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Exploring the OMG, WTF and LMFAOASMP of Science! Actual (computer) scientist and (sometimes) comedy writer Dr. Dave Ciaccio (Not a Doctor) gets in depth and/or wildly tangential about scientific discoveries, stories, theories, truths and rumors, with guest comedians, scientists, correspondents or whomever decides to drop in!
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Scientifically speaking the funniest podcast on the internet [citation needed]. On every episode of The Science Jerks, co-hosts Ciaccio and Chan bring in a guest comedian to help them take a deep look at the cutting-edge world of science and technology. They analyze current science news with barely-researched, gleeful abandon, often diving recklessly off the philosophical deep end, but more often than not devolving into tangents about sci-fi, film, politics, comics, culture and music.
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Nuclear Fusiology, Orbital Lunology, MyrmeMycoMycology, Space Madness and in Common Nonsense: Lensa and AI Art
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In this Episode Dr Ciaccio (not a doctor) looks into new advancements in Nuclear Fusion. The Artemis Mission including the Orion Spacecraft which just circumnavigated the moon, a Zombie Ant Fungus-eating Fungus, the USDA passes Lab-Grown Chicken meat, a Brain Computer Interface for coma victims, some Big Bustards that self medicate, a fake Black Ho…
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DART, Betelgeuse, Bumblebee Fish and The E-Dollar
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The DART Mission Scores, Betelgeuse Burps, The Megalodon Murders, Bumblebee Fish, ECASH and Con-Trails!
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Space Station Drama, Wolf Hunt Mania, and Screen-Time Madness
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Dr Ciaccio (not a doctor) looks at the science news of the month including the possible first measurement of Hawking Radiation, a titanium ball-drop on Venus, a hot new male contraception idea and the arrival of the Bat Falcon. Plus a Science AF short on the re-instatement of wolves to the endangered species list after a disastrous massacre/hunting…
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Space Telescopes, Dolphin Clitorae and Animal Farts
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Dr Ciaccio returns with a look at the news, including the Moon Hut, Ingenuity Helicopter grounded and a Goldfish-Driven Car. Short looks into the James Webb Space Telescope, possible evidence of Life On Mars, the probable cause of Multiple Sclerosis, and the Dolphin Clitorus. A Deep Dive into a way to reduce cow burps, and which animals fart. And f…
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Dragon Man, Mars Mushrooms, Coelacanth Ages and the Common Nonsense of Vitamin C
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Fake Dr Ciaccio looks into the new classification of human species known as the Dragon Man, a new age study is bad news for the prehistoric Coelacanth fish, and in common nonsense: does Vitamin C do anything for us? Plus are those mushrooms on Mars?
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DinoSociology, Robo Evolution, Extreme Chromology and Mars' Ingenuity
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Dr Ciaccio (not a doctor) talks about new info on the social lives of Tyrannosaurus Rexes, they might have had more friends than we thought, plus reportedly they were slow AF. Also, alarmist headlines aside, robots that custom make smaller robots are all the rage. In Color news there's a new whitest white and it's not a GOP fundraiser, it's a paint…
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Food Holograms, Self-Decapitating Slugs, Smog Diamonds and Earth's Magnetic Field Flips
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Dr Ciaccio (not a doctor) looks into new evidence from New Zealand about the last time the Earth's magnetic poles flipped around 42,000 years ago. Also a promising new technology can etch holograms onto foods, Slugs shed their heads (rather bodies) to get a fresh start and how diamonds made from the carbon in the atmosphere could be a climate boon.…
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Space Lasers, Mini Black Holes, AI Arcade and Why "The Chicken And Egg Problem" Is Nonsense!
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Dr Ciaccio (not a doctor) looks into a US military test of a pizza-box sized solar panel designed to beam microwave energy back to Earth. Plus scientists built a Black Hole in a lab (kinda) to test if Hawking Radiation is real. An AI built by Uber aced Pitfall and other 80s Arcade Games. And in Common Nonsense we take a look at why "the chicken and…
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Recombinant Viruses, Prehistoric Beer, Lucid Dreams and Extremophile Livin'
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Dr Ciaccio (not a doctor) looks into new science breakthroughs including the discovery of a newly discovered recombinant coronavirus strain that has pieces of two different strains. Plus the unearthing of a 5000 year old Egyptian Brewery that could get feed 9000 people a day. A new study in which researchers have communicated with lucid dreamers in…
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Light Levitation, Cacao Plight, Great Green Wall and Seven Minutes Of Terror
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Dr Ciaccio (not a doctor) looks at a new form of levitation that uses carbon nanotubes to harness light energy to float on a little puff of excited air. Also, what's causing cacao trees to produce fewer seeds, threatening our supplies of delicious chocolate and cocoa? In some good environmental news, The Great Green Wall of Africa just got a big bo…
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The Moon And Sleep, Plastic Bees, Transparent Wood and A.I. Art
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Dr Ciaccio (not a doctor) looks into the newest vaccine news, how the phases of the moon affect our sleep, the bee extinction and what we can do about it, windows made of wood, and why A.I. Art is only getting better.
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Dinosaur Buttholes, Moon Radio Waves, Gynandromorphs and The Screen Time Fallacy
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Host Dr Dave Ciaccio (not a doctor) looks into the current Covid numbers, including the apparent end of the upward surge! Plus in BiOMG we look at Gynandromorphs, the first preserved dinosaur butthole (cloaca, to be precise) and ancient terrifying Sand Worms. Plus in Climate Countdown, we look at Mushrooms that scrub the air and eat plastic. And Ey…
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Space Gases, Quantum Teleportation, Ogre-Faced Spiders and Innumeracy
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Dr Dave Ciaccio (not a doctor) talks about the new Biden Covid plan, advances in quantum teleportation and how innumeracy is driving misguided wars against the helpers.
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The Virus And The Vaccine, An Age-Reversing Drug, Space Mining and So Long Arecibo
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Dr Ciaccio (not a doctor) takes a look at the new coronavirus vaccine, a supposed age-reversing drug, a Japanese mining mission to an asteroid, a Chinese mining mission to the moon and the sudden collapse of the iconic Space Telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, featured in movies such as Goldeneye and Contact.…
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Drug Science and Microdosing with Jerry Hernandez
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Comedy writer Jerry Hernandez (@jerryismeh, The Happy Sappy Grown-Up Hour, LatinX Comedy Pachanga) joins host @daveciaccio to chat about science, including a Coronavirus update, helicopters on Mars, GMO Mosquitoes, Jurassic Park and the promising science of microdosing Ketamine, LSD, Magic Mushrooms (psilocybin), Peyote, Ayahuasca and more.…
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Virology, Epidemiology and the Covids with just Ciaccio
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Host Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) reports from isolation on all the science he could learn about viruses after weeks of isolation. Including pandemics from history, comparisons with other viruses, cleaning tips, symptoms to watch for and all the we know so far about the novel Coronavirus, SARS-Cov-2, and the disease, Covid-19, plus predictions about…
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Aviation and Aerospace with Winston Carter!
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Comedian Winston Carter (@winstonious, Drac and The Swamp Rats, The Winston Carter Murder Follies) joins host @daveciaccio to discuss everything that flies.... Jet Engines, Rockets, Flying Cars, Experimental Aircraft and lots of stories of air travel. Listen at scienceafpod.com, follow @scienceafpod on Twitter and Subscribe on iTunes and Stitcher.…
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Baboon Hearts, Head Transplants and Medical Science with Gary Petersen!
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Stand-up Gary Petersen (@comedygaryp) joins host @daveciaccio to talk about pig hearts in baboons, lab-grown lungs in pigs, a frog that can regrow limbs and the Italian scientist who is planning to do a head (ok, body) transplant in China. Listen at scienceafpod.com, follow @scienceafpod on Twitter and Subscribe on iTunes and Stitcher.…
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Social Democracy and Economics with Katie Dahlson!
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Comedian Katie Dahlson (@dahlsonator) joins host @daveciaccio to talk about political activism, socialism, democracy, liberalism, conservatism, communism, and all the other isms. Why is economics so hard to quantify? Why do people believe in weird things like the laffer curve and trickle-down economics? And why FDR-style liberalism is more centrist…
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Asteroids, Astrophysics and Quantum Conjecturing with Jake Kroeger!
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The Comedy Bureau's (thecomedybureau.com) Jake Kroeger (@mfjakekroeger, @notthesupermarket) joins host @daveciaccio to talk about mining asteroids, Armageddon situations, Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs), interstellar travel, the multi-verse, Quantum Mechanics and the theory of everything!
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The Science of Comedy Part II with Mike Upchurch
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Mike Upchurch (Mr. Show, The Chris Rock Show) returns to chat with @daveciaccio about types of comedy, the targets of satire, the changing tastes of society and the science of comedy writing.
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A.I., Androids, Cyborgs and Robots with Mike Roe!
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Journalist and comedy writer Mike Roe (@mikeroe, @LAist, KPCC) comes in to chat about the future of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. We talk about robots that can swim like jellyfish and fly like pigeons, and AIs that excel at poker, tactical MMORPG video games and even visual art. Will androids be commonplace? Will AIs pass the Turing Test? W…
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OMG, Climate Update 2020! with Josh Willis!
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Climate Scientist Josh Willis joins Ciaccio to talk about his work on the Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) project for NASA out of JPL. We talk about the climate prognosis plus active solutions to clean the air and the oceans and how to better educate people about science. Plus science news including the wuhan coronavirus, robots made out of frog cel…
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245: Gravity, IQ, Governance and Change
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Just Chan and Dave this week, as we greet Chan's new baby, Egon, and talk about the future of the show. Please stay tuned for our new show format coming soon! Gravity measured https://www.sciencenews.org/article/neutron-star-collision-gravitational-waves IQ and Anxiety https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bad-news-for-the-highly-intelligent/ …
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244: Erik Barnes on A Trip To The Moon, Minority Reporting with Music and the Social Pressures of Duck Penises
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Comedian Erik Barnes (@ErikWBarnes) joins us to talk about the new political push to go to the moon, an attempt to pick out psychopaths by music tastes and how duck penises respond to a drake's position in society. Don't Fall on the Moon https://www.popsci.com/astronaut-hurt-moon-rescue#page-3 MINORITY REPORT IS COMING https://www.theguardian.com/s…
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243: Erik Barnes on Falling Chinese Space Stations, Psychedelic Depression Treatments and Texture Camouflage
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Comedian Erik Barnes (@ErikWBarnes) joins us to talk about the impending crash to Earth of a disabled Chinese Space Station, how microdosing psilocybin, AKA magic mushrooms, has had positive results treating depression and anxiety, and a new type of camouflage that incorporates texture, much like the mighty octopus. THIS IS GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR …
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242: Winston Carter on Liquid Cremation, Enumerating Emotions and The Persistence of Human Evolution
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Filmmaker Winston Carter returns to talk about the controversial new method for cremating human remains with chemicals instead of fire, how many distinct emotions humans have and the ways in which humans are still evolving. WRING OUT YOUR DEAD https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dissolve-the-dead-controversy-swirls-around-liquid-cremation/ W…
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241: Winston Carter on Immortal Fruit Flies, Amazing/Terrifying Face Detection and Skin Cell Transmutation
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Filmmaker Winston Carter joins us to talk about a new technique to extend the lifespan of fruit flies, how amazingly good face detection algorithms have become and a way to turn skin cells into motor neurons. WE'VE MADE FRUIT FLIES IMMORTAL http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-biologists-slow-aging-extend-lifespan-of-fruit-flies BAD NEWS FOR INCO…
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240: Nate Siggard on Zika Killing Cancer, The SELF-DRIVE Act and Postpartum Depression in Men
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Artist Nate Siggard (SkinMotion.com) returns to chat with us about how the Zika virus is being used to fight Cancer, what the new driverless car legislation means for the future of driving and how postpartum depression in new fathers can lower stress in mothers. Plus we talk about the biological roots of racism. ZIKA CURES CANCER! SORT OF. https://…
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239: Nate Siggard on Neutron Star Collisions, Democratic Dogs and Heat-Resistant Streets
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Artist Nate Siggard (SkinMotion.com) joins us to talk about a possible collision of neutron stars found by the LIGO gravitational wave detector, how packs of wild dogs in Africa vote by sneezing, and how the city of Los Angeles is fighting warming by making white streets. LIGO TRACKING BIGGEST EXPLOSION EVER RECORDED https://www.sciencenews.org/art…
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238: Gerard Dean Peters on Millions of Black Holes, Marathon Microbes and Mobile Jewelry
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Gerard Dean Peters returns to talk to us about the recent discovery that there's way more Black Holes than we thought, the fact that marathon runners have a special runners' biome and what's the deal with roving jewelry. Plus we look into what Neil Armstrong or Buzz would have done if they had gotten stuck on the moon. THERE'S SO MANY BLACK HOLES h…
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237: Gerard Dean Peters on Asteroid Fly-Bys, Super-Volcano Solutions and Language Ethics
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Comedian Gerard Dean Peters stops by to help us take a look at some near-Earth Asteroids headed our way, what we should be doing to fight super-volcanoes and why speaking in your non-native language helps you to be more logical, and less emotional. EARTH GRAZIN' http://www.techtimes.com/articles/212546/20170812/asteroid-expected-to-skim-past-earth-…
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236: Miles Roberts on The A.I. Apocalypse, Ebola Semen and Augmented Reality Ads
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Miles Roberts (@milesboberts) returns to talk about what it means that two artificial intelligence robots learned their own language, why Ebola RNA is still showing up in survivors semen and how the "Third Space" of Augmented Reality is already selling adspace. A.I. APOCALYPSE http://www.snopes.com/facebook-ai-developed-own-language/ HELP! THERE'S …
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235: Miles Roberts on NASA's Planetary Protection Officer, Americans Getting Slower and The Cockroaches & The Bees
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Comedian Miles Roberts (@milesboberts) joins us talk about NASA's job posting for a Planetary Protection Officer, why American runners have been getting slower and cockroaches that farm mushrooms. Plus we take a close look at sexuality in space. PLANETARY PROTECTION OFFICER IS PROBABLY NOT THE JOB YOU THINK IT IS http://www.npr.org/2017/08/03/54135…
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234: Riley Silverman on Bacteria That Make You Altruistic, How Your Health Might Affect Your Children and How to Tell if Someone is Poor
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Standup Riley Silverman (@ryesilverman) returns to help us figure out if your gut bacteria can make you a good person, if your health choices can affect your offspring and why poor people look like poor, plus we get deep into genetic engineering, CRISPR, the transporter dilemma and debate the existence of a soul! Can your guts make you more altruis…
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233: Riley Silverman on Radio Signal From The Stars, Insomnia Evolution and Those Indestructible Water Bears
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Standup Riley Silverman (@ryesilverman) joins us to talk about some weird signals from deep space, is it aliens? Plus has insomnia evolved in humans for a reason? And can anything kill Tardigrades, a.k.a. Water Bears? ALIENS!? IT'S ALIENS, ISN'T IT?! https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/17/15982656/arecibo-observatory-ross-128-red-dwarf-radio-waves-sign…
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232: Kash Abdulmalik on Bacterial Dust Storms, Punk Rock Cockatoos and Disinfecting Nanobots
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Kash Abdulmalik(@KashAbdulmalik) returns to look into how dust storms can affect your allergies, biomes and general health, one of the only animals that plays the drums in the wild and the invention of a passively self-powered nanobot that can clean up stagnant water. Plus can we build a highway to the moon? SANDSTORM BIOMES https://www.sciencedail…
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231: Kash Abdulmalik on Geckoskin in Space, The Yellowstone Super-Volcano and How Not To Tell If Someone Is Attractive
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Kash Abdulmalik (@KashAbdulmalik) joins us to talk about how the superior gripping power of geckos is helping clean up space junk, what would happen if the Yellowstone Caldera exploded and why judging your attraction someone based on their headshots isn't very accurate. Plus we look into claims that B17 cures cancer. Is it true? GECKOS IN SPACE htt…
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230: Elyssa Phillips on Entangled Codes, Multi-Dimensional Brains and Electric Pee
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Comedy writer and actor Elyssa Phillips (@elyssamp) returns to chat with us about chinese entangled particle technology, how brains are wired to store info in up to 11 different mathematical dimensions, and how a waste urine processing plant started making electricity. Plus we figure out if water is wet and what constitutes music! THE CHINESE GO QU…
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229: Elyssa Phillips on A City On Mars, Cybersleep and The Willpower of Kids
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Comedy writer and actor Elyssa Phillips (@elyssamp) joins us to discuss Elon Musk's plan to start a civilization on Mars, a new way to possibly induce long-term sleep, and why some kids in Africa have more willpower than kids in the western world. Plus we take a look into nuclear power and the water in New York. MUSK ME TO MARS https://www.scientif…
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228: Peter Hyoguchi on T-Rex Feathers, CRISPR Human Trials and The Hole In Mars
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Filmmaker Peter Hyoguchi (peterhyoguchi.com) returns to talk with us about T-Rex's newfound lack of feathers, the results of China testing gene editing on humans and a conspiracy-rich hole on Mars. Plus we figure out if it's possible to talk to squirrels. FIRST THEY HAD LIZARD SKIN, THEN CHICKEN FEATHERS, NOW FISH SCALES? http://www.sciencemag.org/…
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227: Peter Hyoguchi on Ancient Human Skulls, Reading Monkey Brains and Electrically Stimulating Creativity
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Filmmaker Peter Hyoguchi (peterhyoguchi.com) joins us to get into the new oldest human bones ever found, a technique for reading human facial representations in the brains of monkeys and how electrical stimulation to the head might increase creativity. Plus we talk about climate science and get deep into some conspiracy theories. HUMANITY GETS OLDE…
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226: Bryan Musil on Crash-Resistant Microbes, The Odds on Future Science and Caligula's Orgy Ships!
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Comedy Writer Bryan Musil returns to help us figure out microbes that can travel through space as well as survive the landing, the betting odds on which technologies will happen soon and Italy's search for Caligula's missing orgy ship. Microbes are unbreakable https://www.newscientist.com/article/2131136-microbes-might-thrive-after-crash-landing-on…
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225: Bryan Musil on 4D Drug Modeling, Endangered Mexican Dolphins and Shocking Coma Patients
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Comedy Writer Bryan Musil joins us to talk about new ways of modeling drugs on the molecular level, why the last few dozen vaquitas (mexican porpoises) may soon be gone, and a new shock treatment that might be helping coma patients. ALGORITHMS - NO, WAIT! DRUG ALGORITHMS! https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170515150711.htm Mexican Dolphi…
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224: Andrew Fernandez on Robots Teaching Doctors, Poop Velocity and How To Go Back In Time
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Comedy writer Andrew Fernandez (@frankwarden) returns to discuss artificially intelligent robots that can help doctors on their bedside manner, brand new science on the poop rates of different mammals, and a math teacher who claimed to have figured out it how might be possible to go back in time, plus we look into where missing socks go and try to …
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223: Andrew Fernandez on Traveling To The Stars, Making Bricks Out Of Mars and Making a Game Out Of Brains
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Comedy writer Andrew Fernandez (@frankwarden) joins us and we talk about how long it would take to get to the nearest stars, how the first settlers might make bricks on Mars, and a new game that helps researchers trace neurons in the human brains. WE COULD GET TO ANOTHER STAR IN A LIFETIME or 69 IS THE BEST NUMBER FOR A SECOND REASON or *69 https:/…
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222: Gil Baron on The Music of Meteors, Algae Biofuels and How to Ride an Escalator
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Gil Baron (@gjbaron) returns to help us figure out why some shooting stars make a sound, how we can get fuel from algae and what's the best way to ride an escalator for the common good. MUSIC OF THE METEORS http://go.newsfusion.com/science-news/item/4853341 GAS FROM ALGAE https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170419093146.htm YOU SHOULD BE …
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221: Gil Baron on Dark Matter Imaging, Fast Radio Bursts and Real Life Tricorders
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Comedy Producer Gil Baron (@gjbaron) joins us to discuss the first ever image of dark matter in the universe, tracking down the source of random bursts of energy from deep space and the X-prize winner for a device that can diagnose diseases in humans, plus a time-travel question sets us on a long tangent about human nature. "SEEING" DARK MATTER htt…
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220: John Wyatt on Rings Around Mars, The Randomness of Cancer and Vibrating Your Way To Health
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John Wyatt (@johnwyattt) returns to help us look into a possible future ring forming around Mars, how some cancers depend more on randomness than lifestyle and why full body vibration might be as healthy as exercise. MARS MIGHT BE GETTING THAT RING http://www.futurity.org/mars-rings-1384792/ BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE ... JUST BECAUSE https:/…
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219: John Wyatt on Black Holes on the Loose, Smart Phone Fertility Tests and Google Methane Maps
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John Wyatt (@johnwyattt) comes in to insult our moms and talk about how a black hole got pushed out of its Galaxy, a way to check male fertility with your phone and why Google is mapping gas leaks around the world. IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US - BLACK HOLE EDITION http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/03/astronomers-spot-a-runaway-quasar HEY SIRI, I NEED …
