Does This Wormhole Go To Science Town? - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 2022-11-30

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(0:00) - Recording Start
(1:35) - Intro, Dr. Kiki
(2:07) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(3:39) - Opening Theme Music
(4:18) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin!

(7:24) - Quick Science Bytes! —

(7:24) - Physicists Create a Wormhole Using a Quantum Computer, Dr. Kiki
See also — Traversable wormhole dynamics on a quantum processor
(24:15) - Potential use of engineered nanoparticles in ocean fertilization for large-scale atmospheric carbon dioxide removal, Justin
(34:35) - Guess Who? Chimpanzee faces reveal family relationships, Blair
(43:40) - Cannabis For Pain Relief? Review of 20 Studies Provides Sobering Results, Dr. Kiki
See also — Cannabis is no better than a placebo for treating pain – new research
(53:50) - Discovery and Engineering of the Cocaine Biosynthetic Pathway, Justin 
(1:01:21) - A Strange Thing Happens to Wolves Infected by Infamous Mind-Altering Parasite, Dr. Kiki

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(1:12:04) - And we're back from the break!

(1:12:05) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(1:12:20) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(1:12:43) - Bats growl like death metal singers and Mongolian throat singers, Blair
(1:19:03) - Study: Canada geese beat humans in longstanding territory battle, Blair

More Science News —

(1:30:50) - Authenticating coins of the "Roman emperor" Sponsian, Justin
(1:38:27) - New minerals discovered in massive meteorite may reveal clues to asteroid formation, Justin
(1:45:47) - Unique Features of Octopus Create an Entirely New Way of Designing a Nervous System, Dr. Kiki
(1:54:21) - CT scans of toothed bird fossil leads to jaw-dropping discovery, Dr. Kiki
See also — Cretaceous orinthurine supports a neognathous crown bird ancestor

(2:05:27) - Show Wrap-up + volunteer thank you's.

(2:06:15) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors

(2:07:45) - Thank you for listening & another 2023 TWIS Calendar Order reminder: https://bit.ly/3iapqNd.

(2:09:48) - End Theme

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

(2:11:13) - The After Show! - Musical warbling. With Blair's beautiful calendar featuring an extinct animal done in legos. Sadie makes an appearance pining for Brian out the window. Dr. Kiki's cat in pining for her too. There are easter eggs in the lego pics on the 2023 TWIS Calendar. We welcome our robotic cephalopod overlords — robo-cthulu. A kind word from someone who listened to TWIS and said it helped him while in lock-up. And much, much more …