How Do AIs See The Universe? — This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 2022-07-27

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(2:22) - Intro, Dr. Kiki (with fancy dancing! 🕺)
(2:49) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(4:10) - Opening Theme Music
(4:46) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin.

(7:21) - Quick Science Bytes! —

(7:26) - Roboticists discover alternative physics, Dr. Kiki
(16:38) - Fourth person "cured" of HIV, but is a less risky cure in sight?, Justin
(21:27) - "Necrobotic" spiders: Manipulating dead spiders' legs with a puff of air to serve as grabbers, Blair
(30:19) - "ZIP" codes tell RNA molecules how to get to their designated locations, Dr. Kiki
(35:17) - Complex modeling by researchers predicts wildfires may decline, eventually, Justin
(39:49) - Wildlife photography DOES impact birds’ breeding behavior – but not in the way you might expect, Blair
(44:43) - Famine and disease drove the evolution of lactose tolerance in Europe, Dr. Kiki

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(51:34) - The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan was the early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Kiki
See also - The molecular epidemiology of multiple zoonotic origins of SARS-CoV-2, Dr. Kiki
(55:36) - WHO chief declares monkeypox an international emergency after expert panel fails to reach consensus, Dr. Kiki

(1:00:42) - And we're at the break!

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(1:01:22) - And we're back!

(1:01:25) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(1:01:35) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(1:02:01) - New study challenges old views on what’s "primitive" in mammalian reproduction, Blair
(1:12:24) - Study shows that marmosets practice calling their mothers in the womb, Blair

More Science News —

(1:15:51) - NASA to launch 2 more choppers to Mars to help return rocks, Justin
(1:20:04) - Unfortunate Corporate Victory — 1998 American Petroleum Institute Global Climate Science Communications Team Action Plan, Justin
(1:34:07) - Ant Colonies Behave Like Neural Networks When Making Decisions, Dr. Kiki
(1:39:02) - Machines Can Learn From Fables, Dr. Kiki

(1:45:09) - Show Wrap-up

(1:45:54) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors

(1:48:54) - End Theme

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

(1:50:21) - The After Show! - And that's the end! We need to work on a better fade out. Perhaps using a spider necrobot. We blew past the "tight 90." Tight 100? This will be cut. Discussion on Justin's 1998 Corporate Climate Report rant. And much, much more...