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(0:00) – Start recording
(2:28) – Introduction, Dr. Kiki
(3:15) – Warning! Warning! Warning! – Justin
(4:08) – Opening theme music
(4:42) – Opening / "Good Science!" Greetings with Dr. Kiki and Justin — Blair will be joining us soon, she's putting her little one to bed.
(7:22) – Science Bittes fast! —
(7:28) – NASA Says Boeing Starliner Spacecraft Will Land Empty, Crew Will Return Months Later [GeekWire], Dr. Kiki
See also — NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, but refuses to return to troubled Boeing capsule [Phys.org]
(13:12) – SpaceX delays Polaris Dawn astronaut launch until at least August 30 due to bad weather [Space.com], Dr. Kiki
(15:09) – SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster collapses in fireball on drone ship, ending streak of 267 successful landings [Spaceflight Now], Dr. Kiki
(17:36) – The hunt for dark matter particles has yielded nothing – again [Science.org], Justin
(27:26) – Ancient viral genomes preserved in glaciers reveal Earth's climate history – and how viruses adapt to climate change [The Conversation], Dr. Kiki
(37:32) – Builders of massive ancient monument figured out the science behind their work [Science.org], Justin
(51:06) – Scientists Discover 'Spatial Grammar' in DNA: Breakthrough Could Rewrite Genetics Textbooks [SciTech Daily], Dr. Kiki
(55:09) – And here we are at the break!
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…More Minions, please!
(55:46) – And here we are back from the break!
(55:55) – Double Asteroid Redirection Test [NASA], Justin
And it's time for…
(1:02:29) – Blair's Pet Corner!
(1:02:36) – Blair's Animal Corner Theme
(1:03:00) – Massive crocodile culling is not an effective way to stop attacks on humans, study finds [Phys.org], Blair
(1:13:38) – Life after (simulated) death: Study finds context-dependent behavior in antlions after 'playing possum' [Phys.org], Blair
MOAR Scientific News —
(1:21:47) – Sugar assimilation underlies dietary evolution of neotropical bats [Nature – Ecology & Evolution], Dr. Kiki
(1:32:23) – For the first time, bats have been found to have glowing toes [Science News], Dr. Kiki
(1:37:13) – Jelly AI 'learns' to play Pong — and gets better with practice [Nature], Dr. Kiki
See also — Electroactive polymer hydrogels exhibit emergent memory when integrated into a simulated gaming environment [Cell Reports — Physical Science]
(1:47:34) – Mitochondria send their DNA into our brain cells, study finds [Phys.org], Dr. Kiki
See also — Somatic nuclear mitochondrial DNA insertions are common in the human brain and accumulate over time in fibroblasts [BioRxiv]
(1:52:49) – Show review + thanks to the volunteers.
(1:55:40) – Thanks to our Patreon sponsors
(1:58:32) – Ending theme
And that's it, friends! Except we still have…
(1:59:52) – The After Show! – That was NEWS, now we've talked about it. Go to sleep, Blair! Blair will miss 8 weeks of the show while her husband is away. The return of Puppy Intelligence. And much more…
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