March Madness Is Here! - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS) - Episode 608
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 01/03/2017

Episode #608 — March Madness Is Here! — This week on TWIS (@TWIScience):  hosts Dr. Kiki (@drkiki), Justin Jackson (@jacksonfly) and Blair Bazdarich (@blairsmenagerie), along with an interview with March Mammal Madness' Katie Hinde!

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

(0:00) - Recording Start
(0:31) - Show Start, Intro - Dr. Kiki.
(0:55) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - this week by.... BLAIR!
(2:03) - Opening Theme Music.
(2:42) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with (a briefly muted)  Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines.

(4:17) - Interview w/ Katie Hinde of March Mammal Madness! Intro: Katie is an Associate Professor, Arizona State University, Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics and in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change (https://goo.gl/5TYxiq). March Mammal Madness can be found at her blog - https://goo.gl/zgkn6y, or on Twitter @Mammals_Suck and the hashtag #2017MMM.

(5:30) - Hello & Welcome to Katie - Dr. Kiki
(5:36) - Please explain "March Mammal Madness" to our audience? - Dr. Kiki
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[Ed. Note — folks, once again, the interview notes + the regular show science story notes were just too long than the space YouTube allows us in this notes field. So for all the Interview time codes and notes, please go here — https://goo.gl/2K5XDh ]

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(38:27) - The blog is: http://mammalssuck.blogspot.com, web site, and the direct link to March Mammal Madness is: https://goo.gl/zgkn6y
(39:13) - Who are the artists who did the animal art for the MMM blog this year? - Dr. Kiki
(39:59) - Thank you from Katie
(40:20) - Wrap up & thank you, Katie's Twitter again is: @Mammals_Suck, also follow the hashtag #2017MMM and also the Twitter account @2017MMMletsgo - Dr. Kiki

(41:46) - And we're at the break!
(42:08) - Half-Time Theme Music.

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(47:29) - Interstitial Music: George Hrab, "Skeptic," from the album "Vitriol." (https://itun.es/us/H1qUe).

(48:03) - And we're back from the break! (with Justin now - yay!)

(48:50) - How Bacteria (wolbachia) Interfere with Insect Reproduction (wolbachia), Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/5xW9gx
(55:15) - Research shows nature can beat back scientific tinkering with genes of entire species, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/Pk0kFI
(58:55) - A giant neuron found wrapped around entire mouse brain, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/5jEIvF
(1:07:02) - World's oldest fossils unearthed, Justin - https://goo.gl/xmmUE8
(also, Dr. Kiki quote this article in relation to it - https://goo.gl/7Vw2Ps)
(1:18:22) - Catalog of 208 human-caused minerals bolsters argument to declare 'Anthropocene Epoch,' Justin - https://goo.gl/JbXaZA   (including - Portland Concrete!)

And now it's time for...

(1:24:37) - Blair's Animal Corner
(1:24:59) - Blair's Animal Corner Theme
(1:25:19) - Bee species with little known nesting-behavior observed to use plastic instead of leaves, Blair - https://goo.gl/NDtxKN
(1:28:17) - Ball-rolling bees reveal complex learning, Blair - https://goo.gl/xL7onT
(1:32:39) - Bees Make a Ridiculously Cute "Whoop" Noise When They're Startled, Blair - https://goo.gl/i6HY2W

Quick Science Bytes! 

(1:36:29) - SpaceX plans to fly two paying customers around the moon in 2018, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/aCBGPU
(1:40:17) - Tagged animals are falling victim to photographers, poachers, Dr. Kiki - https://goo.gl/CK9IVw
(1:43:12) -  Frogs have unique ability to see color in the dark, Blair - https://goo.gl/klXtBE

(1:49:10) - Show Wrap-up & Thank you's (featuring the new 'Thank You' credit roll crawl!)

(1:53:05) - End Theme

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

(1:56:36) - The After-Show! - featuring:  Dr. Kiki improvises a, “We’ve come to the end of the show,” song; a possible etymological invite?; a unhappy/perplexed Blair face from strange computer windows opening; continued complaining of Portland winter cold, tho' meteorological winter is over; and Justin is putting money on the Snow Leopard. 

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