This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS) - Episode 889
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 2022-08-24

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(1:39) - Intro, Dr. Kiki
(2:04) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(3:39) - Opening Theme Music
(4:14) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin.

(7:02) - Quick Science Bytes! —

(7:14) - An extrasolar world covered in water?, Dr. Kiki
See also — TOI-1452 b: SPIRou and TESS Reveal a Super-Earth in a Temperate Orbit Transiting an M4 Dwarf
(13:03) - Webb’s Jupiter Images Showcase Auroras, Hazes, Dr. Kiki
(16:27) - Global warming spawned the age of reptiles, Justin
(25:56) - Sleepless and selfish: Lack of sleep makes us less generous, Blair
(31:49) - Gene therapy for completely colourblind children partly restores cone function, Dr. Kiki
See also — A demonstration of cone function plasticity after gene therapy in achromatopsia
(36:24) - A climate risk index for marine life, Justin
(40:11) - Scientists exposed plants to a yearlong drought. The result is worrying for climate change, Dr. Kiki

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...More minions, please!•

(48:31) - TWIS Covid-19 / SARS-CoV-2 / Coronavirus Update —
• Johns Hopkins Covid-19 Tracker - https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html 
• NY Times Coronavirus U.S. Map - https://nyti.ms/3cY0fW0 
• NPR - How are the COVID-19 vaccine and booster campaigns going in your state? - https://n.pr/374S0qy

(48:55) - Severe COVID-19 increases the risk of schizophrenia, Dr. Kiki
(53:10) - Chronic COVID infections source of variants of concern, study shows, Blair
(56:19) - Incubation Period of COVID-19 Caused by Unique SARS-CoV-2 Strains, Dr. Kiki

(1:00:25) - And we're at the break!

(1:00:38) - Become a TWIS Producer! Please support us through Patreon — https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinscience/. 

(1:01:02) - And we're back!

(1:01:02) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(1:01:14) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(1:01:39) - Modern pesticides damage the brain of bees so they can't move in a straight line, Blair
(1:13:43) - Frogs use brains or camouflage to evade predators, Blair

More Science News —

(1:19:53) - Sahelanthropus tchadensis, the oldest representative of humanity, was indeed bipedal...but that’s not all!, Justin
(1:25:59) - Fighting climate change is wildly popular but most Americans don’t know that, Justin

(1:33:24) - Help support TWIS by buying our great Schwag at our TWIS Zazzle Store, including many pieces of art & design by our own Blair Bazdarich! https://www.zazzle.com/store/thisweekinscience.

(1:34:05) - Dr. Kiki takes a moment to reply further to a fan in our YouTube Chat about the previous Glyphosate study.

(1:36:25) - Artificial intelligence model can detect Parkinson’s from breathing patterns, Dr. Kiki
(1:38:15) - Electrically Zapping Specific Brain Regions Can Boost Memory, Dr. Kiki
(1:41:19) - Research in mice reveals molecular mechanisms that underlie spatial mapping in the brain, Dr. Kiki
See also — Fos ensembles encode and shape stable spatial maps in the hippocampus

(1:49:07) - Show Wrap-up

(1:50:15) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors

(1:53:19) - End Theme

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

(1:54:43) - The After Show! - Justin says the final outro theme music is always delayed for him. This happens for no one else. Further replies to questions from a fan in the YouTube chat, etc. And much, much more…