This Week in Science (TWIS)

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Orbital Weapons, Vanta Black Satellites, Emotional Bees, Old Enzymes, Light Tech, Sex-changing Spiders, Cephalopod Brains, Cry For Health, Brain Damage, Preventing Trauma, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember […] The post 8 July, 2026 – Episode 1066 – Shr...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Spudcell, Colossal Effort, Planigales, Homo Naledi, Crocodile Brians, Snails, Overies, and Much More Science Lighting Up the Skies! 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 […] The post 1 July, 2026 – Episode 1065 – Lighting Up the Skies appeared f...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: .Gov vs .US, Cleaning Phones, Mines and Rain, Pod Presence, Pterosaur Wings, Bilingual Brains, Laugh Lines, Eyes, 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 […] The post 24 June, 2026 – Episode 1064 – Deploy The Quantum Science! appeared...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: The Underground, Climate Change Survey, Forever? Chemicals, Blood Thinning, Dead Whales, Zebra Finch, Scared Pregnant Mice, Contagious Fear, Sneaky Spiders, Knee Pain, Bird Brains, Gamer Critics, and Much More Science Smarts! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on […] The post 17 June, 2026 – Episode 1063 – The...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Supersonic Planes, Galactic Winds, SpiderCam, Electric Squirts, Owl Brilliance, Neural Disappointment, Fructose Failing, Turning Left, 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 all […] The post 10 June, 2026 – Episode 1062 – We’re Goi...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: New Science Rules, Mosquitoes, Bad Food, Bad Gut, Wild Pigs, Pigeon Hypotheses, Bower Bird Bonanza, Octopus Mirror Attack, 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 […] The post 5 June, 2026 – Episode 1061 – Science Needs You! appeared first...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview w/Dr. Andrew Thaler, Watching Wildlife, New Octopus, Cucumber Bits, Backrooms, 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 all the podcast directories. If […] The post 27 May, 2026 – Episode 1060 – Under the Sea Science Ventin...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Urban Animals, Human Birth, Happy Mice, Eye Plants, Bug Killing Medicine, Colossal Shells, 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. […] The post 20 May, 2026 – Episode 1059 – Humpty Dumpty Sat On the Science appe...

This Week: Interview w/Alaina Levine, Science Unicorns, Cancer Gone, Carnivorous Plants, Outdoor Cats, Carnivorous Rice, Gluca Gone, Insect Pain, Wings, Sleepy Time, and Much More!

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Guest Host Philip Shane, Death Of A Great Mind, Plastic Heat, Fish Filth, Swedish Power, Double Trouble, Sweet Myelin, Folding Proteins, Baby Mom Yawns, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. […] The post 06 May, 2026 – Episode 1057 – Science de Mayo appeared first on T...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Bye-Bye Science Board, Fluoride, Coffee, Bees Love Viruses, Sexist Birds, Yawns, 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 all the podcast directories. […] The post 29 April, 2026 – Episode 1056 – What Is Science Worried Ab...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Sara Kobilka, Slowing Currents, Hard Freeze, It’s All Connected, Plant Lives, Cocaine Salmon, This Is New, Mars Stuff, and Much More Earth Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that […] The post 22 April, 2026 – Episode 1055 – What’s The Earth Worth?...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Physics, Solar Wood, Motherhood Kills, Sunbirds Suck, Octopi, Limb Regeneration, Chatty Cetaceans, Ai is Bad, Hearing The Universe, 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 […] The post 15 April, 2025 – Episode 1054 – Science isn’t so taxing...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Guest Host Brian Dunning, Humans Around the Moon, Faster Than Light, Localizing Carbon, Voorhies Law?, Mouse Aging is FTL, ADHD MGMT, Forced Decisions, Cognitive Surrender, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or […] The post 08 April, 2026 – Episode 1053 – To The Moon, Artemis!...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Hot Plants, Blair’s Animal Oopsie, Sounds About Right, In-infinite Cloning, Male Fruit Fly Flirting, Platypodes, Control Factors Mouse Vision, and Much More Sciencer! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that you can […] The post 25 March, 2026 – Episode 1052 – Science myths de...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: European Ignobel, NIH, Tamper-Free Viruses, Origami Vaccines, Garbled Messages, Brain Cell Centers, Gnawing Need, and Much More Science to Gnaw on! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that you can find TWIS […] The post 11 March, 2026 – Episode 1051 – Gnaw On This For...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Animal Science, Bats, Caribou, Dogs, Fish, 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 science podcasts […] The post 4 March, 2026 – Episode 1050 – This Week in Blair’s Animal Corner appeared...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Nicola Allen PhD., Stabilizing The Brain, Space Alerts, Artemis, Bouba Kiki, Birder Brains, Drunken Apes, 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 […] The post 25 February, 2026 – Episode 1049 – Stabilizing The Chang...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Life on Mars, Interstellar Water, Snakes, PFAS, Wind Farms, Sea Silk, Frogs, Zebra Finches, Organoids, Brain Training, Alzheimer’s, and Much More Science to Know! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that […] The post 18 February, 2026 – Episode 1048 – When Do We Know E...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Twilight ALAN Problems, YouTube, Sea Lion Moms, Apes Play Pretend, 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 all the podcast directories. If you […] The post 11 February, 2026 – Episode 1047 – Let’s Pretend With Some Science! appeared...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Story Updates!, Vapor Tracking, Roadkill, Lanternfly, Worms, Caterpillars, Conservation, Prediction From Memory, SpacexAi, Defining Consciousness, 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 […] The post 4 February, 2026 – Episo...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Nasal Vaccine, Artificial Light & Pollen Season, EVs, Train Snakes, Heavy Hoppers, Hot Tubbin Macaque, Howlers, Language, Parkinsons, Dread, 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 […] The post 28 January, 2026 – Snakes on a train? appe...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview with Dr. Clare Fieseler, Windmill, Acetaminophen, Fight Aging, Artificial Light & Pollen, Bloody Mossies, T. rex, Hot Tubbin, Howler Monkeys, Cow Tools, Cow Food, and Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or […] The post 21 January, 2026 – Episode 1044 – Why Tilt at Win...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Hot Waters, Plastic Bombshell?, The Desert, African EV’s, Red Hair Reason, Queen Bees, AI Issues, Deer Scrapings, Pore Problems, Rhythm Recognitions, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember […] The post 14 January, 2026 – Episode 1043 – The Uncertai...

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: COVID Cases, Surprising Survival, Oldest Humans?, Old Poison, 400-year-old shark eyes, Bacterial Brains, Treating Alzheimer’s Disease, 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 […] The post 7 January, 2026 – Episode 1042 – Sanit...