Want to Hear About Science Junk? - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 2024-04-04

What happened 'This Week in Science'??? Find out more about barcodes, bacteri-leather, & junk with TWIS - the best weekly science news podcast - and our guest hype-host, Dr. Jessica Hebert!

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(2:45) - Intro, Dr. Kiki
(3:10) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! by Dr. Kiki
(3:43) - Opening Theme Music
(4:22) - "Good Science!" Greetings with Dr. Kiki & Special Guest Host, Placentologist, Rhabdomyolysis researcher at OHSU, Science Communicator and one of the hilariously nerdy folk trio, The PDX Broadsides, Dr. Jessica F. Hebert! 

Our Special Guest Host tonight, Dr. Jessica Hebert, is a researcher at OHSU specializing in Rhabdomyolysis and renal function. She is  A Placentologist by training, an OMSI Science Communication Fellow, and an Award-winning science communicator and science musician with the PDX Broadsides.

(10:58) - Quick Science Bytes! —

(11:03) - Barcoding of episodic memories in the hippocampus of a food-caching bird, Dr. Kiki
See also — Chickadees have unique neural 'barcodes' for memories of stashing away food
(23:15) - Transistor Takes Advantage of Quantum Interference — Single-molecule device embraces electrons’ weirdness to improve performance, Dr. Kiki
(33:41) - Scientists made a six-legged mouse embryo — here’s why, Dr. Kiki
(43:49) - Scientists discover speed of visual perception ranges widely in humans, Dr. Kiki
See also — The speed of sight: Individual variation in critical flicker fusion thresholds

(52:06) - And... we're at the Break!

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...More minions, please!

(53:23) - And we're back from the Break!

(53:53) - Secrets of the naked mole-rat: new study reveals how their unique metabolism protects them from heart attacks, Dr. Kiki
See also — Naked mole-rats have distinctive cardiometabolic and genetic adaptations to their underground low-oxygen lifestyles
(1:04:18) - Venting Doesn't Reduce Anger, But Something Else Does, Study Finds, Dr. Kiki
See also — Breathe, don’t vent: Turning down the heat is key to managing anger
(1:14:04) - Plastic-free vegan leather that dyes itself grown from bacteria, Dr. Kiki
See also — Self-pigmenting textiles grown from cellulose-producing bacteria with engineered tyrosinase expression
(1:22:10) - Robot, can you say "Cheese"?, Dr. Kiki
See also — Human-robot facial coexpression

(1:29:05) - Show Wrap-up + volunteer thank you's.

(1:30:20) - Where To Find Dr. Jessica Hebert —

• Twitter — https://twitter.com/Dame_DNA 
• The PDX Broadsides on Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/ThePdxBroadsides, Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland, Oregon, March 31st, benefit for The Steep and Thorny Way to Heaven.
• Dr. Jessica F. Hebert's Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/dr.jessicahebert
• Dr. Jessica F. Hebert on Google Scholar — https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=4g-9irYAAAAJ
• Dr. Jessica F. Hebert on ResearchGate.com — https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jessica-Hebert-2

(1:31:45) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors

(1:34:58) - End Theme

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

(1:35:47) - The After Show! - Dr. Jess has to go and relieve her sister from babysitting. And Dr. Kiki's had a long night & day as the ScienceTalk conference started today. And much, much more…