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(0:00) - Recording Start
(1:45) - Intro, Dr. Kiki
(2:11) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Dr. Kiki
(3:28) - Opening Theme Music, Dr. Kiki
(4:03) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki & Blair. Justin is off.
(4:21) - Dr. Kiki has a bit of a Rant on lies vs. Real Science after seeing the documentary, "You Can See Everything," on Theranos & its now jailed leader, Elizabeth Holmes.
(12:27) - Science News —
(12:37) - RFK Jr.’s push for anti-vaccine experiment on African babies was never a good idea [MS-NOW] — hepB Vaccine for babies in African nation Guinea-Bissau cancelled... again. 💉 😢
(19:09) - Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month [Scientific American], Dr. Kiki
See also — One-Positron Quantum Cyclotron, Northwestern University Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
(32:35) - The contribution of salt marshes to wave attenuation during extreme storms [Nature], Dr. Kiki
See Also — Scientists Transplanted Huge Chunks of Wild Salt Marsh Into The World’s Largest Wave Machine And Let a Simulated Extreme Storm Rip [Science Alert]
(39:43) - Massive study of 460,000 people challenges ultra-processed food cancer fears [Science Daily]
See also - Associations of food processing and dietary risk factors with colorectal cancer incidence in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study: A cohort study [PLOS Medicine], Dr. Kiki
(47:54) - And... We're at the Break!
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...More minions, please!
(49:20) - And — We're back from The Break!
(49:20) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(49:26) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(49:49) - Close social bonds help wild jackdaws hold feeding spots but come with waiting costs [Phys.org], Blair
(58:20) - Like humans, some primates become cautious of germs in the wake of a viral outbreak [Phys.org], Blair (Char-Poop-terie⁉️ 💩 😜)
MOAR Science News —
(1:12:06) - Brown Fat Can Be Beneficial For The Body – And a Blood Pressure Drug Could Turn It On [Science Alert], Dr. Kiki
See also — Artificial intelligence-enabled clinical phenotyping of human brown fat [Nature]
(1:20:04) - Clinical and genetic correlates of a circadian subtype of depression in the Australian Genetics of Depression Study [Cambridge University Press - The British Journal Of Psychiatry], Dr. Kiki
See Also — Researchers Identify New "Circadian" Subtype of Depression Affecting 1 in 4 Patients [Science Alert]
(1:26:45) - Surprising pattern emerges in reincarnation reports [Eureka Alert!], Dr. Kiki
Bee-Tee-Dubz — our own Blair Baz has another New Podcast with husband Brian & friend Jesse, "The Fantastical Field Guide."
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(1:36:38) - Show wrap-up
(1:37:39) - Thank you's to our Patreon Sponsors
(1:40:27) - End Theme
And that's All, Folks!... Except, we still have...
(1:41:50) - The After Show! Woooo! It's not 10 O'clock yet! Dr. Kiki got her ballot for the November Election and is filling it out, and it will go in a ballot drop box (not by mail!) this year. Dr. Kiki thinks the earth is a soul magnet. Blair would like to be reincarnated as a Blue Jay. Dr. Kiki talks about an App — "Little Steps Today," https://littlesteps.today. Available for both iOS & Android. ...and much, much more...