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Tue 12/11/2007 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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Science news like you've never heard it before... because if you heard it before... well, that wouldn't be news, now would it...
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Tue 08/29/2006 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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Tue 08/22/2006 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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Dark Matter and Ants...
What do they have in common? Well, other than the fact that they will be discussed tomorrow on This Week in Science, I don't know. We will learn how researchers recently discovered the first evidence for dark matter. Additionally, we'll hear about the incredible inhuman strength of a tiny invertibrate, the trap jaw ant. All this and more, tomorrow on TWIS.
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Tue 07/25/2006 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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Don't fear the impending Robot Rebellion! Dr. Daniel Wilson will speak with TWIS about his new book, "How to Survive A Robot Uprising". Hopefully, he will be able to share many tricks and hints with us as we are painfully aware of the future possibility of World Robot Domination here at TWIS.
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Tue 07/18/2006 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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Today we interview Dr. Michael Stebbins, author of "Sex, Drugs, and DNA", and the Director of the Biology Policy for the Federation of American Scientists. Dr. Stebbins has a unique view of the politics, culture and reach of science. He illustrates how we are facing dangerous times where political agendas and public misunderstanding are hobbling truly novel work and hence calls for wide reaching changes in science education, funding, publishing and promulgation.
He takes great pleasure in poking fun at how ridiculous our culture has become and calls for those who have not completely lost their minds to fight back!
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Tue 07/11/2006 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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Cliiford Pickover is our guest this week as we discuss the math behind the mobius strip and how mathematics has permeated the world of science. It's bound to be a brain-twister of an interview.
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Tue 07/04/2006 |
8:30am
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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Happy 4th of July!
It is once again time for our annual showing of Celebratory Expolsive Prowess. Here at TWIS we decided that this week it would be fun (and appropriate) to discuss the science and history behind our favorite things that go boom. And, who better to discuss them with than William Gurstelle, our favorite technological adventurer. His books, Adventures from the Technology Underground and Backyard Ballistics, are great forays into the do-it-yourself attitude of many amateur scientists, engineers, and inventors across the US.
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Tue 06/27/2006 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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We will interview leading astrobiologist, Robert M. Hazen, tomorrow. He recently wrote, Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life's Origin, which chronicles the work that he and other scientists like him have been doing to uncover the processes that led to the beginnings of life. As a research scientist with years of experience as a science writer and teacher he does a fabulous job of explaining the complexities of his field. We hope that you are as excited as we are to learn about how life may have gotten its start in the universe, and the work that people are currently doing to uncover the many secrets of life's great history.
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Tue 06/13/2006 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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My, What Big Brains You Have!
This week we will interview Dr. James Sikela of the University of Colorado Human Medical Genetics and Neurosciences Program on the topic of evolution of the human brain. What genes are important to making us who we are? What new research techniques peomise to reveal the most about our brains and where we came from? These questions and more on this week's episode of This Week in Science.
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Tue 06/06/2006 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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All the science that's fit to print! Er... talk about. We'll be dishing up this week's most interesting science news. Also, ROBOTS! A review of robotics around the world. Be prepared for the robot uprising.
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Tue 04/25/2006 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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Fundraiser! Fundraiser! Fundraiser!
We're offering a limited release science music compilation cd as our premium gift, a few scientific books, and maybe a signed picture or two. oh, and a hair follicle from either K or J so that you can start your own TWIS cloning lab.
What are you waiting for? Get on the phone and donate to KDVS. Support science on the radio.
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Tue 04/18/2006 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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So, no interview this week... K and J are flying solo through the world of science. Hall monitors, watch out. We may just run amok.
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Tue 04/11/2006 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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Interview w/ UC Davis physicist, Dr. Tony Tyson. We will discuss research currently ongoing to discover the secrets of space.
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Tue 04/04/2006 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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Interview w/ Dr. Tim Flannery, author of 'The Weather Makers'. We will discuss global warming and just what all the evidence suggests so far.
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Tue 03/28/2006 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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Interview w/ David Whitehouse, author of 'The Sun - a Biography'. We will learn all about the science of the sun and man's perception of the ball of fire throughout history.
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Tue 03/21/2006 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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Interview w/ Dan McCleese, Mars Chief Scientist at Jet Propulsion Labs. He'll tell us all about the recently arrived Orbiter mission and the trusty rovers that have been snooping around the red planet for past nearly two years, as well as what they have learned about the possibility of water and life.
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Tue 03/07/2006 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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"It's the stuff that dreams are made of..."
And, the stuff that we are made of. This Week in Science will be speaking with Dr. Ernst Zinner from Washington Universtiy in St. Louis about stardust and Stardust.
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Tue 01/10/2006 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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The Secrets of Stem Cells
On tomorrow's program we will interview Christopher Scott, biotechnology and ethics expert and author of the new book Stem Cell Now. If you are interested in learning more about stem cells and the controversy surrounding the tiny promising tissue builders, tune in to TWIS. It promises to be an interesting conversation.
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Tue 08/30/2005 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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Anti-neutrinos! We will speak with Dr. Stuart Freedman of Stanford University about his work at KAMLand, the giant underground neutrino detector in Japan.
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Tue 08/23/2005 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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Bugs and Guts... Jeremy Nicholson, Ph.D, will be talking with us about the future of personalized medicine and why the bacteria in our guts may be of crucial importance.
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Tue 08/09/2005 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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Intervew with Abigail Salyers, Ph.D., co-author of "The Revenge of the Microbes" about the microbial world around us.
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Tue 08/02/2005 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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Interview with Lucy Brown, Ph.D. about the neurophysiology of love.
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Tue 05/24/2005 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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In addition to our normal barrage of science discoveries, we'll be interviewing Keith Devlin. While he's the executive director of Stanford University's Center for Language and Information and a consulting professor of mathematics, he's also become known as NPR's "Math Guy" from his many appearances on Weekend Edition. Author of the recently published book, "The Math Instinct," he will speak with us about the innate mathematical abilities that all animals share.
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Tue 05/10/2005 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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We will have Dr. Thomas Harter from the UC Davis Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources in our studio to discuss new research techniques available to environmental scientists. Dr. Harter has organized a seminar series at UC Davis reflecting the broad array of techniques entitled "Between Nature and Science: Advanced Modeling Concepts for Environmental Scientists".
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Tue 05/03/2005 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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This week we will speak with Dr. Brian Czech of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady-State Economy. We will discuss how his background in ecology led him to activism in the field of economics, and how he thinks his ideas may change the future of our world.
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Tue 04/26/2005 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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We will speak with Joseph J. Romm, Executive Director of the Center for Energy and Climate Solutions, and author of the book "The Hype about Hydrogen: Fact or Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate about the truth behind the promises of a hydrogen filled future.
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Tue 03/29/2005 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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This week's show will feature an in-studio interview with the founder of the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics, Richard Glen Boire. His efforts in the legal realm to protect the freedom of thought may keep us from realizing an Orwellian future.
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Tue 03/15/2005 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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This week we will interview mathematical child-prodigy, best-selling author, and prominent theoretical physicist, Brian Greene. His first book, 'The Elegant Universe', was adapted for a PBS NOVA miniseries, and his second, 'The Fabric of the Cosmos', became Amazon.com's most popular science book in 2004.
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Tue 03/08/2005 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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Paleontologist Kevin Padian of UC Berkeley will join us on the phone this week to discuss his ideas about the functions of "bizarre" dinosaur characteristics, as well as his work in the study of dinosaur evolution.
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Tue 02/22/2005 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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TWIS will have TWO guests this week: Gyongy Laky, world reknowned artist, will discuss sustainability practices in textiles, and Mark Lynas, author of High Tide, will comment on the extent of global warming and climate change in light of the recent initiation of the Kyoto Treaty.
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Tue 02/15/2005 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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Don't let the post-Valentine's Day letdown get to you... Researcher Rebecca Fox, UC Davis Animal Behavior Department, will be on TWIS from 9-9:30am discussing parrot love.
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Tue 02/01/2005 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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Today! Interview with Edwin "Ted" Grosholtz from UC Davis at 9am about his studies of invasive species of crabs and clams taking over the Bay Area.
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Tue 01/25/2005 |
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Dr. Kirsten Sanford |
This Week in Science
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This Week we will interview UC Davis environmental biologist, Dr. Edwin Grosholz. His work in Bodega Harbor led him to make some interesting conclusions about the interplay between invading aquatic species like the European green crab and eastern gem clams, and how they affect native populations. Listen to learn about the impending invasional meltdown!
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