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This Week in Science (TWIS)
by This Week in Science
The kickass science and technology radio show that delivers an irreverent look at the week in science and technology.
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More Fun Than Fossilized Feces
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Climate Change, Bee Stingers, Quantum Correction, Old Dogs, Artificial Reef Sound, Sea Spiders, Elephant Fall, Cephalopod Brains, Schizo Guts, and Much More Fossilized Fun! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast…
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To Mow or Not to Mow...
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Nobel Intent, To Mow or Not to Mow, Russian Plague? Space Signals, Orangutan Play Dates, Geck-ohhhhhh, Making Myelin, Threading the Neuron, Behind the Anxiety, and Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our…
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Surviving in Hot Water
This Week: Hot Water, New Cat, Zika, Air Filtration, Shrimp & Spiders, Beetle Family, Two Brains, Injectable Vision, Mushrooms, Sleep Cells, and Much More Hot Science!
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Reasons to Think About Rome
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Roman Success, Moon Eater, Cryosperm, Space Mirror, Roman Roads, Mosquito Toilet, Vipers, Shags, Mouse Brains Fly Brains, and Much More Science to think about! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or...
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How to Win in Science
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Ig Nobel Winners, Distracted Dog Walkers, Dino Eggs, Ai Kerfuffle, Poop Color, Beautiful Bird Calls, Rebuild the Brain, Red Blood Treatment, Walk it Off, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our...
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The Butterfly Effect
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: El Nino, Eye in the Sky, Big Dark Matter, Beauty Bias, The Butterfly Effect, Gut-Brain Connection, Raindrops, Alzheimers, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And...
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What's Up With Weather in the West?
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Daniel Swain, Weather & Climate Science, Pulsating Mass, Bad Aging Science?, Get Vaccinated!, Baby Brained, and Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember…
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Did Science Find It Yet?
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Cancer Vaccine, Holotypes, Supercentenarians, Cheesy News, Spiders, Think Well, Sugar Babies, Body Movement, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that…
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Five Slimes To Rule Them All
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Unnatural Viruses, Platypus Rehab, Black Hole Star, Bacteria for Babies, Elven Coral, 5 Slimes, Analysis Paralysis, Monkey See, Trust Selectivity, LLM Study, and Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast…
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Welcome to the NEW Golden Age
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Politics, Making a Golden Age, Money Ai, Space Tiles, Bubbles, Ants, Dodos, Awkward Robots, Sleep, and Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that you can find TWIS…
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The Dish on Disease-in-a-Dish
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Dannielle Engle, PhD, Pancreatic Cancer, Gut Memories, Memorable Brain Changes, and Much More Science to Dish About! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that you...
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Invasive Science
This Week: Interview W/Dana Page, Feral Pigs, Prescribed Burns, Climate Change, Plant Cheese, and Much More Science!
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Uncanny Science
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Culture, Uncanny Valley Monkeys, Koala Cure, Hidden Fish, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that you can find TWIS in all the podcast directories. If...
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Shrinking Cephalopod Brains, Science!
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Orbital Weapons, Vanta Black Satellites, Emotional Bees, Old Enzymes, Light Tech, Sex-changing Spiders, Cephalopod Brains, Cry For Health, Brain Damage, Preventing Trauma, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited...
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Lighting Up the Skies
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Spudcell, Colossal Effort, Planigales, Homo Naledi, Crocodile Brians, Snails, Overies, and Much More Science Lighting Up the Skies! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that…
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Deploy The Quantum Science!
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: .Gov vs .US, Cleaning Phones, Mines and Rain, Pod Presence, Pterosaur Wings, Bilingual Brains, Laugh Lines, Eyes, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember...
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The Ladies Want Smarts
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: The Underground, Climate Change Survey, Forever? Chemicals, Blood Thinning, Dead Whales, Zebra Finch, Scared Pregnant Mice, Contagious Fear, Sneaky Spiders, Knee Pain, Bird Brains, Gamer Critics, and Much More Science Smarts! Become a…
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We're Going Science Supersonic
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Supersonic Planes, Galactic Winds, SpiderCam, Electric Squirts, Owl Brilliance, Neural Disappointment, Fructose Failing, Turning Left, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or...
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Science Needs You!
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: New Science Rules, Mosquitoes, Bad Food, Bad Gut, Wild Pigs, Pigeon Hypotheses, Bower Bird Bonanza, Octopus Mirror Attack, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And...
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Under the Sea Science Venting
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview w/Dr. Andrew Thaler, Watching Wildlife, New Octopus, Cucumber Bits, Backrooms, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that you can find TWIS in...
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Humpty Dumpty Sat On the Science
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Urban Animals, Human Birth, Happy Mice, Eye Plants, Bug Killing Medicine, Colossal Shells, and Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that you can find TWIS in all…
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Unicorns Are Real
This Week: Interview w/Alaina Levine, Science Unicorns, Cancer Gone, Carnivorous Plants, Outdoor Cats, Carnivorous Rice, Gluca Gone, Insect Pain, Wings, Sleepy Time, and Much More!
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Science de Mayo
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Guest Host Philip Shane, Death Of A Great Mind, Plastic Heat, Fish Filth, Swedish Power, Double Trouble, Sweet Myelin, Folding Proteins, Baby Mom Yawns, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our…
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What Is Science Worried About?
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Bye-Bye Science Board, Fluoride, Coffee, Bees Love Viruses, Sexist Birds, Yawns, Melatonin, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that you can find TWIS…
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What's The Earth Worth?
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Sara Kobilka, Slowing Currents, Hard Freeze, It’s All Connected, Plant Lives, Cocaine Salmon, This Is New, Mars Stuff, and Much More Earth Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on...
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Science isn't so taxing
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Physics, Solar Wood, Motherhood Kills, Sunbirds Suck, Octopi, Limb Regeneration, Chatty Cetaceans, Ai is Bad, Hearing The Universe, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or...
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To The Moon, Artemis!
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Guest Host Brian Dunning, Humans Around the Moon, Faster Than Light, Localizing Carbon, Voorhies Law?, Mouse Aging is FTL, ADHD MGMT, Forced Decisions, Cognitive Surrender, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited...
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Science myths defanged!
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Hot Plants, Blair’s Animal Oopsie, Sounds About Right, In-infinite Cloning, Male Fruit Fly Flirting, Platypodes, Control Factors Mouse Vision, and Much More Sciencer! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on...
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Gnaw On This For a Bit
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: European Ignobel, NIH, Tamper-Free Viruses, Origami Vaccines, Garbled Messages, Brain Cell Centers, Gnawing Need, and Much More Science to Gnaw on! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or...
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This Week in Blair's Animal Corner
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Animal Science, Bats, Caribou, Dogs, Fish, and Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that you can find TWIS in all the podcast directories. If you are looking for...
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Stabilizing The Changing Brain
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Nicola Allen PhD., Stabilizing The Brain, Space Alerts, Artemis, Bouba Kiki, Birder Brains, Drunken Apes, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch.…
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When Do We Know Enough?
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Life on Mars, Interstellar Water, Snakes, PFAS, Wind Farms, Sea Silk, Frogs, Zebra Finches, Organoids, Brain Training, Alzheimer’s, and Much More Science to Know! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on...
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Let's Pretend With Some Science!
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Twilight ALAN Problems, YouTube, Sea Lion Moms, Apes Play Pretend, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that you can find TWIS in all the podcast...
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Just A Little Duct Tape & Science
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Story Updates!, Vapor Tracking, Roadkill, Lanternfly, Worms, Caterpillars, Conservation, Prediction From Memory, SpacexAi, Defining Consciousness, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science...
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Snakes on a train?
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Nasal Vaccine, Artificial Light & Pollen Season, EVs, Train Snakes, Heavy Hoppers, Hot Tubbin Macaque, Howlers, Language, Parkinsons, Dread, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast…
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Why Tilt at Windmills?
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview with Dr. Clare Fieseler, Windmill, Acetaminophen, Fight Aging, Artificial Light & Pollen, Bloody Mossies, T. rex, Hot Tubbin, Howler Monkeys, Cow Tools, Cow Food, and Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode…
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The Uncertainty of Science
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Hot Waters, Plastic Bombshell?, The Desert, African EV’s, Red Hair Reason, Queen Bees, AI Issues, Deer Scrapings, Pore Problems, Rhythm Recognitions, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science...
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Sanitize Your Timeline with Science
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: COVID Cases, Surprising Survival, Oldest Humans?, Old Poison, 400-year-old shark eyes, Bacterial Brains, Treating Alzheimer’s Disease, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on...
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Tilting at Tumbleweeds
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Space Gum, Dinosaur Dots, Elephants & Bees, Kids & Dogs, Glyphosate Ghostwriting, Tilting Tumblebots, Necroprinter, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And,...
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What's in a Name?
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: NREL Rename, Red Head Problems, Too Hot for Plants, Cat Companions, Visualize Science, Battery Battering, And Much More in The Name of Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch....
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TWISgiving Gratitude
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Virtual Brain, Cockroach Cuddles, Lactaid Appreciation, Gratitude for Understanding Ourselves, And Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find...
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What Does the Bin Chicken Say?
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Seagulls, Bad References, Bin Chicken, Woodpeckers, Parasitic Animals, Wolves and Crabs, Animal-Free Brains, Bye-bye Memories, Baby Hacking, And Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on…
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Science & Wine Roulette
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Causing Disease, Malaria, Education Interrupted, Super Nova Shape, Super Nova Questions, Horny Bee, Lady Brains, Brain Fixes, Organoid Issues, Memory Growth, and Much More Science & Wine! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode…
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The Verifiable Science Show
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview with Virginia Gewin, Scientific Destruction, AI Wildlife, Recreating People, Baby T. Rex, Crab Homes, Biggest Web, Antibiotic Brain Health, Memory, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our...
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TWISoween 2025
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Whale Poop, Midnight Songbats, Vole Teeth, Multi-Species Walking Paths, Rats that hunt Bats, And Much More TWISoween! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you…
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What Do Aliens Know Anyway?
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview with Dr. Daniel Whiteson, It’s Jupiter’s Fault, Squirrels, Metabolic Limits, Pandas, Mini-Brains, Flatworms, Flying, Lead Brains, And Much More Aliens! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on...
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Free to be Science-y
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Nobel Prize Time, Tired Blood, Cheesy Spider Feet, What Are You Eating?, Connected States, Intersex spider found, Leafcutter Ants, Dolphin Alzheimers, ChatGPMouseBrain, Nanoparticles, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the…
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This One Is For the Fearless
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Cassini, Fungal Evolution, Swimming Jaguars, Mouse Microbes, Cancer News, Lizard Snake, Dodo Birds, Electricity & Crabs, Cold Robot, Getting Oldest, Junk Food Brain, and Much More Fearless Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full…
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How to Pronounce Acetaminophen
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: It’s Ig Nobel Season!, Cats!, Fish, Extinct Herbivores, Magic Mushrooms, Plastic Brains, Astrocyte Conductors, Social Spiders, and Much More Science to Pronounce! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube...
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Interview: Science Under Siege
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview with Dr. Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., about Science Under Siege. Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that you can find TWIS in all the podcast...
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