13 January, 2011 – This Week in Science

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Kirsten Sanford

Published: January 24, 2011Posted in: agriculture, animals, anthropology, astrobiology, astronomy, astrophysics, biology, Black Holes, cell biology, chemistry, cognitive psychology, cognitive science, deep space, ecology, emergent behavior, end of the world, evolution, exploration, extrasolar planets, galaxies, genetics, infectious diseases, KDVS, mammals, medicine, microbiology, molecular biology, NASA, nutrition, paleontology, physics, planets, podcast, psychology, science, science and politics, science history, sexy scientists, space, space exploration, stars, technology, TWIS Bookclub, z-BroadcastsTags: David Beerling, Dr. Kirsten Sanford, Justin Jackson, Kirsten Sanford, news, podcast, radio, science, talk, technology, This Week in Science, TWIS

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This Week in Space!, Drawer Dinos, Airborne Prions, Interview w/ Sheril Kirshenbaum on The Science of Kissing, And Much More…

Show Notes:
We discussed some presentations from the American Astronomical Society’s meeting in Seattle…
… Big black hole in a tiny galaxy… A rocky earthlike planet… And, the moon has an earthlike core!

Grad student finds new dino in a drawer!

And, Prions go airborne…

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2 Comments

1. Andres

   Posted January 25, 2011 at 7:21 AM

   Hi guys, thanks for all the news, great job as usual!
   Is there any reason why we have the week of lag with the new podcasts? you used to publish them right away and the 2 weeks of lag is making the news a little bit too old…. I love the show, sorry for the whining.

2. Kirsten Sanford

   Posted January 25, 2011 at 10:43 AM

   Sorry for the lag. My computer died last week, and had to go to the shop for repairs. There’s no backup for getting the show out, so everyone had to wait. Last week’s show will be coming out tonight or tomorrow morning when I get to it.

   The week of lag is the result of the fact that we changed from Tuesdays to Thursdays. I’m the one editing and uploading the show. I don’t have time on Friday to edit and post, and I don’t work weekends unless I have to (It’s enforced family time). So, that leaves when I can get to it the next week, which is usually Tuesdays. Right back where we started.