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(0:00) - Recording Start
(3:16) - Intro, Dr. Kiki
(3:47) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Dr. Kiki
(4:29) - Opening Theme Music, Dr. Kiki
(5:04) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki & Blair. Justin is off.
(7:58) - Science News —
(8:08) - Comets probably didn’t deliver life’s building blocks to Earth [Science News] — Dr. Kiki
See also - Cometary impacts an unlikely pathway towards the origins of life on Earth [Scientific Reports], Dr. Kiki
(14:37) - Crows make decisions twice as fast as humans and monkeys [Phys.org], Blair
(23:38) - Locomotor kinematics and head stabilization in rolling snakes [Cell - Current Bology]
See also - These tiny snakes roll four times faster than they slither [Sceience Daily], Dr. Kiki
(30:51) - Scientists sequence genome of spider named for Stephen Colbert [Eureka Alert], Dr. Kiki
See also - Reference genome of the Californian trapdoor spider Aptostichus stephencolberti Bond 2008 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Euctenizidae) [Oxford Academic - Journal Of Heredity], Dr. Kiki
(35:54) - 1 in 6 Dogs May Carry a Parasite Usually Found in Human Mouths [Science Alert], Dr. Kiki
See also — Trichomonads in the oral cavity of dogs and cats: species composition and relationship with animal age and oral hygiene status [Springer Nature Link], Dr. Kiki
(43:13) - And... We're at the Break!
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...More minions, please!
(44:14) - And — We're back from The Break!
(44:19) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(44:24) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(44:47) - Two distinct sleep stages emerge in jumping spider, including a REM-like state [Phys.org], Blair
(54:47) - Not all rattlesnakes are alike: Research suggests personality influences how rattlesnakes use their venom [Phys.org], Blair
MOAR Science News —
(1:05:55) - Retroviral insertions contributed to the divergence of human and chimpanzee brains [Science.org - Science Advances], Dr. Kiki
See also — Scientists Found a Gene That May Have Shaped How Human And Chimp Brains Diverged [Science Alert], Dr. Kiki
(1:14:33) - Nose Spray Made From Toad Venom Compound Quickly Eases Depression For Weeks in Clinical Trial [Science Alert], Dr. Kiki
See also — Single Intranasal Administration of the Psychedelic Mebufotenin for Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial [JAMA Network], Dr. Kiki
(1:20:21) - How psilocybin reshapes brain circuits [UC Santa Cruz - News - Health], Dr. Kiki
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(1:23:20) - Show wrap-up
(1:24:19) - Thank you's to our Patreon Sponsors
(1:27:16) - End Theme
And that's All, Folks!... Except, we still have...
(1:28:46) - The After Show! Dr. Kiki was muted — It was the Ghost 👻 in the Machine!... not Dr. Kiki hitting the wrong button. That was the End Love Theme from This Week In Science, and Blair’s Halloween Curse is to have to hear it all over again!! OH NOES!!! 😱 🎵 ...and much, much more...