Who Has the Mars Maps? - Episode 765 - This Week in Science (TWIS)
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 2020-03-18

Who Has The Mars Maps? Our Episode #765 of This Week In Science with our special guest from NASA/JPL, Mars Mapper Dr. Fred Calef III! Watch live here or check out our feed over at http://twis.org/live - we have a chatroom! Join us!

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(0:32) - Intro, Dr. Kiki
(0:53) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Blair 
(1:43) - Opening Theme Music
(2:18) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair & our special guest, Dr. Fred Calef III. [Sorry folks, no Justin this week — he's sheltering in place in his bus and the WiFi signal out there isn't strong enough, he'll be back!). Intros & Top Story Headlines. 

(4:33) - Start of Interview with Dr. Jonathan Eisen

Fred Calef has a PhD in Mars Geology. According to his Twitter bio, he works with InSight, Mars Science Lab on Curiosity, & Mars2020 at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, mapping landing sites for food.

• https://dus.jpl.nasa.gov/home/calef/
• https://www.popsci.com/keeper-maps-mars/
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fred_Calef
• https://www.twitter.com/Cirquelar

(52:29) - Interview Wrap Up & Thank you's.

(52:46) - And we're at the break!
(52:55) - 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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(54:00) - Interstitial Music

(54:26) - Back from the break!

(54:58) - Update on the Flu Season in the U.S., and SARS-CoV2 Globally, Dr. Kiki - 

(55:16) - Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/surface-viability-of-covid19
(58:52) - COVID-19: Researchers model likely impact of public health measures, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/covid19-model-effects-public-health
See also - Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand - http://bit.ly/non-pharmaceuticals-to-reduce-covid19 
(1:07:29) - Clinical Trial of COVID-19 Vaccine Begins in Seattle
See also - Advances in mRNA Vaccines for Infectious Diseases - http://bit.ly/mRNA-vaccines
See also - mRNA Vaccine Mechanism graphic image examples - http://bit.ly/mRNA-vaccine-graphics 

(1:12:20) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(1:12:42) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme (with a brief cameo by Justin!)
(1:13:04) - Can traumatic memories be erased? Blair - http://bit.ly/erasing-traumatic-memories 
(1:21:10) - Crocs' better parenting skills could make them more resilient to climate change, Blair - http://bit.ly/croc-parenting-and-climate-change

Quick Science Bytes! — 

(1:29:32) - Transplant Method Avoids Rejection of Donor Leg for Months in Rats, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/avoid-transplant-rejection-mice-1
See also - In situ recruitment of regulatory T cells promotes donor-specific tolerance in vascularized composite allotransplantation - http://bit.ly/avoid-transplant-rejection-mice-2
(1:35:54) - Some Humans Can Sense Earth’s Magnetic Field, Fascinating Experiment Suggests, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/humans-sensing-earth-magnetic-field
(1:39:59) - Parent-Based Treatment as Efficacious as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Anxiety: A Randomized Noninferiority Study of Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/anxiety-kids-parents-need-treatment
(1:41:30) - Study suggests LEGO bricks could survive in ocean for up to 1,300 years,  - http://bit.ly/legos-exist-in-ocean-1300-years
(1:46:31) - 10 Positive Updates on the COVID-19 Outbreaks From Around the World, Blair - http://bit.ly/10-positive-covid19-stories

(1:49:08) - Show wrap up

(1:49:44) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors

(1:52:43) - End Theme

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

(1:56:12) - The After Show - Justin, wheeeeeere aaaaaaaaare yoooooooooou?! We saw him for a minute in his well lit bus and then he went away. Is 5G fake news/a rumor/a myth? Thanx to Dr. Fred for sticking around. Further examples from Blair as to how different animals do sex determination besides x & y chromosomes. And much, much more...