But Maybe It Could've Been Worse...?? - Episode #838
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 2021-08-18

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(6:56) - Intro, Blair 
(7:37) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(9:05) - Opening Theme Music, Dr. Kiki
(9:39) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Blair & Justin — No Dr. Kiki this week, she's off, but shall return! Intros & Top Story Headlines. 

(10:59) - Quick Science Bytes! —

(11:03) - Nuclear scientists hail US fusion breakthrough, Justin
(14:25) - Little kids burn so much energy, they’re like a different species, study finds, Blair
(19:56) - Heat-controllable CAR T cells destroy tumors and prevent relapse in new study, Justin

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...More minions, please!

(26:11) - TWIS COVID-19/Sars-CoV-2/Coronavirus Update -
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(26:17) - "Version 2.0" of COVID-19 vaccine quickly kicks immune system into high gear, Justin
(30:21) - A grim warning from Israel: Vaccination blunts, but does not defeat Delta, Blair
(39:10) - New Zealand enters full lockdown mode after one new COVID-19 case, Justin

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(41:29) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(41:40) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(42:02) - Sharing the love helps male acorn woodpeckers father more chicks, Blair
(49:47) - Cities are making mammals bigger, Blair

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More Science News —

(53:40) - Justin reads a user Haiku about the Heat
(54:19) - July Was The Hottest Month In Recorded Human History, Justin
(54:48) - The Montreal Protocol (CFC Ban) protects the terrestrial carbon sink, Justin
(1:02:16) - Contact tracing is key to suppressing COVID-19, Justin
(1:05:33) - Scientists Design a Robotic Chameleon That Crawls and Changes Color, Blair 

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(1:11:11) - Show wrap-up

(1:12:16) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors

(1:16:12) - End Theme

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

(1:19:42) - The After Show! - Yes, Blair is aware the music is very "tin-canny." We have no actual "studio" or "producer." We forgot to mention — Zazzle! The home shopping network/QVC of our Science. Someone was making fun of Star Wars Storm Trooper Armor. This WAS a Science show. And much, much more...