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(0:00) - Recording Start
(1:22) - Intro, Dr. Kiki
(1:47) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(3:41) - Opening Theme Music
(4:16) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin!
(6:43) - Quick Science Bytes! —
(6:50) - Clamor of gravitational waves from universe's merging supermassive black holes "heard" for first time, Dr. Kiki
(14:55) - Quasar "clocks" show the universe was five times slower soon after the Big Bang, Dr. Kiki
(18:22) - A neutrino portrait of our galaxy reveals high-energy particles from within the Milky Way, Dr. Kiki
(22:41) - Antisense therapy restores fragile X protein production in human cells, Justin
(32:44) - American mink regrow their brains in a rare reversal of the domestication process, Blair
(38:53) - Scientists discover clues to aging and healing from a squishy sea creature, Dr. Kiki
(44:43) - Evolution of a minimal cell,, Justin
(53:25) - Chemists discover why photosynthetic light-harvesting is so efficient, Dr. Kiki
(56:40) - And we're at the break!
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...More minions, please!
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(57:32) - And we're back from the break!
(57:36) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(57:45) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(58:07) - Biologists investigate how bees identify their own nests, Blair
(1:06:04) - Static electricity attracts ticks to hosts, scientists find, Blair
More Science News —
(1:15:15) - The Myth of Man the Hunter: Women’s contribution to the hunt across ethnographic contexts, Justin
(1:22:31) - Danish researchers solve the mystery of how deadly virus hide in humans, Justin
(1:29:05) - Human Hand Scents: A Novel Tool for Sex Prediction, Dr. Kiki
(1:38:52) - One shot of a kidney protein gave monkeys a brain boost, Dr. Kiki
See also — Longevity factor klotho enhances cognition in aged nonhuman primates
(1:46:47) - Show Wrap-up + volunteer thank you's.
(1:47:46) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors
(1:50:45) - End Theme
And that's all, folks! Except, we still have...
(1:52:06) - The After Show! - Do you have Plan? We have a plan — Blair plans to get out of here and go to bed! A discussion of the show length math. Are we smarter than a 5th grader? how was the 4th? For Justin, it was the WORST! Pregnant Blair's baby is due in six weeks! Blair's Go Bag contents discussion. And much, much more …
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