OH SAY CAN YOU SEE THE SCIENCE? - This Week in Science (TWIS) Podcast - Episode 677
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 2018-06-27

OH SAY CAN YOU SEE THE SCIENCE? - Watch Episode 677 of the This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS), with hosts Dr. Kiki and Blair Bazdarich now (no Justin this week, sorry)! 

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Dr. Kiki & Blair explore the world of science news with a few of the week's popular stories.

(0:00) - Recording Start
(1:04) - Show Start, Intro - Blair
(1:31) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Blair
(2:51) - Opening Theme Music.
(3:25) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines.

(5:54) - Poliovirus Therapy Induces Immune Responses Against Cancer, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/polioviurs-cancer-therapy-1 
See also - Recurrent Glioblastoma Treated with Recombinant Poliovirus - http://bit.ly/polioviurs-cancer-therapy-2 
(14:34) - Germany's Massive Nuclear Fusion Machine Just Smashed Another Plasma Record, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/german-fusion-machine-1 
See also - Magnetic configuration effects on the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator - https://go.nature.com/2IAlj5x 

(21:47) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(22:01) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme.
(22:26) - When cozying up with would-be predators, cleaner shrimp follow a dependable script, Blair - http://bit.ly/clearner-shrimp 
(31:45) - Study promotes benefits of 'tickling' rats, Blair - http://bit.ly/tickling-rats 

(38:58) - And we're at the break!
(39:23) - Half-Time Theme Music  - "Our 1st Assumptions Were Correct" by Jake Mann from his album, "Daytime Ghost." https://apple.co/2G3ERxV

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(44:58) - Interstitial Music

(45:21) - Back from the break!

(45:38) - What has Science done for ME, lately?
TWIS Minion Steve Coleman shares how scientific and medical Open Access research has literally saved him in a fight with a mysterious case of Sarcoidosis.
Send your Science stories to: kirsten@thisweekinscience.com or message us on Facebook - facebook.com/ThisWeekinScience.

(54:49) - Parasitic self-replicating molecules consume their creators, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/parasitic-molecules 
See also - Parasitic Behavior of Self‐Replicating Molecules - http://bit.ly/parasitic-molecules-2 
(1:04:06) - The Discovery of Complex Organic Molecules on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Is a Huge Deal, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/enceladus-molecules 
See also - Macromolecular organic compounds from the depths of Enceladus - https://go.nature.com/2KiME1G 
(1:10:14) - Robot bloodhound tracks odors on the ground, Blair - http://bit.ly/robot-bloodhound 
(1:12:17) - UA genetics research verifies purity of the Mexican wolf, Blair - http://bit.ly/pure-mexican-wolf 

Quick Science Bytes! — 

(1:20:34) -  Rough terrain? No problem for beaver-inspired autonomous robot, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/robot-beaver 
(1:23:07) - Low-cost prosthetic foot mimics natural walking, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/prosthetic-foot 
(1:27:15) - Hell Yes, Japan’s Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Has Officially Entered Orbit Around the Ryugu Asteroid, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/hayabusa2-asteroid 

(1:30:46) - Show wrap up.

(1:31:38) - Thank you’s to Patreon sponsors

(1:36:04) - End Theme

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

(1:39:33) - The After Show! - A Dr. Kiki sing-along video! There will be, indeed, a TWIS-of-July. Blair's tips on parents sending kids to the zoo so they can have an adult barbeque without them. Primoridial Soup? Primordial Cesspool? Primordial Ooze? Why does Blair's head hurt? Barometric pressure? And much, much more...