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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

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01:35:50

TWIS 2022 Science Predictions

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2022/01/07

This Week: Predictions from 2021, Predictions for 2022, Schrödinger's Tardigrade, Fishmobile, Hostile Earth, Amputee Advantage?, Baby Cry Recognition, Crow Tools, Bear Guts, No Matter Difference, And Much More...

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01:47:12

The Top Science News of 2021

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2021/12/31

This Week: What does This Week in Science think were the year's top science stories? This end-of-year episode counts down the Top 11 science news stories of 2021, and much more...

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01:32:09

Bringing TWISmas Cheer with Science!

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2021/12/18

This Week: Krypton Origins, Probing The Sun, Defusing A Bomb, Dog-Fish-Worm Parasite, New Organs, 14 New Shrews!, COVID-19, 10,000 Monoliths, Pregnant In America, Neandertals Loved Fire, Plastic Brains, Life On Earth, And Much More...

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01:37:37

What Time Does Science Say to Eat?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2021/12/12

This Week: Pollution & Sex, Just Good News, Salmon Taste Test, Primate Cavities, Unconfirmable Results, Daytime Eating Good, COVID Update, Light Flyers, Spider Boys, Bear Feet?, Prison Education, Klotho Strength, Brain Boost, And Much More...

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01:29:52

Science to Soothe Your Mississippi Madness

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2021/12/04

This Week: Xenobot Reality Check, Spicy Breast Milk, Sperm Plastic, Solar Water, Flexible Biorepair Gel, COVID Update, Community Hippo Poop, Fishing Monkeys, Internet Of Brains, Brain PING, And Much More...

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01:46:18

It's TWISGiving 2021!

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2021/12/01

This Week: Talk About Space, Just Good News: Big Brother Edition, Face Touching, Storing Carbon, Baby jokes, Baby Smells, STEM Gender Bias, Worm Mind Reading, COVID Update, Meat Eating Bees, Ant Spit, Missing Link, Post Paris Picture, Mammoth Find, Seabirds Aren't Turkeys, The Albatross Difference, And Much More...

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01:32:30

What Would You Call It?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2021/11/19

This Week: Natural HIV Cure?, Telescope Names, Disrupting Bacteria, Lungfish Cocoons, COVID Update, Orangutan Art?, Cats Do Care, Exercise Guts, Grandmother Brain, Psychopathic Society, And Much More...

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01:39:22

Talking Science on World Science Day!

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2021/11/12

This Week: Telescope Bias, Just Good News: Tech Edition, No Good Ski Wax, Protein Mapping, Disgusting Humans, Sound The Alarm, COVID Update, Penis Worm Shells, Fish Rubbing, Language Trace, Future Hurricanes, Different Neurons, Sponge Nerves, Pain Signal, And Much More...

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01:41:34

Are You Jelly of the Science?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2021/11/05

This Week: Hot Planet Big Rain, Different Rocky Planets, Just Good News, ALAN Ruining Things, Promiscuous Proteins, Australian Gas, Old Cat Hips, COVID Update, Dead Fruit Flies, Murderous Chicks, Climate Convention Update, Magnetic Treatment, Long Lived Proteins, And Much More...

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01:42:46

Is This Spoopy Science?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2021/10/29

This Week: It Wasn't Aliens, Mummy Mystery, Hare Suits, No New Neutrino, Tracing Sitting Bull, Tell The Tooth, Hippo The Size, Prairie Dog Kisses, Falklands Find, Termite BRAINS!, Feeling Threatened?, And Much More...

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01:38:01

How to Monkey Around with Science

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2021/10/22

This Week: Transplant Success?, Wooden Tools, Green Energy, Blood Update, Ducks In a Row, COVID Update, Natalia Reagan, Just Good News, Simulated Sniffer, Lady Brains, Sleep Training, And Much More...

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01:25:40

How Do You Dig Fossils?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2021/10/15

This Week: Space Future?, Just Good News, Ancient Poop, Water On Mars!, Climate Extinction, Strange Space Signals, Molar Emergence, Gorillas Hear Voices, Human Survival, Real Bible Stories, Pain Fingerprint, Dye Storage, And Much More...

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01:37:26

Who Are the Science Prize Winners?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2021/10/08

This Week: Nobel Prizes!, Fat Bears, Stressed Solitude, No Spider Medicine?, Old Bears, Error Correction, COVID Update!, Worm Milk, Cold Women, Ancient Jaw, Just Good News, Brain Implant Success, Constipation Memory, And Much More...

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01:43:47

Pump Up the Science!

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2021/10/01

This Week: Old Rock Life, Bat Friends, Following Fish Pee, Interview W/ Bill Schutt RE: Pump, Giraffe Towers, Save The Rabbits, New Mexican Footprints, Just Good News, Love Bites, Brainy Storyteller, And Much More...

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01:53:21

How Metal is Science?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2021/09/24

This Week: Wildfire Smoke, 3D Printed Future, Interview w/ Dr. Michael D.L. Johnson re: Metal & Microbes, Moth Manipulations, Seahorse Placentas, Salt For Cancer, Old Dark Energy, Autistic Identity, Hot BioFuel, Tiny Robots, Memory Formation, And Much More...

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01:44:16

Science For Inspiration

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2021/09/17

This Week: IgNobel Awards!, Martian Rocks, Pulse Connection, Under Pressure, Mammoth Solution?, COVID-19 Update, Toilet-Trained Cows, Cannibal Butterflies, Tiny Anchors, Protein Aging, Hearing Hope, KidneyX Prize, And Much More...

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01:41:49

Will Nuclear Fusion Ever Work?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2021/09/10

This Week: Fusion Magnets, Justin's Good News, Transplant Sniffer, Shape Shifters, Perseverance Payoff, Duck Talk, COVID Update, Gecko Bot!, Dog Knowledge, Bad Police Behavior, Cellular Mimmic, Danger Smellers, Cat Stripes, And Much More...

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01:44:14

What's Up with Science NOW?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2021/09/03

This Week: Disappearing Debris, Just Good News, Pay What?, Step On It, Old Chinese Beer, Muscular Microbes, INTERVIEW W/ Dr. Alok Patel RE: COVID & NOVA NOW, Octopus Ladies, Cockatoo Tools, CRIBS For Coral, Microbial Rain, Genetic Friends, Personality Faces, And Much More...

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01:49:45

Digging in the Science Dirt

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2021/08/27

This Week: Space Vs Health, Evolution Education, Isolated Flies, Eat For Life, Interview W/ Dr. Noah Fierer RE: Antarctic Microbes, Babbling Baby Bats, Choking Under Pressure, Preventing Plant Pests, Caribbean Cannibals?, Political Prison Profit, Brainy Organoids, Social Tourette's Tics, And Much More...

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01:11:02

Maybe it Could Have Been Worse?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2021/08/27

This Week: Fusion Breakthrough, Children Are Different, Targeting Cancer, COVID Update, Polygamous Woodpeckers, Big City Mammals, CFC's & Climate Change, Contact Tracing?, Camo Chameleons, And Much More...

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