Who Wants to Play Asteroids? - This Week in Science (TWIS) Podcast
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 2023-01-25

What happened 'This Week in Science'??? Today we will fill your head with Arctic Monkeys, Screen Time, and a game of "will you or won't you"! Find out more with TWIS - the best weekly science news podcast!

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(1:47) - Intro, Dr. Kiki
(2:15) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(3:36) - Opening Theme Music
(4:10) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin!

(6:59) - Quick Science Bytes! —

(7:04) - Has Earth’s inner core stopped its strange spin?, Dr. Kiki
(15:04) - "Incredibly concerning": Bird flu outbreak at Spanish mink farm triggers pandemic fears, Justin
(24:11) - Getting kids outdoors can reduce the negative effects of screen time, Blair
(30:46) - This Asteroid Has Survived For 4 Billion Years. That Could Be a Huge Problem, Dr. Kiki
See also - Asteroid findings from specks of space dust could save the planet, Dr. Kiki
(36:53) - Perceptions of Stress and Mood Associated With Listening to Music in Daily Life During the COVID-19 Lockdown, Justin 
(43:53) - Fossils suggest early primates lived in the once-swampy Arctic, Dr. Kiki

(49:40) - And we're at the break!

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(50:21) - And we're back from the break!

(50:24) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(50:32) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(50:54) - Sea spiders can regrow body parts, not just limbs: study, Blair
(53:49) - Humans can recognize and understand chimpanzee and bonobo gestures, Blair
The Great Ape Dictionary Quiz — https://research.sc/participant/login/dynamic/505CF355-CEF5-44ED-B2F1-2CBA484BD2FA
(1:03:45) - Can dogs tell the difference between when we are unable to do something for them, versus being simply unwilling?, Blair

(1:06:18) - Another break!

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...More minions, please!

More Science News —

(1:06:40) - Abortion And Neonatal Mortality Due To Toxoplasma Gondii In Bighorn Sheep (Ovis Canadensis), Justin
(1:12:20) - New LiDAR-Based Elevation Model Shows Greatest Increase in Global Coastal Exposure to Flooding to Be Caused by Early-Stage Sea-Level Rise, Justin
(1:18:24) - How antidepressants help bacteria resist antibiotics, Dr. Kiki
(1:24:59) - Study Explains Emotional ‘Blunting’ Caused by Common Antidepressants, Dr. Kiki
(1:32:20) - Watch This Liquid Lego Terminator Robot Shape-Shift To Escape Jail, Dr. Kiki

(1:38:59) - Show Wrap-up + volunteer thank you's.

(1:39:44) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors

(1:42:40) - End Theme

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

(1:44:03) - The After Show! - Justin always wanted to become a sock puppet. The doomsday clock has now moved to 90-SECONDS BEFORE MIDNIGHT!! 😱 Blair says it's an asymptote. Wasn't 90-seconds-to-midnight a band? Experiments Justin has done with his toddler & the stuffed dog. And much, much more …