TWIS Bookclub — May — The Stuff of Thought
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature Steven Pinker What are the deep structures of language? What are the deep structures of thought? What insights about thought can we gain by...
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Elsevier Jumps, Antimatter Hunt, Neander Pirates, Asteroid Itokawa Update!, New Improved Marijuana, TWIWRD, Hunting Ancient Ohio'ns, An Interview W/ Carl Zimmer About Viruses, And Much More!
View ArticleGetting Handy, The Rock Hyrax Sings, And Chilly Science
Episode 366 of This Week in Science broadcast live from the TWiT Network on 19 April 2012. Discussion topics include: Evolving XNA, Moving A Hand, Blair’s Animal Corner, No Bird Magnets, Cooler Heads...
View Article17 May, 2012 – This Week in Science
Body Clock Origins, Giant Turtle, Gila Monster Spit, Crows Know, Whale Ears, Happy Parent-ville, Superflare Fun, Bionic Eyes, Dolphin Speaker, Zebrafish Gene Mix, Ring Of Fire, And Much More...
View Article09 August, 2012 – This Week in Science
Science Is Curiosity, Slow And Sneaky, Growing Family Tree, Dolphins Got Culture, Booster!, LHC Update, TWIWRD, Bacterial Babies, Mean Tweets, Digital Sarcasm, And Much More!!!
View Article11 October, 2012 – This Week in Science
Caffeine and Alzheimers, Pee-mouthed Turtles, Animal Hands, Slime Mold Memories, Bacterial Gut Viruses, And Much More...
View Article25 October, 2012 – This Week in Science
Science On Trial, Really Cool Poop, Yawning At Puppies, Making Tractor Beams, Brain Food Cooks, Grandma Did It, And Much More...
View Article11 July, 2013 – This Week in Science
Blitzars and Blue Planets, Human Language Is Old, Sharks Are Awesome, Cat Poop, Dark Matter Ponderings, Battling The Bugs, Life In Vostok, Moth Sex, Sphinxes, And Much More...
View Article14 November, 2013 – Episode 439 – This Week in Science
New Flus, There Is Nothing Left To Fear But.. Bacteria, Brains For Bots, Bee Business, Sea Slug Sex-capades, Fruit-Loving Crocs, Don't Call It Junk, Big Brother Brain, Fungal Dangers, Little Red Riding...
View Article13 March, 2014 – Episode 455 – This Week in Science
Water Everywhere, Time Matters To Brains, Tiny Arctic T-Rex, Parents Care Longtime, Spider Ant Bodyguards, Pachyderm Linguists, Sexy Cannibal Dinner, World Robot Domination, Two Kinds Of O, People...
View Article17 July, 2014 – Episode 473 – This Week in Science
CDC Messiness, Toxo Cures Cancer, Eating Elephants, Google Warming, 8000 Year Old Brains, Squirrel Urbanity, Baboon Schedules, Fish Memories, Dead Animals Tell Tales, What Ladies Wear, Baby Talk,...
View Article21 August, 2014 – Episode 477 – This Week in Science
Life Under Ice, Seals And TB, Understanding TB, Deep Sea Dandruff, Dead Star Toothpaste, Zombie Ants!!!, Big Brained Fish, Animal Talk, Spiders Getting Bigger, Interview w/ Garth Sundem on Beyond IQ,...
View Article18 February, 2015 – Episode 502 – This Week in Science
AIDS Monkey Vaccine, Hazy Mars, Brush With A Star, Science Is Better, Sexist Neanderthals, Chimps Learn Language, Pigeon Smarts, Ladybug Guards, Monster Hurricanes, Epigenome Database, Talking...
View Article15 April, 2015 – Episode 510 – This Week in Science
Psychological Shakespeare, Sick Ant Hours, The Sick Sight, Super Hippos!, T-Rex Cannibalism, End Of The World, Better Fatty Brains, Whale Trail, Super Novelty Trick, Nicotine Alcoholics, Strong Ass...
View Article01 July, 2015 – Episode 521 – This Week in Science (TWIS)
Add A Second, Cometary Sinkholes, Another Blowup, Neander-Human Hybrid!, Another DNA Base?, Tropical Wyoming?, Pew Pew Pew, Fruit Fly Sex, Invertebrate Self-Love?, The Sex Difference, Epigenetic Brain,...
View Article16 September, 2015 – Episode 352 – This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
Another Hominid?, Oats For Paleos!, Global Oceans, Viral Babies, Panda Upside, Caterpillar Poop, Monogamy And Bird Love, Pheromoned Fruit Flies, Ultrasound For Brains, Basque Links, Cholesterol...
View Article30 September, 2015 – Episode 534 – This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
Tears Of Mars, Moon Water, Big Dry Trees, New CRISPR Tool, A Viral Tree, Fake Blood, Bee Tongues, Fish Lovin', Light Damage, BRAINy News, Memory Prosthetics, No Gravitational Waves, Proper Speaking,...
View Article13 April. 2016 – Episode 562 – This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
Breakthrough Starshot, Spaceship Bouncy House, Space X Win!, Clouds Need Ice, Bearcat Or Popcorn, Moths To Flame, Y No Meanders, LSD For Brains, Cure For Paralysis?, Vikings, Tilt-A-Whirl Earth, White...
View Article27 April, 2016 – Episode 564 – This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
Interview with Dr. Cat Lutz from the Jackson Lab, Stabby Animals, Needy Nightshade, Alien Oceanography, Brain Thesaurus, Addictive Genes, Antibiotic Progress, Fragile X Memory, Soil Bacteria, Dirty...
View Article21 September, 2016 – Episode 585 – This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
Tardigrade Protection Secret, Standard Model Spin, Tectonic Life, Island Murder Mystery, Can Pigeons Read?, Bite The Cow, Camouflaged Dinosaurs, Finish This Sentence, Out Of Africa, Ciliary Stroke, And...
View Article11 January, 2017 – Episode 601 – This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
New Life!, Spider Silk Spinning, Retro Virus Age, Avian Relations, Suburban Bird Divorce, Mouse Vision, Baboon Vowels, Glial Age, The Appendix, Predictions In Spaaaace!, Pitty Orchids, Superhero...
View Article03 May, 2017 – Episode 617 – This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
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View Article12 July, 2017 – Episode 627 – This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
Interview w/ Dr. Jens Foell, Death On Mars, Red Spot Images, Photon To Earth, Savage Snail Shells, Spider Ant, Quarreling Scientists, Melting, Death, Fix It, And Much More...
View Article13 September, 2017 – Episode 636 – This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
Interview w/ Emily Lakdawalla on Cassini Mission, Viking Warrior Wonderings, Voynich Not Much, To Sit Or Not?, Water Moon, Sleep-Deprived Sex Flies, Octo Origins, Squirrel Chunking, Stem Cell...
View Article20 September, 2017 – Episode 101 – This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
IgNobels 2017!!!, Bacteria And Cancer, Alzheimer's Progress, TWITEOTW, The Ultimate Sacrifice, All Hail Beelzebufo!, Easter Island People, Black Planet?, Blue Eggs, Why Blue?, No Sleep For Depression,...
View Article14 February, 2018 – Episode 658 – This Week in Science (TWIS) Podcast
How Many Loves?, Predictions Of Infidelity, Moving Mammoths, Loving The Flow, Femme Fatale Fireflies, Memory Is Sexy, Bunnies Abound, Pup Pituitary, Can't Buy Love, Can Buy Happiness, And Much More...
View Article08 August, 2018 – Episode 682 – This Week in Science (TWIS) Podcast
Interview on Crows w/ Kaeli Swift, Star Light Explosion, Safety In Numbers, Koala Junk, Blinded By Blues, Viking Walrus Ivory, Prozac Nature, Bee Youthful, Little Dog Complex, Exercise And Cocaine, 44...
View Article30 January, 2019 – Episode 706 – This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS)
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View Article12 June, 2019 – Episode 725 – Are We Kidding About Science?
Worm Behavior, Ancestor Cells, Mass in the Moon, Smart Bees, Elephant Nose, Twins No More, Making Universal Blood, Artery Hardening, Feather Lice Lives, Research Ban, Contagious Yawning, Sleep...
View Article04 December, 2019 – Episode 749 – Did It Really Start With A Bang?
Interview w/ Dr. Ethan Siegel, Shrinking Brains, Domesticated People, Questionable Domestication, Evasive Bacteria, Bird Breaks, Galapagos Finch Fear, Shrinking Birds, Listening Dogs, Frozen Pup, Foggy...
View Article19 August, 2020 – Episode 787 – How to Save a Cow
Take A Breath, Simple Speech, Slingshot Spiders, Drunk Sensors, Herpes Cure?, Eye Spots, COVID Update, Mystery Gas, Cosmic Rhythm, A Cartilage Fix, Morning Warmup, Baby Bat Babble, And Much More... The...
View Article16 December, 2020 – Episode 804 – TWIS the Season to Hibernate?
Extinction Patterns, What the Keck?, Diamond Sparkling Water, Human Faces, Fewer Hurricanes!, Computer Brains, COVID UPDATE, Spiders... In... Space!, Fish Radios?, MOND Prediction, Magnetic Chips,...
View Article28 April, 2021 – Episode 822 – This Show is Totally Reasonable
Mars Milestones, Whey To Go, Whale Speak, Malaria Success, Bacterial Biofilms, Anti-Stars?, COVID Update, Sponge Tracks, Fruit Fly Marathoners, Antibiotic Time Bomb, New Nomenclature, Drug-Finding...
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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...
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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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