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More Fun Than Fossilized Feces

October 16, 2026

Kiki Sanford (0:00)

This is Twist. This Week in Science, episode number 1079, recorded on Wednesday, October 14th, 2026 More fun than fossilized feces.

Hey everyone, I'm Dr. Kiki, and today we will fill your head with stingers, spiders, and schizophrenia. But first, thanks to our amazing Patreon sponsors for their generous support of Twist. You can become a part of the Patreon community at patreon.com/thisweek in Science. Disclaimer, disclaimer, disclaimer.

Blair Bazdarich (1:48)

Good science to you, Kiki.

Kiki Sanford (1:51)

And a good science to you too, Blair and everyone out there. Welcome to another episode of This Week in Science. Back again to talk about all the science that we thought was important enough to bring to the show this week. There's a lot more science out there. There always is. So many discoveries. No one can cover…

But we like, you know, the good, the bad, the fun. I do not have fossilized feces for the show tonight, in case people were wondering. No, that's just, yeah, sorry. I just wanted people to be interested, you know.

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