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(0:00) - Recording Start.& Intro, Dr. Kiki
(0:25) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Dr. Kiki
(1:40) - Opening Theme Music, Dr. Kiki
(2:16) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki & Blair. Justin is off this week.
(4:05) - The effect of bivalent HPV vaccination against invasive cervical cancer and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 (CIN3+) in the Netherlands: a population-based linkage study [The Lancet Journal], Dr. Kiki & Blair
See also — HPV jabs cut risk of dying from cervical cancer before 30 to almost zero [The Guardian]
(12:09) - Quick Science Bytes! —
(12:20) - Beneath our feet lies a fungal superhighway stretching 68 quadrillion miles [Science Daily], Dr. Kiki
See also — A Hidden Infrastructure [Spun.earth]
(24:40) - Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy, Spring 2026 [Yale Program On Climate Change Communication], Blair
(39:56) - Blair has to step away for a moment to attend to family duties.
(41:04) - Scientists just found a hidden weakness in forever chemicals [Science Daily], Dr. Kiki
(46:23) - Wholly enzymatic programmable sulfation in nonanimal heparin synthesis [Cell - Trends In Biotechnology], Dr. Kiki
(50:30) - Scientists Have Just Discovered a 5 Million-Year-Old Whale Necropolis in the Deep Sea [Gizmodo], Dr. Kiki
(59:29) - Blair returns!
(1:00:49) - And... We're at the Break
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...More minions, please!
(1:01:07) - And — We're back from The Break!
(1:01:13) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(1:01:15) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(1:02:24) - Parents' heat warning songs may prime zebra finch chicks for heat before they hatch [Phys.org], Blair
(1:11:54) - Moms' learned fear of snakes gets inherited by offspring in a critically endangered mouse, biologists discover [Phys.org], Blair
(1:21:25) - Rays employ a chemical cue to warn others of danger, new research finds [Oregon State University Newsroom], Blair
(1:33:47) - Dr. Kikii contributes to the Animal Corner! — Scientists discover spider that disguises itself as a parasitic fungus [Science Daily], Dr. Kiki - :
See also — New spider species in the Amazon mimics parasitic fungus [Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change]
MOAR Science News —
(1:39:06) - New procedure delivers lasting knee arthritis pain relief without surgery [Science Daily], Dr. Kiki
(1:44:26) - Female chickadees look for cognitive skills in male partners [eLife Sciences], Dr. Kiki
See also — Female chickadees look for cognitive skills in male partners [Eureka Alert]
(1:49:58) - Harsh critics are the most loyal fans of video game brands [Flinders University News], Dr. Kiki
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(2:01:03) - Show wrap-up
(2:01:55) - Thank you's to our Patreon Sponsors
(2:04:21) - End Theme