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|caption = [https://www.science.org/content/article/global-trove-rare-earth-metals-found-japans-deep-sea-mud From the article:]<br>A "semi-infinite" supply of rare earth metals used in batteries, electric vehicles, and other green energy technologies has been found in deep-sea mud about 1850 kilometers southeast of Tokyo.<ref name=rare>[https://www.science.org/content/article/global-trove-rare-earth-metals-found-japans-deep-sea-mud Science: Global trove of rare earth metals found in Japan's deep-sea mud]</ref>
|caption = "A "semi-infinite" supply of rare earth metals used in batteries, electric vehicles, and other green energy technologies has been found in deep-sea mud about 1850 kilometers southeast of Tokyo."&nbsp;<ref name=rare>[https://www.science.org/content/article/global-trove-rare-earth-metals-found-japans-deep-sea-mud Science: Global trove of rare earth metals found in Japan's deep-sea mud]</ref>


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SGU Episode 667
April 21st 2018
667 Yttrium.jpg

"A "semi-infinite" supply of rare earth metals used in batteries, electric vehicles, and other green energy technologies has been found in deep-sea mud about 1850 kilometers southeast of Tokyo." [1]

SGU 666                      SGU 668

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

If a kid ever asks you why the sky is blue, you look them right in the eye and say,

"It's because of quantum effects involving Rayleigh scattering combined with a lack of violet photon receptors in our retinae." [2]

Phil Plait, "the Bad Astronomer"

Links
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Show Notes
SGU Forum

Introduction, tech issues, Art Bell dead[edit]

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

Alex Jones sued (4:15)[edit]

News Items[edit]

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Communicating Without Speaking (10:06)[edit]

Nutrition Pseudoscience (19:55)[edit]

Rare Earths (26:11)[edit]

Eating Plastic (33:26)[edit]

Who's That Noisy? (47:33)[edit]

Answer to previous Noisy:
Slowed-down quote from the Bible, famously stated by Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction

Noisy from 665 (53:00)[edit]

Two lynxes in a territorial dispute


New Noisy (56:38)[edit]

[Background scraping/crackling with foreground intermittent mechanical buzzing]

J: ... So, if you heard any cool Noisies this week, if you want to say hi, or if you want to guess at what the answer is, email me at WTN@theskepticsguide.org.


Announcements (57:24)[edit]

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (57:51)[edit]

Question #1: Acidic Food[edit]

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Science or Fiction (1:03:10)[edit]

Item #1: Researchers have discovered how to make diamonds flexible and stretchy.[6]
Item #2: Engineers have developed a new technique for streaming video 10,000 times faster than the current best algorithms.[7]
Item #3: A new analysis finds that humans are responsible for a mass extinction of large mammals over the last 120 thousand years.[8]

* The shownotes page reuses the links referenced by episode 665's SOF items; these links had to be found/matched independently.

Answer Item
Fiction Streaming 10,000x faster
Science Flexible, stretchy diamonds
Science
Cause of mass extinction
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
Cara
 Streaming 10,000x faster
Bob
 Streaming 10,000x faster
Evan
 Cause of mass extinction
Jay
 Streaming 10,000x faster

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

Cara's Response[edit]

Bob's Response[edit]

Evan's Response[edit]

Jay's Response[edit]

Steve Explains Item #1[edit]

Steve Explains Item #2[edit]

Steve Explains Item #3[edit]

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:25:09)[edit]


If a little kid ever asks you just why the sky is blue, you look him or her right in the eye and say, "It's because of quantum effects involving Rayleigh scattering combined with a lack of violet photon receptors in our retinae."

 – Phil Plait (1964-present), "the Bad Astronomer"

Phil discusses this quote in the article Meme, Myself, and Eyes: How to explain why the sky is blue[2]


(Transcriptionist's note: Steve's comments line up well with scaffolding and Lev Vygotsky's zone of proximal development.)

Signoff/Announcements (1:28:17)[edit]

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[edit]

  • Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[9]
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  • Fact/Description

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Science: Global trove of rare earth metals found in Japan's deep-sea mud
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Slate: Meme, Myself, and Eyes: How to explain why the sky is blue
  3. ↑ Science Alert: MIT Researchers Have Created a Bizarre Headset That Lets You Communicate Without Speaking
  4. ↑ Real Clear Science: Wealthy Americans Are More Likely to Be Influenced by Nutrition Pseudoscience
  5. ↑ BBC: Recycling hope for plastic-hungry enzyme
  6. ↑ Science Daily: How to bend and stretch a diamond
  7. ↑ Tech Explorist: Researchers achieve HD video streaming at 10,000 times lower power
  8. ↑ Ars Technica: Mammals are smaller than they used to be, and it’s our fault
  9. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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