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This Week: Life on Mars, HomoNaledi, Koala Vaccines, Bugs Against Cancer, Human Bees, Earthquake Energy, Alcoholic Chimps, Bad Math, Clone Ants, and Much More Science!

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Life.
Is such an everyday thing here on Earth.

Everywhere you look,
In every drop of water,
Under every rock
In the air, under the soil
In every cranny
In every nook

Life has found its way.
For billions of years.

Elsewhere in the universe, not so much.

What we know of life here
Suggests it should be out there
Suggests that whenever conditions are right
Life must occur
Not an accident, not a fluke
But a natural progression of chemistry.
An almost inevitable feature of the universe
Though not necessarily a permanent one
To be a multicellular, complex, sentient form of life
is incomprehensibly rare

While we are here, while we are part
of the complex sentient universe

Let us celebrate our ability to know
With This Week in Science

Top Stories of the Week!

Life On Mars?
We have no idea. What is the new news?

Homo Naledi 
Gets a proper study

Koala Vaccines 
Are hitting the bush!

Bugs Against Cancer
Will microbes be our best defense?

Humans Bees
Humans have social bee genes

Getting Heated
Where does most of the energy from an earthquake go?

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Blair’s Animal Corner!

Ghost sharks with teeth on their heads
It’s exactly what it sounds like.

Flagrant displays for predators not mates
Matador bugs deter being a meal by waving a big red flag. Why does this work? Scientists still don’t know.

Science Stories with Justin!

Chimps
They’re basically alcoholics

Brainy Stories with Kiki!

Bad Math
What is wrong with scientific publishing?

Ants That Clone
What even is a species anyway?

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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 It’s IgNobel Time!, Thermal Collecting Coral, PLANT NEWS, Nanobreath, Food Dye Discovery, Get Out The Trash, Earth Rings, Bumblebee Memories, Decoy Dolphins, Liquid Cats, Spy Squids, Human Cement, ChatGTP does Good?, Learning By Thinking, Memory Trash, And Much More Science!

This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed Another Hominid?, Oats For Paleos!, Global Oceans, Viral Babies, Panda Upside, Caterpillar Poop, Monogamy And Bird Love, Pheromoned Fruit Flies, Ultrasound For Brains, Basque Links, Cholesterol Trouble, Colliding Black Holes, School Lunch Redux, Prothesis With Feeling, And Much More!

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