, a TWIS LIVE show, and more.
(40:14) - For 2022, Dr. Kiki predicts… Further Covid-19 variants, gravitational wave detectors, LHC & the standard model, JWST, better scientists communicating, a new TWIS family member, and more.

(47:13) - And we're at the break! Get a TWIS 2022 Calendar, and also, become a TWIS Producer! Please support us through Patreon — https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinscience/.

(47:41) - And we're back! Science News —

(47:53) - Dr. Kiki wonders if there are really quantum-entangled water bears?! 
(53:49) - Justin brings a story about car-driving goldfish.
(59:13) - Dr. Kiki asks if Earth was more hostile before oxygen filled the atmosphere.
(1:05:15) - Justin talks about the problems with Olympic assessments of amputee prostheses.

(1:13:36) - Blair's Animal Corner
(1:13:56) - Blair's Animal Corner Theme
(1:14:17) - Are elephant seal mothers the best in the animal kingdom at recognizing their babies' voices?
(1:20:26) - Do crows need a toolbelt? Seems like they keep tabs on their favorite tools.

More Science —

(1:27:32) - Dr. Kiki: How does human food affect bear guts?
(1:30:54) - Dr. Kiki: How much is anti-matter like matter?

(1:33:49) - Our own dear Blair will be on the Daily Tech News Show (DTNS) next Monday, Jan. 10th!
(1:35:33) - Next Wednesday is Blair's 10-year TWIS-a-versary! A DECADE OF BLAIR + TWIS! Yay!

(1:35:55) - Show wrap-up

(1:36:45) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors

(1:39:41) - End Theme

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

(1:41:01) - The After Show! - Dr. Kiki is cold in her basement and is putting her hat/cap on. How do you top a fish-mobile? Fish have the coolest rover-like vehicles. Blair shares related futurama clips. Dr. Kiki wants a goldfish trained to answer the front door. Kai is almost as old as Blair has been on the podcast. And much, much more...