This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast

Happy New Year! As 2007 leaves us, we reminisce about the past year with our Top 11 Science Stories of 2007. Also, we review last year's predictions, and make new ones for 2008.

Merry TWISmas one and all!, Mars Attacked, Mars Alive?, Tracking Santa, Baby Newton, Animal Antics, Whale Tale, MUSIC!!!, World Robot Domination - Power, Tonedeaf Brains, Birds Who Sing Together, More Whales, Animal Discoveries, Stem Cells Arise!

Samurai Mouse, Environmental Willpower, Australia v. Japan, Smokin the Mean Bud?, Now Featuring Magma, Brain Dynamo, Sleepy Storage, The Weird from Washington, and TWiStributor Time

Justin Gets Sick and Quits, Triclocarban and Testosterone, Belief is in the Brain, Mooning Over Saturn, Rest Up, Genetic Bi-Sexuality, & Interview w/ Chris Impey re: Astrobiology

Battle of the Brains, Just Like Gorillas, Dakota Duck, Doggie Smarts, Honey Help, Forest Frass, More Foreskin Ranting, Hot Air Injection, Sperm Power, Tree Climbing, Lively Titan?

Turkey Coma Lies!, Piggybacking on Physics, Pacific Invasion, Chinese Lunarganda, Indigenipeoplification, Perceptual Mismatch, Neural Guide Gene, and Interview w/ NASA scientists Drs. Claire L. Parkinson and Michael King

Thanksgiving Thanks, This Week in the End of the World, Climatia All Around, Whatchya Gonna Do Bout it?, Is an Air Sac a Lung?, Reproductive Girls, Surfing the Light Fantastic, The Weird From Washington, Sugar Magnolia, Whale of a Japanese Tale, RoboMoth, and Trapping Rainbows

Who Talks More?, Who's Being Illogical?, Why's Math Good?, Bring In the Brains, Saving Spinal Cords, Cosmic Inference, Robo-Humans?, and Interview w/ Dr. Don Prothero on Evolution. Buy our World Robot Domination t-shirts at www.twis.org.

TWISclaimer!, Fuel Fight?, Chinese in Space, Sod It, Olympic Doping, Excercise Is Power, Pictures Made Real, This Week in World Robot Domination, The Weird From Washington, TWIStributors, Brainbow, and Little TWIS Bytes

Justin Allen Poe and The Science Raven, Three-Eyed Frogs, Rat Brains, Neandertal Style, Dino Footprints, Plastic Bodies, Don't Think About Not Thinking About It, & Interview w/ Ian Ayres, Author of Super Crunchers

Kirsten's at a Conference, Justin's Worried About Bacteria, Robots Really Are Revolting, And Watson Has An Issue, Along With The Weird From Washington w/ Dr. Michael Stebbins.

Supplementing Arsenic, Chocolate is in the blood, Sex and TWiWorld Robot Domination, Little Giants, New Old Big, Lap Dance Luck, Vitamin Bleb, Gas Eating Bacteria, Did You Hear?, Healthy CO, A Worm's Life, Flava-flavonoids, Bad A** Plant, Sorry No Interview, But We Have New T-Shirts and CDs Available (Go to www.twis.org for details).

Appendi-bug-house, See the Station!, Relativity Easy, Danger From Space, Plastic Steel, This Week in The End of The World (Justin gets ranty), The Wierd From Washington, TWIStributor Trio, Magnetovision, and Spicy Pain Relief.

So, what would it feel like at the center of the earth, and how long would it take to get there in free-fall? We weigh in on a hypothetical question that has many people stumped, and our listeners speak the mathematical truths. Also, an interview with mathematician and actress, Danica McKellar. We are so mathy [...]

Hobbittses, Passing On the Changes, To Mars Alice, Sperm Or Death?, Dino Discoveries, The Weird From Washington, and Interview w/ Dr. James Watson (yes, THE Watson of Watson and Crick... don't look so surprised)

Men Wash Your Hands!, Men Are The Secret To Longevity! Sick and Lonely Truth, What is Intelligence Anyway, Burning Water?!?, Protein Laundry, Retrovirus Revival?, Interview w/ Dr. Rolf Halden re: Environmental Toxicology.

What Good Is Conservation?, Non-Native Danger, Bee Buzz, Fishy Mixup, Hearty Sleep, Cancer Scan, Making Mosquitos Less Sweet, The Weird In Washington w/ Dr. Michael Stebbins, Trio of TWIStributors, and Shout-Outs!!!

Sorry 'Bout the Sound Quality, Burning Man Recap, Gene For Tall People, NanoMagnets For Art, Water Everywhere, Mens Like Pretty, God and Psychology, Bivalve Survival, TWIS StudyTips, & Interview w/ Dr. Lawrence Krauss re: String Theory and Dark Stuff

Dark Matters, Super-fast Light, Losing Memory, Tasting Gut, Release the Lake, Plankton 4 Earth, Birdy Brooding, & Interview w/ Dr. Al Harrison, Psychologist and Author of Stardust: Cosmic Visions in Science, Religion, and Folklore.

Kill Acne Kill, Cryo-Microbes, Kirsten Questions Cylons, Justin Gets Heavy, A Question of Glass, Leakey Africa, The Weird From Washington w/ Dr. Michael Stebbins, TWIStributors, Living Bones, The Wine Effect, and More...

Hwang Just Didn't Notice, Hurts So Good, Feverish Hormones, Dead Zone, Penguin Fun, Smartie-tangs, Baby-talk Blocks, TWIS-bytes, Interview w/ Chris Mooney, author of 'Storm World' DIGG Unicornmuseum.org Vote 4 TWIS @ www.podcastawards.com

Physician Mission, Placebo Brain, Caffeinated Joggers, Keta-what?, Ummm... Drugs, Word Power, Hot Snails, Squid Love, Droppin' the Deep, Crude Death, The Weird From Washington w/ Dr. Michael Stebbins, TWIStributor, TWin The End Of The World. Vote for us in the Podcast Awards!!! http://www.podcastawards.com

Space Shuttle Spring Clean, Placebo Addicts, Ptero-tumble?, Super-flood, Nano-rainbow, Sticky Nature, CircumUSA, Sci-fi Fingerprinting, Icy Charon, w/ Interview w/ Geobiologist, Dr. Hope Jahren

Justin Talks Girl Talk, Sleeping Sickness, Spacey Fashion, Watery Gas, Supernovas Suck, This Week in World Robot Domination, The Weird From Washington with Dr. Michael Stebbins, TWIStributors Times 3, Stripping by Numbers, Viral Attacks

Site of Resistance, Sweet Pumpkin Stimulation, Geodesy Nice And Easy, Tasty Nuts For Tits, Discussing Cosmic Rays, TWIS Bytes, Interview w/ Dr. James L. Gould, author of Animal Architects, And Nominate Us for Podcast Awards!