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This Week: Seagulls, Bad References, Bin Chicken, Woodpeckers, Parasitic Animals, Wolves and Crabs, Animal-Free Brains, Bye-bye Memories, Baby Hacking, And Much More!

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With each human passing, our old ways disappear.
Bit by bit, our culture moves toward the new.
Youth celebrate progress,
The old shake their heads at the memories we forgot.
And yet, one day we too will pass.
Will anyone wonder at what is lost?
Not as long as we are discussing
This Week in Science!

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Quick Science News!

3 Quick News Stories!

World’s largest metabolomic study completed

Blue Origin

Interstellar Comet

Shouting at seagulls is…. effective?
According to this study it is, but not according to my life experience…

Bad References
How is AI going to “solve science” if it can’t even check it’s own references?

Bin Chicken
What is metagenomics & a fabulous rabbit hole?

Woodpecker grunts
They grunt and brace for impact like human athletes. What does this tell us? If anything??

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Blair’s Animal Corner!

The parasitic animals just keep bringing the nightmare juice!
Queen ant infiltrates nest, turns local queen’s young against her, and takes her place!

Wolves take advantage of crab traps
but is it tool use?

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Some Science stories with Kiki!

Animal-Free Brains?
Are we at the point of animal-free research?

Bye-bye Memories
How does this happen?

Baby Hacking
What is even happening right now?

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Take a blast into the past…

What were we discussing at this time last year? This time last year We discussed  Mouse Genes, Neander-games, DESI News Update!, Haunted House study, First Nation agriculture, Hallucination, Backyard Bird Learning, Monkeys, AI Poetry, And Much More Science!

This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed An End Ahead, California’s Textbooks, Magnet-o-heads, Pre-pre Clovis, Sex or Food?, Crabs Feel Pain, Earwig Momma Dramas, Being Social, A Drug For Aging, Just Drink Coffee, Coconuts Versus Candida, Stretch Mark Science, Exoplanetary Excitement, Blood Jellies, And Much More! Take a blast into the past with TWIS!

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