This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast

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 appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

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 This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

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 About? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

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? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

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, 2026 – Episode 1054 – Science isn’t so taxing appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

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! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

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 defanged! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

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 a Bit appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

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 first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

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 Changing Brain appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

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 Enough? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

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 first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

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 – Episode 1046 – Just A Little Duct Tape & Science appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

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? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

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 Windmills? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

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 Uncertainty of Science appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

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 – Sanitize Your Timeline with Science appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Space Gum, Dinosaur Dots, Elephants & Bees, Kids & Dogs, Glyphosate Ghostwriting, Tilting Tumblebots, Necroprinter, 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 10 December, 2025 – Episode 1041 – Tilting at Tumbleweeds appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: NREL Rename, Red Head Problems, Too Hot for Plants, Cat Companions, Visualize Science, Battery Battering, And Much More in The Name of Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you […] The post 03 December, 2025 – Episode 1040 – What’s in a Name? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Virtual Brain, Cockroach Cuddles, Lactaid Appreciation, Gratitude for Understanding Ourselves, And Much More! 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 all the podcast directories. If you […] The post 26 November, 2025 – Episode 1039 – TWISgiving Gratitude appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Seagulls, Bad References, Bin Chicken, Woodpeckers, Parasitic Animals, Wolves and Crabs, Animal-Free Brains, Bye-bye Memories, Baby Hacking, And Much More! 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 19 November, 2025 – Episode 1038 – What Does the Bin Chicken Say? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.

This Week: Causing Disease, Malaria, Education Interrupted, Super Nova Shape, Super Nova Questions, Horny Bee, Lady Brains, Brain Fixes, Organoid Issues, Memory Growth, and Much More Science & Wine!

This Week: Interview with Virginia Gewin, Scientific Destruction, AI Wildlife, Recreating People, Baby T. Rex, Crab Homes, Biggest Web, Antibiotic Brain Health, Memory, And Much More Science!

This Week: Whale Poop, Midnight Songbats, Vole Teeth, Multi-Species Walking Paths, Rats that hunt Bats, And Much More TWISoween!

This Week: Interview with Dr. Daniel Whiteson, It's Jupiter's Fault, Squirrels, Metabolic Limits, Pandas, Mini-Brains, Flatworms, Flying, Lead Brains, And Much More Aliens!

This Week: Nobel Prize Time, Tired Blood, Cheesy Spider Feet, What Are You Eating?, Connected States, Intersex spider found, Leafcutter Ants, Dolphin Alzheimers, ChatGPMouseBrain, Nanoparticles, and Much More Science!

This Week: Cassini, Fungal Evolution, Swimming Jaguars, Mouse Microbes, Cancer News, Lizard Snake, Dodo Birds, Electricity & Crabs, Cold Robot, Getting Oldest, Junk Food Brain, and Much More Fearless Science!

This Week: It's Ig Nobel Season!, Cats!, Fish, Extinct Herbivores, Magic Mushrooms, Plastic Brains, Astrocyte Conductors, Social Spiders, and Much More Science to Pronounce!

This Week: Interview with Dr. Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., about Science Under Siege.

This Week: Life on Mars, HomoNaledi, Koala Vaccines, Bugs Against Cancer, Human Bees, Earthquake Energy, Alcoholic Chimps, Bad Math, Clone Ants, and Much More Science!

This Week: Government Climate Propaganda, Health Gutted, SeeMe, Less Pain With ADRIANA, It's Not You, It's Us, Justin Trashes a Study, Correlation? Causation on the Toilet?, Electrical Immunity?, Spleendid Healing, That Succulent Glow, and Much More Science Unplugged!

This Week: Interstellar Interloper, Mind's Eye, Jumping Spiders, Pig Lungs, Covid Shots, Ape Medicine, Cane Toads, Bird Poop, Justin Trashes a Study, Phantom limb, Big Brainy Thumb, Nature Words, and Much More Good Science!

This Week: Interview with Adriana Bankston, Jakalopes, Bat Hugs, Mystery Skull, Autism, Flowers for Robots, Baby Brains, Decoding Inner Speech, Space Threats, And Much More Science!

This Week: Funding State, mRNA HIV vaccine, Radioactive rhino horn, Wasting Source, Editing Diabetes, Roaches, Cockatoos, GLP1, Snails, Roach Bots, Political Sway, and Much More to Prompt You to Think Scientifically!

This Week: Atomic Slits, Vaccines Work, Wifi Fingerprint, Ancient Teeth, Deep Life, Fat for Tumors, Immunity in your head, Cultural Function, Brain Generics, and Much More Science you can trust!

This Week: Interview W/Matthew Facciani, Australia, Stonehenge, Blood Pressure, Moth Dreams, Friendly Brains, Replication Win, Undoing Strokes, Meaning & Memory, And Much More Science!

This Week: A Different Science Fair, Cucumbers, Zoonotic Time Travel, Tortoises, Crabs, Chimps, New Brain Cells, Dance Brains, and Much More Science to Know!

This Week: LLM-assisted writing, Exercise Pills, Long Lived Mice, Scotland's Birds, Orcas' Pets, Fish Schools, High Elevation Scents, Climate Change, Triglycerides, Spatial Cognition, and Much More Science!

This Week: Vera's First Look, Dragons, Fertility. Anthrobots, Vascular Organoids, Orcas, Octopi, Car T, Type 1 Cure, Ears, Glow Brains, Morning Chorus, and Much More Science!

This Week: Early Humans, Terriers, T Gondii, Spiders, Sugar Substitute, Weight Loss Drug, Weight Loss, Live Longer Eat More, and Much More Science on this Episode!

This Week: Sham Panel, Strategic Hawks, Chimps, Cucumbers, and Bats Fight Cancer, Napping Bees, and Much More Science!

This Week: Science State, Frogs, Light Limits, Trash Parrot Update, A Tiny Violin, Baboons and Rocks, Birds Flying Far North, Garbage Gull, Making Myelin, Mouth Tape, and Much More Science!

This Week: CRISPR, Government-Sanctioned Mass Extinction, Bugs in Space, Shrinking Clownfish, Bees Sleep, Dolphins Talk, Blocking Cell Death, Toothy Origins, and Much More Science!

This Week: Science, Knowledge, & Power, Forever Chemicals, AI Exaggeration, Internal Inference, Prey Trapping, Labile Language, Librarians Saving Democracy, and Much More Science!

This Week: Tiny Life, Human Fungus, Honeyguides, Survey Says, Vaccines and Menstruation, Art with Porpoise, Cuttlefish, Shrimp, Brain Computer Interface, Neanderthals, Tiny Town, On Being, and Much More Science!

This Week: Black Start, Bird Flu, Zoo Life, Blonde Beer, Anti-Microbiotic, Hippie Spiders, Real Pokémon, NIH, Musically Speaking, Screaming Trees, Electrome Eclipse, and Much More Science Power!

This Week: Interview W/Natan Shahar, Carbon Capturing, Gator Biting, Fur Babies, Cow Burps, Climate Change Cost, Canceling Women Studies, Life in Spce, Deathbots, And Much More Science!

This Week: Scalable Meat, Marriage, Gorillas, Crpws, Gowanus Canal, Fiddler Crabs, Bird Song, Cats, Healthcare, Sensory, and Much More Science you can trust!

This Week: Not Dire Wolves, Miso & Moonglass, Bad Dogs, Mouse Brains & Human Intelligence, Inflammation & Behavior, And Much More Science!