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Transcript:TWIS.ORG Dec 22, 2009

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Hold on. Now is not the moment for faith or doubt. Now is not the moment for contemplation or belief. Now is not the moment for hesitation or an action of any kind.

Now is the moment in which you can do. And while what choice of action you take – much like the following hour of programming – will not represent the University of California, Davis, KDVS or its sponsors, what you do now has more importance, more meaning than any theory or consideration of thought.

The sum total of the universe’s past has led to this now. The future flow of possibility will be forged by this now. This now is yours to master, yours to act upon, yours to set in motion. And in this now, the future is yours for the taking which is why we are so honored that you have chosen to dedicate this now to This Week in Science, coming up next.
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Transcript:TWIS.org Dec 15, 2009

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When we enter the world, we find it to be brand new. Regardless of the work, blood and struggle of ages that came before, our first encounter with life is always the brave new world into which we are born. The sum of all human history simply is the stage setting for this first day.

And once here, once we become comfortable with the world as we have found it, as we have learned it, as we believe it to be, any change to this is difficult to adjust to as though another new world is attempting to take the place of our own. We resist this change as though it were a death of our own past – our own brief past – our very life as its potential victim.

And while the reincarnating world much like the following hour of our programming does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the University of California at Davis, KDVS or its sponsors, if we look back to some point before we met the world, we find that the world has never stayed the same – has never allowed us to write our names permanently in stone and that in times the stone themselves will perish under the pressure of an ever changing planet.

What else can we take from the lesson of history is this. Survival on a changing planet requires above all other skills, the ability to identify, adapt and overcome the changes that put us in peril. So that no matter what new challenges we face, we will still be able to live well enough to hear This Week in Science coming up next.
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Transcript:TWIS.ORG Mar 02, 2010


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The largest earth tremor recorded anywhere on the planet registered a 9.5 magnitude on the Richter scale. It occurred 50 years ago in Chile, the Gran Terremoto de Valdivia.

Fifty years later, people of Chile are no strangers to earthquakes. And despite the great magnitude and duration of the recent 8.8 Chilean building codes, engineering and retrofitting have saved many more lives than were lost.

If we know our history, we know that there are no such things as natural disasters. There are only disasters of man’s making. For ignorance of tectonics will not protect people from tremors. Not having seen a hurricane first hand doesn’t mean they are harmless.

Filling former floodplains with newly furnished homes is not going to dictate the future rainfall for that area. If you want to live on a mountain peak or a valley floor, by ocean frontage or in hillside retreat or wherever you prefer to place yourself on the planet, it comes with the responsibility of being prepared.

And while condemning ignorance of the future, much like the following hour of our programming, does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the University of California at Davis, KDVS or its sponsors.

Nature is a consistent creature. If you watched her movements in the past, you will know where she will go in the future. The better we know her ways, the more prepared we will be to deliver This Week in Science, coming up next.
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Transcript: TWIS.org Feb 23, 2010

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With the eyes of the world watching, with the hopes of a nation resting upon your shoulders, with the lifetime of training and hard work at your disposal and everything on the line, what now separates you from the victory platform or the agony of defeat?

Only you, your will to make it happen. Concentrate, meditate, one point of focus. Now is the moment in which you can do. Whether you’re about to make your attempt for Olympic gold or stepping out of your front door to meet the day, every moment of your life is an opportunity to perform at your best.

And while your best, much like the following hour of programming, does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the University of California at Davis, KDVS or its sponsor. Like your life, Science is an unending series of Olympic performances with scientists who train hard to hone their skills working alone or in teams, researchers going for the gold with every study.

And though we are not gathered in one spot, we are the crowd cheering each triple acts of twisler and stuck three point landing of insight and innovation, and waiting with anticipation the results and hopes of adding to our overall mental count here on This Week in Science, coming up next.
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Transcript:TWIS.org Feb 09, 2010

Kirsten: This show is brought to you by listeners like you and your contributions. We couldn’t do it without you. Thanks.

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The future is not difficult to see. Unlike the past, events of the future have yet to commit themselves to exacting detail. Yet in the mystery of an unfolding world, there is much that can be foreseen. The little things we expect from the future often come true with incredible reliability, like when the rent is due or whether or not it’s going to rain.

The more often our future unfolds as we have expected, the more comfortable we are in commanding the course that it will take and that we get to go where we want to.

And though, comfortable foreseeing of the otherwise unforeseeable – much like the following hour of programming does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the University of California at Davis, KDVS or its sponsors – through science, the past is always becoming clear.

We can see how one event lends itself to another. Through science, we can understand so well the workings of the world that the future cannot only be predicted, it can be manufactured to our liking, making the only time that is not as well known to us as the past and future is the one we are currently in – the moment of now.

And since this is the only moment in which we can do, we will now do what the past predicted and what was expected in the future by bringing you another episode of This Week in Science, coming up next.
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Transcript: TWIS.ORG Feb 16, 2010

Justin: This show is brought to you by listeners like you and the contributions that people like you are giving. People who aren’t you, who are actually giving. We couldn’t do it without them. So please, be one of them or unless that’s one of you in which, thank you.

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As we passed from one holiday to the next, Valentine’s Day to President’s Day, the reasons for celebration change. We celebrate love and we celebrate those who work to make our nation great. Yet the underlying reason for celebration does not change.

We are humans who struggle through life who need a psychological break from the monotony of our existence. Celebrations remind us that we are alive and share this world with so many others who, like us, need to be reminded that each day is an amazing achievement.

And while the following hour of programming does not represent the views of KDVS, KDVS’ sponsors or the University of California, you are not alone in your love of science. And others are here to celebrate the wonders of science with you. Take the next hour as your holiday in the name of science and be reminded just how cool life really is on This Week in Science, coming up next.

Good morning, everyone. I’m Kiki, Kirsten Sanford. And I’m sitting here with Ali. We’re going to have a great show of science. Good morning, Ali.
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Transcript:TWIS.ORG July 21, 2009

Synopsis: Short Legs In A Single Step, A Bloody Mess, Screaming Moths, This Week in The End Of The World, Ancient Dung balls Tell Tales, A Catastrophic Reduction, and Interview w/ Physicist Jon Singleton About Traveling Faster Than Light.

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Welcome to life! Don’t be bashful. Don’t be shy. There’s no need to walk on by. This is it. The big go around on Theme Park Earth. No pushing now. No need to crowd yourselves. It doesn’t matter where you’re standing now, as the line is irrelevant to where you will end up.

The maps you are handed at the entrance are for general reference purposes only and should not be considered entirely accurate navigating the many points of interest ahead as they were printed before your life was conceived and may bare little resemblance to it once your events are unfolded. There’s a lot to see here if it is your first day on the planet or if you’ve been here for a while now.

And while the rides have ups and downs and bubble gum may occasionally get stuck in your shoes, keep in mind that much like the following hour of programming, this does not necessarily represent the views or opinions at the University of California at Davis, KDVS or its sponsors.

If you think you have seen it all, I encourage you to take another look as the park is under constant renovation. If you have yet to see it all, I highly recommend starting at one of the planet’s many informational booths such as This Week in Science, coming up next.
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Transcript-TWIS.ORG Nov 11, 2008


Synopsis: Women have more Cooties, City Ants Avoid Traffic, Bacterial Brilliance, Memory Storage, Half A Bird Brain, Diamonds From tequila, Robot Domination of Sorts, and Dark Matters the muon anomaly.

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It’s a new day in America. A new day with new hope! A revived spirit! Mounting expectations! Change has come at last and while long overdue it could not have come at any other time.

Common sense is being left behind on this new journey into the future of human potential. And uncommon ability to reason thoroughly will now guide our course.

The final preparations for the climactic transition to the coming age of the big “O” still on the way. The pursuit of knowledge awaits its new hero, who it is expected will throw open the cell doors of stem research. And give light to a thousand underfunded scientific programs.

Scientific programs that seek to ignite our future with new energy. It will power the economy of change with real dollars. Dollars born of invention, industry and technological insight as opposed to the coin of fossilize fright consolidated bright and physical slight of hand.

And while anticipation of the big “O” much like the anticipation of the following hour programming does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of University of California, at Davis, KDVS or its sponsors. The world of science seems soothed by the promise of a better tomorrow.

Be it in the bended ear of an attentive world leader or simply in the promise of another episode of This Week in Science, coming up next.
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Transcript:TWIS.ORG Nov 18, 2008


Synopsis: Climate Change Denial, Microbes in the Sea fixing nitrogen, Microbes in your Gut need pro biotics to replenish, The Weird From Washington, TV Sadness, Bleach Works, Wide-Hipped Women, Anti-Matter Xplosion, and Rocky CO2.

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What can be said that has not been said before? Quite a bit, actually. From dark matter, global warming, microbiology to neurons, nanotech and sociological peculiarities – a newly learned landscape adds a new lingo to the literate lexicon that has yet to be made fully lucid by poet pens or baby naming trends. The list of things to say that have not been said before is growing at a pace only comparable to the expansion of time and space itself.

And while this conversation condenses briefly into the following hour of our programming, it does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the University of California at Davis, KDVS or its sponsors. Rather, it represent in some small way how little we have known in the past, how much we know at present and hints to us through many tantalizing examples the vast buried treasure of what still remains unknown.

So, what can be said that has not been said before? Just about everything you’re about to hear on This Week in Science, coming up next.

Good morning, Kirsten!
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Transcript-TWIS.ORG Nov 25, 2008

Synopsis: Miracles fruit from Japan makes bitter tastes seem sweet, Flies Gone Wild delivering larva instead of eggs, Mammoth Operations, To the Birds, Sweet Space, Planetary Discovery, Madness, Genetic Explanations, and Learning to Speak.

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The following hour of our programming deals with subject matter too interesting from most audiences. The show’s content does not represent the views or opinions of University of California at Davis, KDVS or its sponsors as there is no way to tell what the host will say or do while under the influence of breaking science news stories.

The subjects covered here can at times be controversial, often debatable and endlessly offensive even to those who hold world’s views founded without scientific facts.

And while this host may perhaps arrogantly at times, hold scientific fact to be a greater truth in other beliefs or reasonings, it should be noted that the universe is much stranger than any of us realize. It is just now beginning to hint to us the bizarre nature of its quantum mechanical and biological inter-workings.

Such strangeness awaits us in this next hour. Such strangeness that has the power to change what you know about the universe you live in. So, get ready to have your reality altered with This Week in Science, coming up next.
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