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PODCAST

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast

Dr. Kiki Sanford

The kickass weekly science and technology radio show presenting a humorous and irreverent look at the week in science and tech. Each show 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 Dr. Kirsten Sanford, a PhD in neuroscience, Justin Jackson, a wisecracking professional car salesman and armchair physicist, and Blair Bazdarich,

science news commentary

All Episodes

01:27:38

Don't Forget Your Towel OR Science!

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/05/27

This Week: AI Updates Theory, Living with dogs, Termite Travels, Gliding Salamanders, Aging Cells Go Placental, Jackdaw Coordination, Diabetic COVID Susceptibility, Not More Severe, Vaccination & Long COVID, Dolphins pee pals, Sea turtles need shades, Corvid Smarts, Comparing Sleeping Brains, And Much More!

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01:30:33

Galactic Navel Gazing

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/05/19

This Week: Tabula Sapiens, Denisovan tooth, Tiny dentists, NeuroMechFly, Renewables Lifeline, Rocket Realism, Eat your vegetables, Conservation Wins!, Cockroaches, Spiders, Headbutting Muskoxen, Medical contact lens for glaucoma, Video Game Smarts, Stimulate The Circuits, And Much More!

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01:39:27

Why is Helium Rising?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/05/12

This Week: Atmospheric Rise, Viva La Virus, Concussions, One In 10, California, Fungal Fitness, Stress and fertility, Ominous Omicron, COVID Creativity, Good news, Dolphins with the Snake, Bee like Bats, Ancient indigenous Uruguay DNA, Healthy tattoos, Brain Fluid Boost, Brain Squirts, Brain Berries, And Much More!

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01:38:38

May the Fourth be with us!

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/05/05

This Week: Black Hole Sound, Poo Pills, Abortion, Global warming will kill all the fish, Coral Coves, Sweet CO2, What's that? A tired bird?, Bats, Vegetarian kids, Bioreactor burgers, Eye Screen, Factory Resets, Reset Diseases, And Much More!

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01:50:06

This show has teeth!

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/04/28

This Week: Death, Regeneration, Fear, All Your Base, Snot Bugs, Yamanaka factor, Locating Lupus, Lockdowns, New mRNA Vaccines, Great Tits, Teeth, Fire Control, Microbe Survivalists, Brain Ocean, Altered Arousal, And Much More!

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02:01:18

Going Cuckoo For Earth Day!

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/04/21

This Week: Earth Day Climate, Sound cures cancer... in rats, SQuRo, the robot rat, Accelerating Currents, Acoustical Charging, The Oreometer, Long COVID, Viral Feces, Get Smart, Cuckoos, Black Rhinos, 500 million-year-old camera lens, Spicey fuel cells, Lying Lyres Like Drama, Aphantasia, And Much More!

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01:54:17

Can the Internet Handle This Science?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/04/14

This Week: Scientific Scepticism, Linking Brains, Biodiversity with Leeches, Less Lightning, Electricity from archaea, Porpoise's, Chimps, Rhesus monkey hearts, Missing hub of humans, Space Balloons, Baby Brains, Plant Protection, And Much More!

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01:44:27

Are Brains or Brawn Better?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/04/07

This Week: Honey Tech, Squid Games, Nighttime Solar Energy, Fungal Phenomena, Nighttime Solar, XE Identified, WHO Plan, Infection Inflammation, Bat Buddies, Darwin vs. bigotry, Fungal Phone, Asbestos, Brain Changes, And Much More...

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01:35:12

Science Appreciates Manatees

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/03/31

This Week: How AI will kill everyone, Tissues, Caribou, Nasal sprays for covid, Vaccine vs Vaccine, Fruit Fly Sperm, Boa Constrictor Breathing, Rude AI, Two Legged Snakes, And Much More...

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01:56:01

What should Astronauts Eat?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/03/24

This Week: RNA Replication, Space Health, Entangled Protons, Robot Control, Ruffs, Totipotent Cells, Climate Optimism, Replication, Mind Control, And Much More!

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01:53:22

When Irish Pi Are Smiling

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/03/17

This Week: Egg To Offspring, Female jockeys, Webb Alignment, Homeopathy, Cell Lineage, Good news; but just Blairly, COVID Rising, School Masking, Birds Smell, Fire Bad, Fire Good, The Winning Mindset, Mouse Perception, And Much More...

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01:59:31

What is the Secret to Longevity?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/03/14

This Week: Science Headlines, Hybrid Genes & Mammoth Things, Napping Sharks, Mice Aging Cured, Jay Learning, 10-Legged Octopus?, Animal Sounds, Storm Water Emissions, Shackleton's Ship!, Worm Decisions, Aging Brains, And Much More...

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01:29:05

How to Pronounce Science

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/03/04

This Week: Science & Policy, Mask Pollution, Personality Takes Guts?, Let's Eat Bugs, Cancer Cures, Tires Are Bad, Chimp Learning, Animal All-Nighters, Face Mask Followings, Epigenetic Brain MRI, Energetic Vision, Space Quickies, And Much More...

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01:38:47

It's not Twosday. It's Science Day!

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/02/26

This Week: It's A Gas, Tapir Frog, Synthetic Neurons, Why Tie Tubes?, The Birds, COVID Vs. HIV, Vaccine Networks, Lizard Tails, Self-aware Fish, Rat Time, Singing In The Brain, Brain Death, And Much More...

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01:35:11

How to Make A Time Crystal

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/02/24

This Week: Time Crystals, HIV Cured?, Sex Ed, AI Fashion Maps, Extreme Life, Heart Fish, Venom Resistant Birds, Animal Optimism, Bacteria & Fatigue, Caloric Restriction, Clutter Or Enrichment?, MS Twins Study, And Much More...

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01:38:36

Is This The Science Trap?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/02/11

This Week: Scientific Resignation, Fusion Megajoules, Laser-Powered Martian Spaceship, Nervous Spider Silk, Partner Pathogens, COVID Update, Cheater Crabs, Chimp Bug Medicine, Old Europeans, App Avoidance, Sonogenetic Science, Friendly Lady Brains, And Much More...

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01:02:30

Why is One the Loneliest Number?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/02/04

This Week: Earth's Trojans, Artificial Leaf, Better Plastic?, Electric Microbes, Capybara Guts, COVID Update, Alcohol Reduction, Mental Mashup, Exercise Harder, And Much More...

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01:29:18

How to Grow a Leg

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/01/28

This Week: Webb Wins, Dinosaur Death Month, Growing Frog Legs, Ichthyosaurs Went Backwards, How Deep Is Life?, COVID Update, Hippo Language, Female Feline Flirts, Artificial Sweetness, And Much More...

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01:36:21

Within the Margin of Error

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/01/21

This Week: Error Free Quantum Computing?, Billions Of Black Holes, Concussion Urine, Poo Pills For People, Antifreeze Mice, Ribosome Disruption, COVID Update, Helpful Neighbors?, US Tiger Problem, Martian Life?, Bone-Building Bots, And Much More...

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01:42:48

How to Transplant a Pig Heart

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/01/14

This Week: Pig Heart Transplant, Older Modern Humans, Dolphin Clitoris, Moon Churn, Moon Chum, Zoo Air, COVID Update, Spider Pants, Dog Language, My Little War Pony, Drug-Laden Invasion, Genetic Fingerprints, Fixing Broken Hearts, And Much More...

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