Water You Gonna Do? - This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS) Episode 612

Episode #612 — Water You Gonna Do? — This week on TWIS (@TWIScience): no Dr. Kiki (@drkiki) this week, sorry, she's on the road, but we do have:, Justin Jackson (@jacksonfly) and Blair Bazdarich (@blairsmenagerie).

Blair & Justin explore the world of science news with a few of the week's popular stories:

(0:00) - Recording Start (w/ a big ol' TWIS calendar — in your face!)
(0:32) - Show Start, Intro - Dr. Kiki.
(0:57) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin
(1:52) - Opening Theme Music.
(2:26) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines.

(3:17) - Wastewater cleaned thanks to a new adsorbent material made from fruit peels, Blair - https://goo.gl/Nc0ncV
(5:56) - Green ice! - Solving the mystery of the Arctic's green ice, Blair - https://goo.gl/VC6RIv
(8:53) - 'Weather whiplash' triggered by changing climate will degrade Midwest's drinking water, Justin - https://goo.gl/xLLG0K

And now it's time for...

(18:58) - Blair's Animal Corner
(19:18) - Blair's Animal Corner Theme
(19:40) - Biologists say wolf spiders have a wider range of personality than once believed, Blair - https://goo.gl/RycNQL
(28:17) - From Beethoven to Bieber, why playing music to chimps is falling on deaf ears, Blair - https://goo.gl/tbwrQc

(33:37) - And we're at the break!
(33:49) - Half-Time Theme Music.

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(38:31) - Interstitial Music: George Hrab, "Skeptic," from the album "Vitriol." (https://itun.es/us/H1qUe).

(38:50) - And we're back from the break!

(38:52) - Evolving 'lovesick' organisms found survival in sex, Justin - https://goo.gl/nF86iP
(41:30) - Female guppies with larger brains found to favor more colorful mates, Blair - https://goo.gl/MfCFua
(43:44) - Researchers identify genes that give cannabis its flavor, Justin - https://goo.gl/R7ToLy
(47:03) - Stop eating! You are full, Blair - https://goo.gl/K4PUli
(51:00) - Bullies and their victims obsessed with weight-loss, Justin - https://goo.gl/2GZtB6
(57:22) - Key research priorities for agricultural microbiomes identified, Justin - https://goo.gl/16iVeN
(1:03:57) - Ravens: Non-breeders live in highly dynamic social groups, Blair - https://goo.gl/yQmAaD
(1:06:11) - Jackson’s zoo story
(1:07:05) - 'Sightings' of extinct Tasmanian tiger prompt search in Queensland, Blair - https://goo.gl/kK98WI
(1:11:21) - The Executive Order Roll Back of Clean Power Plan, Trump, in break from other world leaders, digs in on coal - WaPo, Justin - https://goo.gl/Hd16Ok
Trump Signs Executive Order Unwinding Obama Climate Policies - https://goo.gl/thtn1P

(1:16:41) - Show Wrap-up & Thank you's (no credit scroll/crawl this week, maybe when Dr. Kiki is back, Blair did her best.)

(1:21:27) - End Theme

And that's all, folks! Except, we still have...

(1:24:56) - The After-Show! - the mystery of the missing Dr. Kiki — EXPLAINED! (road trip) - justin just does not want to rant about politics anymore, but then goes on about the clean power plan repeal, the teenagers want to run everything, and Justin’s claim of being an Ayn Randian Liberal, if that is even possible. Blair, as usual, is the voice of empathy.

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