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* [https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/too-many-too-soon-no/ Too Many Too Soon? No!]<ref>[https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/too-many-too-soon-no/ {{sbm}}: Too Many Too Soon? No!]</ref>
   
   
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* [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/clean-meat-lab-grown-available-restaurants-2018-global-warming-greenhouse-emissions-a8236676.html Lab-grown 'clean' meat could be on sale by end of 2018, says producer]<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/clean-meat-lab-grown-available-restaurants-2018-global-warming-greenhouse-emissions-a8236676.html The Independent: Lab-grown 'clean' meat could be on sale by end of 2018, says producer]</ref>
 
=== Seeing Around Corners <small>(43:35)</small> ===
* [https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/driverless-cars-see-around-corners Major breakthrough could let driverless cars see around corners]<ref>[https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/driverless-cars-see-around-corners Silicon Republic: Major breakthrough could let driverless cars see around corners]</ref>


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* [https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-opioid-painkillers-no-better-20180306-story.html For all their risks, opioids had no pain-relieving advantage in a yearlong clinical trial]<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-opioid-painkillers-no-better-20180306-story.html LA Times: For all their risks, opioids had no pain-relieving advantage in a yearlong clinical trial]</ref>


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== Announcements <small>(1:29:03)</small> ==
== Announcements <small>(1:29:03)</small> ==
* patron update
* Patron update


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SGU Episode 661
March 10th 2018
661 sensor technology.png

Researchers have found a way to let a driverless car "see" around a corner, using a technique similar to LIDAR.

SGU 660                      SGU 662

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

Quote of the Week

The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.

Christopher Hitchens, American-British author

Links
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Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, Rogues' first book, Live stream, Patreon

Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

What's the Word? (7:43)

  • Heritable vs. inheritable [v 1]

_consider_using_block_quotes_for_emails_read_aloud_in_this_segment_

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]

Not too many too soon (17:03)

Lab Grown Meat (32:24)

Seeing Around Corners (43:35)

_blurb_about_light_through_walls_

Opioids No Better (50:28)

Who's That Noisy? (1:07:37)

Answer to previous Noisy:
_brief_description_of_answer_ _perhaps_with_a_link_


New Noisy (1:11:24)

[Whooshes and tearing/burning sounds]

short_text_from_transcript

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Science or Fiction (1:12:04)

Item #1: A new study finds that couples have a highly accurate sense of when their partner is sad or depressed.[5]
Item #2: A newly published forensic analysis concludes that bones found on Nikumaroro island are very likely those of Amelia Earhart.[6]
Item #3: A new genetic analysis suggests that oxygenic photosynthesis evolved a billion years earlier than thought, near the beginning of life about 3.6 billion years ago.[7]

Answer Item
Fiction Couples' sense
Science Earhart's bones
Science
Oxygenic photosynthesis
Host Result
Steve swept
Rogue Guess
Bob
 Couples' sense
Cara
 Couples' sense
Jay
 Couples' sense

Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Bob's Response

Cara's Response

Jay's Response

Steve Explains Item #3

Steve Explains Item #2

Steve Explains Item #1

Announcements (1:29:03)

  • Patron update

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:30:27)

The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.
– Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011), American-British author, from his 2001 book, Letters to a Young Contrarian

Signoff

S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.

S: Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is produced by SGU Productions, dedicated to promoting science and critical thinking. For more information, visit us at theskepticsguide.org. Send your questions to info@theskepticsguide.org. And, if you would like to support the show and all the work that we do, go to patreon.com/SkepticsGuide and consider becoming a patron and becoming part of the SGU community. Our listeners and supporters are what make SGU possible.

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Today I Learned

  • Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[8]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Science-Based Medicine: Too Many Too Soon? No!
  2. ↑ The Independent: Lab-grown 'clean' meat could be on sale by end of 2018, says producer
  3. ↑ Silicon Republic: Major breakthrough could let driverless cars see around corners
  4. ↑ LA Times: For all their risks, opioids had no pain-relieving advantage in a yearlong clinical trial
  5. ↑ SMU Research: New study finds couples do poorly at knowing when their partner is sad or feeling down
  6. ↑ University of Tennessee at Knoxville: New forensic analysis indicates bones were Amelia Earhart's
  7. ↑ Helyion: Photosynthesis originated a billion years earlier than we thought, study shows
  8. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]

Vocabulary

  1. ↑ Wiktionary: WORD
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