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 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, a zoologist. Consistently voted one of the top science radio shows on the web - check it out and hear a science news program like no other.

  1. 5 DAYS AGO

    Play Around With Science!

    This Week: Mouse Genes, Neander-games, DESI News Update!, Haunted House study, First Nation agriculture, Hallucination, Backyard Bird Learning, Monkeys, AI Poetry, And Much More Science!

    2h 4m

  2. NOV 15

    Science Is Better When Done Together

    This Week: CO2, Dark Matter, Infection Diagnosis, Stem Cells, Breast Cancer, The UN, Bored People, Depression Help, Nervous System Work Out, Tired & Angry, And Much More Science!

    1h 59m

  3. NOV 1

    Science for the Greater Good

    This Week: Interview W/Juliana Tafur, In the Mirror, Pregnancy Brain, Why Clowns, Bridging Differences, 7-Day Challenge, And Much More Science!

    1h 29m

  4. OCT 25

    How Much Toilet Water Would You Drink?

    This Week: Interview W/Dr. Steven V. Rouse, Tasmanian Tigers, Ovulation, Toilet Water, Doulas, Global Warming, Polarizing People, Human Biased, The Next Jaws, And Much More!

    2h 3m

  5. OCT 18

    Some JWSTful Thinking About the Universe

    Interview W/Ethan Siegel, Clipper Sets Sail, Galactic Billiards, Hidden Tomb, Dental Reality Check, Jedi Rats, Lion Diet, Elephant Wrinkles, And A Whole Universe of More Science!

    2h 24m

  6. OCT 11

    Who Are The Science Winners?

    This Week: It's Nobel Time!!!, Pessimistic Bees, Birds Of A Foot, Plunging Biodiversity?, Combining Jellies, Run Time?, Distant Mirror, DNA Maps, Eating Alzheimer's, Divided Days, And Much More Science!

    2 hr

  7. OCT 1

    Slapfight Science Night

    This Week: It's Climate Week!, Bacterial Quick Change, Pollinators, Bronze-Age Cheese, Ancient AI, Magma Soup, Snake Origins, Ant Queens, Mile High Microbiota, Weird Galaxies, Virtual Fish Maze, Man Brain Cycle, Slapfights, Sleep On It, And Much More Science!

    2h 10m

  8. SEPT 20

    Take Out The Trash, Pour out the Cats

    This Week: It's IgNobel Time!, Thermal Collecting Coral, PLANT NEWS, Nanobreath, Food Dye Discovery, Get Out The Trash, Earth Rings, Bumblebee Memories, Decoy Dolphins, Liquid Cats, Spy Squids, Human Cement, ChatGTP does Good?, Learning By Thinking, Memory Trash, And Much More Science!

    2h 17m
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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, a zoologist. 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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