This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast

The kickass science and technology radio show that delivers an irreverent look at the week in science and technology.

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July 6, 2025 136 mins

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: LLM-assisted writing, Exercise Pills, Long Lived Mice, Scotland’s Birds, Orcas’ Pets, Fish Schools, High Elevation Scents, Climate Change, Triglycerides, Spatial Cognition, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember that you […]

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What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week:  Vera’s First Look, Dragons, Fertility. Anthrobots, Vascular Organoids, Orcas, Octopi, Car T, Type 1 Cure, Ears, Glow Brains, Morning Chorus, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember that you can […]

The post 25 June, 2025 – Episode 1020 – The Future of Science Starts Now appeared first on This We...

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June 20, 2025 74 mins

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Early Humans, Terriers, T Gondii, Spiders, Sugar Substitute, Weight Loss Drug, Weight Loss, Live Longer Eat More, and Much More Science on this Episode! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember that you can […]

The post 18 June, 2025 – Episode 1019 – Arach-did-you-know?? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kick...

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June 12, 2025 53 mins

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Sham Panel, Strategic Hawks, Chimps, Cucumbers, and Bats Fight Cancer, Napping Bees, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember that you can find TWIS in all the podcast directories. If […]

The post 11 June, 2025 – Episode 1018 – Panel? More like Shamel! appeared first on This Week in Science - The ...

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June 5, 2025 101 mins

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Science State, Frogs, Light Limits, Trash Parrot Update, A Tiny Violin, Baboons and Rocks, Birds Flying Far North, Garbage Gull, Making Myelin, Mouth Tape, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. […]

The post 4 June, 2025 – Episode 1017 – Just Banging Rocks on Trees appeared first on This Week in Science ...

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May 23, 2025 100 mins

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: CRISPR, Government-Sanctioned Mass Extinction, Bugs in Space, Shrinking Clownfish, Bees Sleep, Dolphins Talk, Blocking Cell Death, Toothy Origins, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember that you can find TWIS […]

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May 15, 2025 58 mins

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Science, Knowledge, & Power, Forever Chemicals, AI Exaggeration, Internal Inference, Prey Trapping, Labile Language, Librarians Saving Democracy, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember that you can find TWIS in […]

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May 9, 2025 149 mins

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Tiny Life, Human Fungus, Honeyguides, Survey Says, Vaccines and Menstruation, Art with Porpoise, Cuttlefish, Shrimp, Brain Computer Interface, Neanderthals, Tiny Town, On Being, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember […]

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May 2, 2025 117 mins

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Black Start, Bird Flu, Zoo Life, Blonde Beer, Anti-Microbiotic, Hippie Spiders, Real Pokemon, NIH, Musically Speaking, Screaming Trees, Electrome Eclipse, and Much More Science Power! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember that you […]

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April 26, 2025 147 mins

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Natan Shahar, Carbon Capturing, Gator Biting, Fur Babies, Cow Burps, Climate Change Cost, Canceling Women Studies, Life in Spce, Deathbots, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember […]

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April 17, 2025 139 mins

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Scalable Meat, Marriage, Gorillas, Crpws, Gowanus Canal, Fiddler Crabs, Bird Song, Cats, Healthcare, Sensory, and Much More Science you can trust! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember that you can find TWIS in […]

The post 16 April, 2025 – Episode 1011 – You Can’t Trust This appeared first on This Week in Science - ...

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April 10, 2025 56 mins

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Not Dire Wolves, Miso & Moonglass, Bad Dogs, Mouse Brains & Human Intelligence, Inflammation & Behavior, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find TWIS in […]

The post 09 April, 2025 – Episode 1010 – How Dire is the Science News? appeared first on This Week in Science - The K...

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April 4, 2025 92 mins

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Reverence for Youth, Venom, Fossils, Bird Disguises, Bats, Bird Road Rage, NDEs, Global Warming, Taxing Science, And Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find TWIS in all […]

The post 2 April, 2025 – Episode 1009 – It’s Just so Taxing appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass ...

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March 27, 2025 110 mins

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Pig Livers, Planet Power, Meme Coin, Grabby Glucose, Genomic Bottleneck, Lithium Mining, Baby Brains, Shark Sounds, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find TWIS in […]

The post 26 March, 2025 – Episode 1008 – Where is the Group Chat for Science? appeared first on This Week ...

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March 20, 2025 99 mins

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Space Landings, Euclid, Sound Bending, CRISPR, Tsunamis, The Avocado Connection, Mouse Morticians, Mouse Chatter, Bird Chatter, And Much More Science to Hear! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find […]

The post 19 March, 2025 – Episode 1007 – Can You Hear Us Now? appeared first on This Week in S...

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March 13, 2025 110 mins

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Space, Space, and More Space!, Plastic Plant Problems, Bigger Cells, Democracy & Murder?, East Asian Lineage, Alzheimer’s, It’s All in Your Head, And Much More Science Knowledge! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, […]

The post 12 March, 2025 – Episode 1006 – Knowledge Dies in Silence appeared first on This Week in Sci...

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March 6, 2025 129 mins

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Firefly & Astronauts, Weekends and Surgeries, Narwhal Tooth, Fusion Update, Heart Health Watch, Sound Spring, Sharks, Rat Sommeliers, Processed Foods, Mediterranean Diet, AI, Synthetic Intelligence, Love Types, And Much More Time for Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our […]

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February 28, 2025 86 mins

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: The Stellarator!, Animal Emotions AI, Islet Surgery, Stressed Monkeys, Animal Awareness, Oxygen Pill, More Memory, Melatonin, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find TWIS in […]

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February 20, 2025 88 mins

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Annalee Newitz, Fish, Fruit Flies, Not So Sweetner, Anti-bacterial Anti-depressants, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find TWIS in all the podcast directories. […]

The post 19 February, 2025 – Episode 1003 – The Science of Psyops appeared first on This...

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February 13, 2025 23 mins

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Blair’s Animal Corner, Baby Turtles, Mantis Shrimp, Flies, And Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find TWIS in all the podcast directories. If you are looking for […]

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