# science news (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover science news. Page: Feed: --- ## [Did Science Find It Yet?](https://www.twis.org/19-august-2026-episode-1072-did-science-find-it-yet/) _2026-08-20 · This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast_ What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Cancer Vaccine, Holotypes, Supercentenarians, Cheesy News, Spiders, Think Well, Sugar Babies, Body Movement, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that you can find TWIS in all the podcast \[…\] The post 19 August, 2026 – Episode 1072 – Did Science Find It… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/twis/TWIS_08_19_2026.mp3) ## [Five Slimes To Rule Them All](https://www.twis.org/12-august-2026-episode-1071-five-slimes-to-rule-them-all/) _2026-08-14 · This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast_ What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Unnatural Viruses, Platypus Rehab, Black Hole Star, Bacteria for Babies, Elven Coral, 5 Slimes, Analysis Paralysis, Monkey See, Trust Selectivity, LLM Study, and Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that \[…\] The post 12 August, 2026 – Episode 1071- Five Slimes To… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/twis/TWIS_08_12_2026.mp3) ## [Welcome to the NEW Golden Age](https://www.twis.org/05-august-2026-episode-1070-welcome-to-the-new-golden-age/) _2026-08-07 · This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast_ What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Politics, Making a Golden Age, Money Ai, Space Tiles, Bubbles, Ants, Dodos, Awkward Robots, Sleep, and Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that you can find TWIS in all the \[…\] The post 05 August, 2026 – Episode 1070 – Welcome to the NEW Golden Age appeared first on… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/twis/TWIS_08_05_2026.mp3) ## [The Dish on Disease-in-a-Dish](https://www.twis.org/29-july-2026-episode-1069-the-dish-on-disease-in-a-dish/) _2026-07-31 · This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast_ What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Dannielle Engle, PhD, Pancreatic Cancer, Gut Memories, Memorable Brain Changes, and Much More Science to Dish About! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that you can find TWIS in all the \[…\] The post 29 July, 2026 – Episode 1069 – The Dish on Disease-in-a-Dish… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/twis/TWIS_07_29_2026.mp3) ## [Invasive Science](https://www.twis.org/22-july-2026-episode-1068-invasive-science/) _2026-07-24 · This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast_ This Week: Interview W/Dana Page, Feral Pigs, Prescribed Burns, Climate Change, Plant Cheese, and Much More Science! [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/twis/TWIS_07_22_2026.mp3) ## [Uncanny Science](https://www.twis.org/15-july-2026-episode-1067-uncanny-science/) _2026-07-17 · This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast_ What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Culture, Uncanny Valley Monkeys, Koala Cure, Hidden Fish, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that you can find TWIS in all the podcast directories. If you are looking \[…\] The post 15 July, 2026 – Episode 1067 – Uncanny Science appeared first on This… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/twis/TWIS_07_15_2026.mp3) ## [Shrinking Cephalopod Brains, Science!](https://www.twis.org/8-july-2026-episode-1066-shrinking-cephalopod-brains-science/) _2026-07-10 · This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast_ What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Orbital Weapons, Vanta Black Satellites, Emotional Bees, Old Enzymes, Light Tech, Sex-changing Spiders, Cephalopod Brains, Cry For Health, Brain Damage, Preventing Trauma, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember \[…\] The post 8 July, 2026 – Episode 1066 –… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/twis/TWIS_07_08_2026.mp3) ## [Lighting Up the Skies](https://www.twis.org/1-july-2026-episode-1065-lighting-up-the-skies/) _2026-07-03 · This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast_ What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Spudcell, Colossal Effort, Planigales, Homo Naledi, Crocodile Brians, Snails, Overies, and Much More Science Lighting Up the Skies! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that you can find TWIS in all the \[…\] The post 1 July, 2026 – Episode 1065 – Lighting Up the Skies appeared… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/twis/TWIS_07_01_2026.mp3) ## [Deploy The Quantum Science!](https://www.twis.org/24-june-2026-episode-1064-deploy-the-quantum-science/) _2026-06-26 · This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast_ What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: .Gov vs .US, Cleaning Phones, Mines and Rain, Pod Presence, Pterosaur Wings, Bilingual Brains, Laugh Lines, Eyes, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that you can find TWIS \[…\] The post 24 June, 2026 – Episode 1064 – Deploy The Quantum Science! appeared… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/twis/TWIS_06_24_2026.mp3) ## [The Ladies Want Smarts](https://www.twis.org/17-june-2026-episode-1063-the-ladies-want-smarts/) _2026-06-19 · This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast_ What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: The Underground, Climate Change Survey, Forever? Chemicals, Blood Thinning, Dead Whales, Zebra Finch, Scared Pregnant Mice, Contagious Fear, Sneaky Spiders, Knee Pain, Bird Brains, Gamer Critics, and Much More Science Smarts! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on \[…\] The post 17 June, 2026 – Episode 1063 – The… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/twis/TWIS_06_17_2026.mp3) ## [Retro Grid Dungeon Crawler (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/TEahGHRV3aFT) _2026-06-19 · **Sponsored**_ Retro grid movement with first-person combat, loot and skill-tree progression. ## [Exocast-82b: Exoplanet Emission and the paradigm shift of JWST with Dr Megan Weiner Mansfield](https://www.exocast.org/exocast-82b/) _2026-04-29 · exocast_ For this episode the Exocast team are joined by Dr Megan Weiner Mansfield from the University of Maryland, USA. Megan’s work focuses on the measurement of exoplanet atmospheres with a particular look at the eclipse as the planet passes behind the star and we can measure the thermal dayside of tidally locked giants. We talk about the paradigm shift that JWST has brought to the field and some really… [Listen](http://media.blubrry.com/exocast/www.exocast.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Megan-mansfield.mp3) ## [Exocast-81b: A chat with Dr Matt Kenworthy about weird dips in light curves and the future of instrumentation](https://www.exocast.org/exocast-81b/) _2026-03-25 · exocast_ For this episode the Exocast team are joined by Dr Matthew Kenworthy from the University of Leiden, The Netherlands. Matt’s work focuses on strange transit events and the search for new ways to better process data. Matt started his career in the instrumentation lab and we dive into that transition to more remote hands-off research. We talk about his work with the assassin, sorry ASASSN, network… [Listen](http://media.blubrry.com/exocast/www.exocast.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/matt-kenworthy-edit.mp3) ## [Exocast-80 b: Are giant planets friends or foes? With Dr Jonti Horner](https://www.exocast.org/exocast-80b/) _2026-02-24 · exocast_ We sat around our virtual studio to chat with Queensland-based astronomer Jonti Horner, who works on planetary dynamics – both within our own solar system, and around others. As well as discovering the impact of giant planet dynamics on habitable planets like earth, we also discussed the importance of aboriginal astronomy in Australia, his various media appearances, and Jonti’s namesake asteroid.… [Listen](http://media.blubrry.com/exocast/www.exocast.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jonti-horner-edit.mp3) ## [Exocast-79b: Observing odd exoplanet orbits with Dr. Malena Rice](https://www.exocast.org/exocast-79b/) _2025-03-02 · exocast_ Join the Exocast team as they chat with Dr Malena Rice an expert on planetary and exoplanetary dynamics through both theory and observation. Malena tells us about her journey into professional astronomy. Malena grew up and attended college in California before moving to the east coast for grad school in the Yale Department of Astronomy, only taking a quick one years’ break as 51 Peg fellow at MIT… [Listen](http://media.blubrry.com/exocast/www.exocast.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/malena-rice-edit.mp3) ## [Exocast-78 b: Finding the most distant exoplanets with Dr Eamonn Kerins](https://www.exocast.org/exocast-78b/) _2025-02-02 · exocast_ This month the gang sit in with Dr Eamonn Kerins, expert in gravitational microlensing from the University of Manchester. He tells us how astronomers can find extremely distant exoplanets through the warping effect their mass has on light itself; and takes us through the past, present and future of one of the more obscure exoplanet detection methods. This includes how ESA’s Euclid mission could… [Listen](http://media.blubrry.com/exocast/www.exocast.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/eamonn-kerrins-edit.mp3) ## [Exocast-77b: Exoplanet Instrumentation with Dr Ben Pope](https://www.exocast.org/exocast-77b/) _2025-01-16 · exocast_ For this episode the Exocast team are joined by Dr Benjamin (Ben) Pope from the University of Queensland, Brisbane. Ben has worked on everything from transit light curve modelling, to direct imaging instrumentation, to using tree rings to study solar activity and we try desperately to cover it all in the episode. Ben shares with us what excites him the most about the search for exoplanets and how… [Listen](http://media.blubrry.com/exocast/www.exocast.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Exocast-77b_Ben-Pope.mp3) ## [Exocast-76b: Exoplanet Interiors with Professor Caroline Dorn](https://www.exocast.org/exocast-76b/) _2024-11-08 · exocast_ The Exocast team are joined on this episode by exoplanetary interior investigator Professor Caroline Dorn . Caroline started her career in Earth sciences and geophysics, studying for her PhD aquifer systems at the University of Lausanne, before switching her focus to the interiors of more distant worlds in 2013 with postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Bern and Zurich. As of April 2023,… [Listen](http://media.blubrry.com/exocast/www.exocast.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/caroline-dorn-edit.mp3) ## [Exocast-75b: Radial Velocity Surveys of Young Planets with Dr. Louise Nielsen](https://www.exocast.org/exocast-75b/) _2024-10-21 · exocast_ The Exocast team are joined on this episode by Dr. Louise Nielsen , a Danish astronomer who, after a batchelor’s degree at Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, moved to the Geneva Observatory for a PhD focussing on radial velocity (RV) observations of exoplanets. Louise then completed postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Oxford and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Garching,… [Listen](http://media.blubrry.com/exocast/www.exocast.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/louise-nielsen-edit.mp3) ## [Exocast-74b: Exoplanet Characterisation and HST/JWST Mission Support with Dr. Néstor Espinoza](https://www.exocast.org/exocast-74b/) _2024-09-05 · exocast_ The Exocast team are joined on this show by Dr. Néstor Espinoza from the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, USA. Néstor is an Assistant Astronomer and Mission Scientist for Hubble and JWST at STScI, where he focusses on transiting exoplanets and their stars. He also provides support for HST and JWST as Mission Scientist for Exoplanet Science in the Instrument Division, and… [Listen](http://media.blubrry.com/exocast/www.exocast.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nestor-Espinoza-edit.mp3)