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(0:00) - Recording Start
(2:38) - Intro, Dr. Kiki
(3:17) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Dr. Kiki
(3:51) - Opening Theme Music, Dr. Kiki
(4:26) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki & Blair. Justin is off this week.
(10:48) - Science News —
(10:58) - A shoebox-sized satellite could expose hidden nuclear weapons in space [Science News], Dr. Kiki
(17:14) - Astrophysicists show how the world’s darkest coating could protect the night sky from satellite light pollution [University Of Surrey], Dr. Kiki
See also — Reducing the impact of satellite brightness for astronomy: laboratory characterization and simulations [Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Oxford Academic]
(24:37) - Bees reveal emotion-like reactions, from 'lip licking' to head shaking, in new videos [Phys.org], Blair
(34:00) - Scientists resurrect 3.2-billion-year-old enzyme to reveal how life began on Earth [Science Daily], Dr. Kiki
(42:14) - Researchers electrically power nanophotonic lasers without disturbing light [UC Berkeley Engineering], Dr. Kiki
See also - Brain-Inspired Light Sensor Could Speed AI Image Processing [IEEE Spectrum], Dr. Kiki
(47:49) - And... We're at the Break!
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...More minions, please!
(49:07) - And — We're back from The Break!
(49:11) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(49:12) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(49:36) - Ocean acidification may be shrinking the brains of the world's most intelligent invertebrates [Phys.org], Blair
(1:00:49) - Warm temperatures disrupt spider sex-changing bacteria across generations [Phys.org], Blair
MOAR Science News —
(1:12:16) - What your tears could reveal about your brain [Eureka Alert], Dr. Kiki
See also — Toward Non-Invasive Neurological Biomarker Monitoring: Dopamine Sensing in Tears with Laser-Induced Graphene Electrochemical Sensors [ACS Publications]
(1:17:26) - Study Finds NFL Players Four Times More Likely to Die Due to Neurodegenerative Disease [Mass General Brigham], Dr. Kiki
See also — Neurodegenerative mortality among National Football League Players [The Lancet - eClinical Mediciine]
(1:25:01) - Inhibiting a stress protein prevents the consequences of childhood trauma [Max-Planck-Gesellschaft], Dr. Kiki
See also — Pharmacological Inhibition of FKBP51 Mitigates Early Life Adversity-Induced Social Deficits in Male Mice [Wiley - Advanced Science]
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(1:31:28) - Show wrap-up
(1:32:51) - Thank you's to our Patreon Sponsors
(1:35:24) - End Theme
And that's All, Folks!... Except, we still have...
(1:36:44) - The After Show! — That's the End! Blair's gotta go! Say Good Night Blair... and Good Night Kiki ...and much, much more...