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Transcript: TWIS.org Dec 11, 2007

Justin: Good morning, Kirsten.

Kirsten: Good morning, Justin.

Justin: And happy birthday to me because it is my birthday today.

Kirsten: It’s your birthday today?

Justin: Yes and I didn’t…

Kirsten: Why do I never know this until…?

Justin: Because I never tell people until the day or the day after. I gave myself…

Kirsten: There’s no chance to prepare.

Justin: I got myself an awesome present for my birthday.

Kirsten: Yes?

Justin: A fever induced three-day in bed sick-o-rama which turned into a detox session. Haven’t had any of the nicotine since the weekend.

Kirsten: Good job.

Justin: Since the beginning of the weekend.

Kirsten: Good job.

Justin: When I first went down into pajama and blanket land. It’s awesome.

Kirsten: That is awesome.

Justin: I think I’m a brand new person. I feel a little bit insane. To be quite honest with you, I don’t feel quite normal.

Kirsten: Oh, this is going to be a fabulous show. I can see it already, feverish, delirium…

Justin: I feel like I could leap over a building.

Kirsten: Withdrawls.
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Transcript: TWIS.org Dec 04, 2008

Justin: Hey! Good morning Kirsten:.

Kirsten:: That was an interesting one Justin, good morning.

Justin: I’ve got a cold. Something and I could…

Kirsten:: You do?

Justin: Yes, which is a perfect opportunity for me to do an entire show as Krusty the clown.

Kirsten:: Oh, I think we can do without Krusty the Clown this morning.

Justin: No?

Kirsten:: Krusty’s one of – I don’t know. I have a soft spot in my heart for Krusty but, he’s a little bit annoying. There’s obnoxiousness going on.

Justin: I’ve heard that now.

Kirsten:: I’ve heard that before.

Welcome to This Week in Science. It’s a bit after 8:30 in the morning on Tuesday, December 4th. It’s Kirsten: and Justin here and we are going to be with you for the next hour talking all about science news. What else is new in it? Continue reading “Transcript: TWIS.org Dec 04, 2008”

Transcipt: TWIS.org July 22, 2008

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We live in a world filled with information; information that exists in our every bit, every bit of our loopy vibrations and extends from the sub point scale to the very outer limits of our ever expanding universe.

Still the vast majority of our sub cosmic scale humans get their information from major media sources as though they were institutions of higher learning and research.

This does make a reasonable explanation for the irrational lack of knowledge and awareness – the only self known, self sentient species applies to itself like getting a degree and mental sedation. For instance, how can a looming yet avoidable global disaster cause little change in the behavior of its global inhabitants?

Well, by simply admitting the importance of reality. Yes, we can go on our day to day push and pull self absorbed ignorance of impending trouble and doom. Yey!

And while self absorbed ignorance like the following hour programming does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the University California, Davis, KDVS or its sponsors, we are here in attempt at bridging the gap between the news and the knowledge, between information and understanding, between buzz bites and essential awareness. Yes we are that full of ourselves.

But compared to what? Compared to who? Yes, humility, sedation and ignorance are vices we will never flaunt here on This Week In Science, coming up next. Continue reading “Transcipt: TWIS.org July 22, 2008”

Transcript: TWIS.org July 7, 2008

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The future, according to Einstein, comes soon enough. According to Niels Bohr the future is difficult to predict. According to the local television weather person, it may or may not be sunny or cloudy or even raining over the next few days to some degree of certainty.

Then again, according to Yogi Berra, the future just not what it used to be? If there’s one thing though that such great minds can agree upon is that the future, whatever it holds, is definitely on its way.

And while predicting the future much like the following hour of programming does not necessarily represent the views and the opinions of the University of California, Davis, KDVS or its sponsors, if you listen carefully to the information as it flows through your ears you might just gain some clue as to the direction and scope of the future to come.

Some of the notions we hold to be most true today may change drastic, unintuitive changes. And everything from cosmology to biology physics and climatology are possible and will be addressed here before they happen.

My own address has in fact changed in incredible four times just since joining this show. I don’t know how that happened. But at some point you may begin to feel the alarming suspicion that you are not moving into the future at all. But that the future is barreling down upon you. If that is the case then stay right where you are because you are now directly in the path of This Week In Science, coming up next.
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Transcipt: TWIS.org July 1, 2008

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A mind is a terrible thing to waste. In fact, it ranks right above wasting time, patience, daylight and space. The mind is not just a terrible thing to waste because it is more important than these other things but because it is the easiest thing of all not to waste.

It takes in fact, little effort at all to have an active brain, when it contemplates or muses about the world around it. Simple acts of thought are all it takes like “How did I get stuck in the skull of this human?” the brain might wonder.

And while getting stuck in the skull of human much like the following hour of programming, does not necessarily represent the views of University of California, Davis, KDVS or its sponsors, the thinking mind, while not a virtue and only considered to be an idle vice should be viewed as the most previous of renewable resources upon which any nation can beat its energy needs and fuel itself.

For instance, a single idea can be enough to launch a thousand others. So pull up your ears to the mental fuel pump. Get ready to fill up for free on This Week In Science coming up next.
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Transcipt: TWIS.org June 10, 2008

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Ten years ago, a crack commando unit was sent to the basement of a community radio station for a crime they didn’t commit. These people promptly formed the Science News Radio Show for the Davis underground.

And while the views and opinions in the following hour of programming do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the University of California, Davis, KDVS or its sponsors, today still wanted by the government the survivor soldiers of science, do you have a question?

If no one else can answer it and if you can find them, maybe you can listen to This Week In Science, coming up next.
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Transcipt: TWIS.org June 24, 2008

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The contents of this show will self destruct within the next half millennium. Britain’s Principia Mathematica changed physics in 1687. Einstein’s theory of general relativity changed it again in 1915. And someone will surely replace Einstein’s theory in the next 400 years or so.

On this show, we hope to learn something new every week. That hope is the one constant in science. And while the statements made on this show the not necessarily represent the views of University of California, Davis, KDVS or its sponsors. We can be assured of this much: as new discoveries in science change what we knew last week and what we learn next week overturns what we learn that change – what we thought was settled last week.

It’s nonetheless certain that the only way you can keep up with the changing state of knowledge and physics, biology, psychology and any other field of science (unintelligible) is by listening to what is being now newly known on This Week in Science, coming up next.
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Transcipt: TWIS.org June 17, 2008

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There is something wrong with the earth. There’s something wrong with our fair sister. Yes, we’ve ravaged and plundered and raped her in bitter, stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn, tied her with fences and dragged her down.

But it now seems that these actions have had an adverse effect on the climate of the earth. And that we ourselves are in jeopardy of coming to some ill-effect.

And while, ill-effects like the following hour of programming do not necessarily represent the views of the University of California at Davis, KDVS or its sponsors.

Some say, we should take heed the warning of the warming signs of the planet in distress and take some action before it’s too late while others would have us wait and see.

In any case, before we sink into the big sleep, while the lights are still on and the music still plays, let us dance on fire as it intends with your good friends until the end, the very gentle sounds of This Week in Science, coming up next.

Good morning, Kirsten.
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Transcipt: TWIS.org June 10, 2008

Justin: Disclaimer, disclaimer, disclaimer!

Ten years ago, a crack commando unit was sent to the basement of a community radio station for a crime they didn’t commit. These people promptly formed the Science News Radio Show for the Davis underground.

And while the views and opinions in the following hour of programming do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the University of California, Davis, KDVS or its sponsors, today still wanted by the government the survivor soldiers of science, do you have a question?

If no one else can answer it and if you can find them, maybe you can listen to This Week In Science, coming up next.
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Transcipt: TWIS.org May 06, 2008

Kirsten: Welcome to This Week in Science this is Kirsten Sanford. And I am Justin-less today.

Disclaimer. Disclaimer. Disclaimer. There is no Justin in the house. And anything that I say probably can be held against me [laugh] but it doesn’t represent the views of University of California or anybody at this radio station. Today, it’s all me, there’s no Justin. This is such a sad day.

Anyway I have an interview for everyone. Dr Gary Marcus. He’s written a book called “Kludged” and it’s a fascinating analysis of the way that our brains are put together. I interviewed him a couple of weeks ago and recorded it and I brought it today so that I can share it with everyone here.

Additionally at 9 o’clock we will be talking with Michael Stebbins with the Weird from Washington. And sometime after that I’ll be doing a brief rundown of the headlines in Science News – things that are interesting that I think you guys might enjoy.

Not to in depth today because I’m not so much fun to listen to when Justin is not around, that’s all I have to say. So without further ado I’m going to give you the Interview with Gary Marcus. I hope you enjoy it.

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