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This Week: NASA News, Limb Regeneration, Bad Videos, Interview w/ Drs. Kate Clancy & Katherine Lee RE: Vaccines & Menstruation, Real Fake News, Brain Testes, The Dark Way, Bat People, Intelligent Pupils, Starving Memory, And Much More…
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Disclaimer, Disclaimer, Disclaimer!!!
Not everything you don’t understand
Is the first thing you think it might be.
As UFO news abounds
A few things to remember:
Nothing has been discovered.
Yes, there are instruments giving results that don’t make sense.
But, they only don’t make sense if you assume you know what you are seeing.
Yes, there are eye witness accounts that seem credible.
They come from humans trained to track vehicles in flight.
So, as far as vehicles in flight are concerned, nothing makes sense.
But, that most likely means that the objects aren’t vehicles
What we do know is that objects are falling from over 80,000 feet in the sky –
According to the missile cruiser USS Princeton
that had tracked hundreds of such objects over the course of the week the footage was taken.
And they are very, very cold –
As shown in the infrared camera of the Super Hornet fighter jets sensor display.
That’s all we know for sure.
It could just be reentering space junk
from the cluttered and decaying cloud
of millions of pieces of space trash we’ve littered our low orbit with…
But to be fair,
I guess it could be falling space junk from ET’s mothership
that we blew up with our secret moon base laser.
But I’m skeptical of that idea
Also…
Hey Pentagon!
If you had spent the 22 million dollars having scientists look into the matter
As opposed to military advisors…
You would likely have an answer by now.
And that answer would no doubt be
This Week in Science
Coming Up Next…
Let’s start with the science news
NASA News
Making headlines today, NASA announced its selection of two missions to Venus, which will be slated for launch between 2028-2030. Also, the James Webb space telescope launch is being delayed again, but perhaps this time it will only be for a few weeks. Logistics are hard, yo!
Limb Regeneration
Think before you like that cute monkey video
Those exotic animals on YouTube are an even bigger problem than you thought..
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And, now for our Interview!
INTERVIEW W/ Drs. Kate Clancy & Katie Lee.
Dr. Clancy is a biological anthropologist who specializes in reproductive health at the University of Illinois, in the Department of Anthropology. Her research and policy advocacy work focuses on sexual harassment in science and academia. Dr. Lee is an NIH-funded postdoctoral research scholar in the Division of Public Health Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis who also works as a biological anthropologist, but with a focus on reproductive bone health.
Here is the link if you would like to take part in their survey of the relationship between the COVID-19 vaccines and menstruation.
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It’s time for Blair’s Animal Corner!
Electric fish pause to make their point extra dramatic
Just like a good actor, knowing when to pause is just as important as known when to speak under the sea.
Jays aren’t fooled by parlor tricks
These Corvids know you palmed that coin, Mr. Mysterious.
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What did Justin bring for us?
Fake news is real to some people
Unfortunately, politics persuade people to believe false things.
Brains & Testes
They have something in common!
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Let’s finish TWIS strong with science from Dr. Kiki!
The Dark Way
Some astrophysicists think that the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy might not be a black hole, but dark matter instead.
Bat People
Researchers want to help people hear like bats… in ultrasound.
Intelligent Pupils
New work links pupil size with intelligence.
Fast Memory
Intermittent fasting in mice resulted in increased adult neurogenesis and improved memory retention.
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Want to see what we were talking about at this time last year? Check out this episode of TWIS from 2020 in which we discussed self-care during COVID, the importance of friends during stressful times, AND liver bio-engineering from skin cells… turns out THAT is more promising than geo-engineering for the climate.
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