-This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast-

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-This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast-

The kickass weekly science and technology radio show presenting a humorous and irreverent look at the week in science and tech. Each week TWIS discusses the latest in cutting edge science news on topics such as genetic engineering, cybernetics, space exploration, neuro science, and a show favorite: "Countdown to World Robot Domination". The show is hosted by Kirsten, a PhD candidate in neuroscience, and Justin, a wisecracking professional washing machine salesman and armchair physicist. Consistently voted one of the top science radio shows on the web - check it out and hear a science news program like no other.

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    This Week in Science - December 20, 2005 Broadcast

    Snuffaluppawoolies, The genes they are a'changin, What's in a Smile Anyway?, Mommy, what big hands you have, Robot saves the day, Badgers? We don't need no stinkin' badgers!

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    This Week in Science - December 13, 2005 Broadcast

    Brainiacs in Full Audio, Holes in the Poles, Glopitty-Glop and Fishety Food, Eyes on the Brain, Dingbats and darned balls, Don't you trust me baby?, Gimme a D!, Doin a little evolution dance

  3. 36

    This Week in Science - November 15, 2005 Broadcast

    Gassy Winds, Lichens in Space, Evidence for life on earth?, Poor little Hayabusa, Gravity Tugboat, Hot Highbeams, Fruit tree chasers, Brain building thru meditation, Pandas!!!, Big dead animals

  4. 35

    This Week in Science - November 08, 2005 Broadcast

    Religious considerations, Gross things that you eat, Kiki's hometown heads-up, Viva la bacterial resistance, Eyes on the space station, They all fall down, Vestigialities, Turkey no burney, Fear and Loathing

  5. 34

    This Week in Science - November 01, 2005 Broadcast

    Fighting the flu, Does a moon make a planet?, Blue Tooth Phone home, King Tut vino veritas, Justin feels insignificant, Elephant graveyards, You really do know better, Brains, brain,s brain, brains

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    This Week in Science - January 10, 2006 Broadcast

    Stardust, measuring Charon's middle, Cough Syrup debacle, Flippin' Ocean Currents, Interview w/ Christopher Scott author of Stem Cell Now

  9. 30

    This Week in Science - January 03, 2006 Broadcast

    TWIS Predictions and Resolutions for 2006, stem cells, avian flu, teaspoons, the munchies

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    This Week in Science - December 27, 2005 Broadcast

    The year in review: The Top 11 Science Stories of 2005

  11. 28

    This Week in Science - December 06, 2005 Broadcast

    NJ Bear Hunt, Drunk Elephants on Parade, Science smartypants, Wormholes and honeypots, What shade your pants, Gulf Stream Slow down, Insect Atmosphere Killer, ASSumptions make an ape, Strange beasts run amok

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    This Week in Science - November 29, 2005 Broadcast

    Ice Cores in time, Marx takes the UN, Threats to the endangered, Where in the world is Beth Wolinski?, You are what you wear, Hoorah for Hayabusa, Dust bunnies on the Moon, Living Pictures, Hwang Suk-ing

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    This Week in Science - October 11, 2005 Broadcast

    Race for Robot Domination, Kermie-hats, The sun for cheap, Are they really dino-birdies?, Dead sexy spider, cell phone cell radiation, Interview w/ Dr. Andreas Albrecht re: Theoretical Physics and Dark matter

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    This Week in Science - September 20, 2005 Broadcast

    Greg Puts In A Guest Appearance, Piscine Parasitic Paralinguals, Japanese Arcade Automatons, More Grasshopper Threadworms, Escaped Plague Mice, Evil Memory Eraser

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    This Week in Science - September 13, 2005 Broadcast

    Farmers' Fungus Fret, Birdsong Singalong, Mercury Rising, TWIS Gets Spacey, Big-ass Flying Reptiles, Little Jumping Robots, Bats and SARS, Dead Skin Cake

  16. 23

    This Week in Science - September 06, 2005 Broadcast

    Burning Man Recap, Chumming for Gulls, Parasitic Body Snatchers, Plus an Interview with Science and Politics Journalist Chris Mooney.

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    This Week in Science - August 30, 2005 Broadcast

    Justin Mans the Helm, History of Penicillin, Plus an Interview with Dr. Stuart Freedman and his Facinating Work at the KAMland Kamioka Liquid Scintillator Anti Neutrino Detector in Japan.

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    This Week in Science - August 23, 2005 Broadcast

    Banned Chicken Drugs, World Robot Domination, Glacial Travails, Fetal-Maternal Stem Cell Rejuvenation, Microflora and Bacterial Intelligent Design.

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    This Week in Science - March 15, 2005 Rebroadcast (Brian Greene)

    This show is a rebroadcast of our March 15, 2005 interview with Dr. Brian Greene - Author of "The Elegant Universe". Kirsten is off in Washington D.C. this week doing big science stuff - normal programming will resume 8/23 so stay tuned!

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    This Week in Science - August 09, 2005 Broadcast

    Happy B-Day Kirsten, Ecstasy = Parkinson's Cure?, Insect DDT Aphrodisiac, Plus an Interview with Dr. Abigail Salyers, Author of "Revenge of the Microbes".

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    This Week in Science - August 02, 2005 Broadcast

    March of the Penguins, RFID - I Got You Under My Skin, KDVS Spacewalk, Dinosaur Hatchlings, Plus an Interview with Dr. Lucy Brown on the Physiology of Love.

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    This Week in Science - July 26, 2005 Broadcast

    Shuttle Liftoff, Pentagon People Zappers, Intrabacterial Warfare, Plus a Fascinating Interview with Robert Lang on the Mathematics of Origami.

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    This Week in Science - July 12, 2005 Broadcast

    Chicken Sex Fakery, Female Adultery Stinks, Cetacean Sleeping, Prodigal Parrots, RGB Jellyfish, Plus an Interview with Michael Reynolds of the Earthship Biotecture Group.

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    This Week in Science - July 05, 2005 Broadcast

    Ginormous Carp, Binge Sleep Boffins, La Fusion Dans La France? Oui Oui!, Kirsten's Ant-Soap Skinnerisms, Plus an interview with Dr. Michael Reichle of the California Geological Survey on the topic of Earthquakes

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    This Week in Science - June 28, 2005 Broadcast

    TWIS Podcasting Worldwide, Sauron Eye In The Sky, ChickenPiggyPukePuke, ISS Meets Clarissa, Science Feeling The Squeeze, A Lunatic Gets On The Air

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    This Week in Science - June 21, 2005 Broadcast

    This Week in the End of the World, Solar Sail Test Run, Robotic Detectives, Time Travel Twisters, Youthful Ripe Grapefruits, Springtime...Now With More Orgasms

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    This Week in Science - June 14, 2005 Broadcast

    Raisin Toothpaste, Astronomical Cellphone Pollution, HeteroPorn Virility, Oceanic Mucus Nets

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    This Week in Science - June 07, 2005 Broadcast

    No Kirsten = Chaos, World Robot Domination, Israeli Scuba Alternative, Handy Dolphin Tools, Ebola Virus Vaccine

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    This Week in Science - May 31, 2005 Broadcast

    Rockin' Intro Song, Sexy Spiders, Lab-Grown Diamonds, Super-Predator Extinctions, AC/DC Prozac, FDA Payola, Space Tether Trials

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    This Week in Science - May 24, 2005 Broadcast

    Killer FrankenCorn, Couch Potato Sneakers, Archimedes WarGod, Plus a Special Interview with NPR "Math Guy" - Keith Devlin

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    This Week in Science - May 17, 2005 Broadcast

    Kirsten's Phone Number, Apocalypse Test Run, Genital Drag Coefficient, Tickle/Pain Paradox, The Monkeys Are Escaping

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    This Week in Science - May 10, 2005 Broadcast

    Exploading Toads, Acupuncture Fakir, Justin was a Mistake, Sexologist Conference, PLUS an Interview with Dr. Thomas Harter of the UC Davis Hydrology Dept.

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    This Week in Science - May 03, 2005 Broadcast

    Racial Penis Myths, Post-Apocolyptic Flys, Nuclear Guinea Pigs, PLUS an Interview with Dr. Brian Czech of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady-State Economy

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    This Week in Science - April 26, 2005 Broadcast

    Death From Below, Free Bioweapons for All, PLUS Interview with Former Asst Secretary of Energy Joseph Romm on the Fallacy of the Hydrogen Economy

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    This Week in Science - April 19, 2005 Broadcast

    KDVS Fundraiser,Flu Pandemic Flubbery, Not Painless Lethal Injections, Australia Bashing

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    This Week in Science - April 12, 2005 Broadcast

    Avian Adultry, Trusting da'Guvment, Bluelight Toofbrush, Roundup Will Kill Us All

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    This Week in Science - April 05, 2005 Broadcast

    Anti-Terrorist Cotton, A Cure For Bubbleboy, Telepathic Monkeys, World Robot Domination, This Week in Science History Quiz

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    This Week in Science - March 29, 2005 Broadcast

    Dirty Virgins, Cat Allergy Vaccine, History of the Microscope, PLUS an Interview with Richard Glen Boire of the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The kickass weekly science and technology radio show presenting a humorous and irreverent look at the week in science and tech. Each week TWIS discusses the latest in cutting edge science news on topics such as genetic engineering, cybernetics, space exploration, neuro science, and a show favorite: "Countdown to World Robot Domination". The show is hosted by Kirsten, a PhD candidate in neuroscience, and Justin, a wisecracking professional washing machine salesman and armchair physicist. Consistently voted one of the top science radio shows on the web - check it out and hear a science news program like no other.

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