How to be Creative and Crafty With Your Brain
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 2020-04-08

This Week in Science news podcast (TWIS) was joined by tthe host of the PBS/YouTube Science show, "Brain Craft," Vanessa Hill!! She gave us some great tips for how to #stayhome and stay sane! Check it out to hear what she had to say!

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(0:44) - Intro, Dr. Kiki
(1:08) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin 
(2:51) - Opening Theme Music
(3:24) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines. 

(6:02) - Start of Interview with Vanessa Hill

Vanessa Hill is an award-winning science educator, host and STEM advocate. She hosts and produces the PBS digital Studios show BrainCraft, and holds a Bachelor of Science (Psychology) from the University of New South Wales and a Masters of Science Communication from Australian National University.

• https://www.nessyhill.com/
• https://twitter.com/nessyhill
• https://www.pbs.org/show/braincraft/
• https://www.youtube.com/user/braincraftvideo
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBl_krGIHcq__AZC0y7tjCQ

(51:04) - Interview Wrap Up & Thank you's.

(51:11) - And we're at the break!
(51:22) - 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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(52:35) - Interstitial Music

(53:00) - Back from the break!

(53:42) - A Quick Update on the Flu Season in the U.S., and SARS-CoV2 Globally, Dr. Kiki - 
(54:20) - Johns Hopkins Dashboard Update - 1,484,811 cases worldwide - Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/johns-hopkins-covid-19-map-update
(1:06:50) - Cats, Ferrets Susceptible to SARS-CoV-2: Study, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/cats-ferrets-susceptible-covid-19
(1:10:47) - Effectiveness of convalescent plasma therapy in severe COVID-19 patients, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/convalescent-plasma-therapy-covid-19
(1:13:08) - Higher levels of coronavirus 'entry point' enzyme in lungs of COPD patients and smokers, Justin - https://bit.ly/smokers-more-susceptible-covid-19 
(1:17:12) - COVID-19 studies based on potentially 'weak and over-optimistic' data, warn researchers, Justin - https://bit.ly/covid-19-studies-weak-data

(1:24:45) - Next-generation brain implants with more than a thousand electrodes can survive for more than six years, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/next-gen-brain-implants
(1:31:51) - Off-the-shelf artificial cardiac patch repairs heart attack damage in rats, pigs, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/cardiac-patch-repairs-rat-pig-hearts

(1:37:50) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(1:38:13) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(1:38:35) - The face of a mouse reveals its emotions: study, Blair - https://bit.ly/mouse-emotions-face
(1:51:27) - Invasive species with charisma have it easier, Blair - https://phys.org/news/2020-04-invasive-species-charisma-easier.html 
(1:54:13) - An affordable and fast clinical test that can save human lives and spares at-risk population, Blair - https://bit.ly/horseshoe-crabs-and-fast-clinical-test

Quick Science Bytes! — 

(1:58:12) - Health-Monitoring ‘Smart Toilet’ Remembers You, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/smart-toilet-remembers
(2:02:44) - Interstellar Comet Borisov Just Lost a Chunk, Dr. Kiki - https://bit.ly/comet-borisov-break-up
(2:05:14) - Two Pandas At An Empty Zoo Under Coronavirus Quarantine, Blair - https://bit.ly/quarantined-pandas-finally-mate

(2:07:56) - Show wrap up

(2:09:03) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors

(2:11:20) - End Theme

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

(2:14:49) - The After Show - We are now in the after show, which is why Dr. Kiki is eating spiced gum drops. I believe there will be editing. People need to learn how to work at home - at first, says Blair, it can take twice as long to do the same work. Blair shows off her face mask. Justin brags about his mask, which he cannot show because it is in the car. And much, much more...