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This Week: The Nose Knows, COVID-19 in Wildlife, Flying Hippos, Warp Drive, CBG, Toxo for Good, Komodo Dragons, Snakes, Doctors, Firearms, No Buy AI, Agents of Fear, Attractive Odors, And Much More Science!
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Disclaimer, Disclaimer, Disclaimer!!!
The following program deals with science.
That thing that everyone in the modern world relies on.
From health providers, technology innovators, and energy producers,
To conspiracy theorists, sci-fi writers, and social media influencers.
For better or worse, everything we do these days,
Revolves around science.
Merely think of a thing,
Anything…
And to be sure,
Science has too.
From an artist’s paint formula,
To the manufactured pharmaceuticals in your medicine cabinet,
From the material make up of sneaker soles,
To the recipe for the concrete they are treading on.
Your car, your phone, your food, your bed,
Your clothes, your beverage, your home, your head.
All are a product of a modern world revolving around,
Discoveries made in science.
And so, we present to you a snapshot picture frame,
Of your modern world in motion,
Moving from one discovery to the next,
In a tilt-o-whirl of carnivalesque excitement and dread.
Here on This Week In Science!
Some quick science news!
The Nose Knows
Is the first line of medical defense against respiratory viruses actually your nose?
COVID-19
Is widespread in wildlife
When hippos fly
What happens to species over time?
Watching For Warp Drive
Could gravitational wave detectors also show us warp drive signatures of advanced spacefaring alien species?
CBG
reduces anxiety
Toxo For Good!
Maybe parasites can be allies?
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
The dragon in the iron teeth
Add that to the list of ways the Komodo is a formidable opponent
This just in, invasive snake bad at snake-ing
And that somehow makes them a worse nuisance
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What Science News Does Justin Have?
Not Trusting Doctors
Even when they are being awesome
Regulating firearms reduces firearm mortality
How surprising!
What humans are good at…
Listen and find out
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Some Science stories with Kiki!
No Buy AI
Does hearing the term AI make you more or less likely to buy?
Agents Of Fear
What molecules are at the root of our fear responses?
Attractive Odors
Are we measuring things correctly?
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Take a blast into the past…
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