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SGU Episode 944
August 12th 2023
944 Undersea.jpg

"A hydrothermal vent displaying many red tube worms and white microbial mats."
Photo: Schmidt Ocean Institute [1]

SGU 943                      SGU 945

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

It is hard to tell which is worse: the wide diffusion of things that are not true, or the suppression of things that are true.

Harriet Martineau, English social theorist

Links
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Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, Masks and sickness, Cara's dissertation

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

"5 to 10 Years" (12:36)

  • [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] [2]

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Depression Does Not Cause Cancer (24:59)

AI vs Robo Calls (35:27)

J: ... So, let me play for you--

(Cara and Evan chuckle)

C: I hate these.

E: (groans) This is for science, Cara. We have to suffer. (Cara groans)

J: All right. Here it is. [funny sound from "La La Dog" video plays] Oh, sorry. That's not it.

(Rogues laugh)


Cement Supercapacitor (51:27)

...We talked in the past[link needed]

Hidden Undersea World (1:01:58)

Who's That Noisy? (1:11:36)

Answer to previous Noisy:
Optophone scans letters and converts to audible tones[6]

[Intermittent, musical, mechanical beeps]


New Noisy (1:17:10)

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what that noisy is

Announcements (1:18:36)

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups

Follow-up #1: More on EVs (1:22:29)

Follow-up #2: RFK Jr. on Tik Tok (1:27:28)

C: ... It's like the "Underwear Gnomes". It's like, "Then a miracle happens."

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Science or Fiction (1:36:13)

Theme: Oldest living things

Item #1: The oldest extant branch of life is the ctenophores, which go back 700 million years.[7]
Item #2: Polypodiophyta, a type of fern, is the oldest extant plant genus at 380 million years.[8]
Item #3: The record for the slowest evolving vertebrate goes to the elephant shark (Callorhinchus milii) which has changed little in 450 million years.[9]

Answer Item
Fiction Polypodiophyta fern
Fiction
Science Elephant shark
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
Evan
 Polypodiophyta fern
Bob
 Elephant shark
Jay
 Polypodiophyta fern
Cara
 Elephant shark

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

Evan's Response

Bob's Response

Jay's Response

Cara's Response

Steve Explains Item #1

Steve Explains Item #2

Steve Explains Item #3

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:50:05)


It is hard to tell which is worse: the wide diffusion of things that are not true, or the suppression of things that are true.

 – Harriet Martineau (1802-1876), English social theorist, often seen as the first female sociologist.


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[10]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gizmodo: Surreal Deep Sea Discoveries Include Glitter Worms and Upside-Down Lakes
  2. ↑ [url_from_show_notes _publication_: _article_title_]
  3. ↑ Neuroscience News: Depression and Anxiety Are Not Cancer Risk Factors
  4. ↑ ScienceDaily: A new weapon in the war on robocall scams
  5. ↑ Neurologica: Using Cement for Energy Storage
  6. ↑ IEEE Spectrum: A century ago, the optophone allowed blind people to hear the printed word
  7. ↑ Earth.com: Oldest living creature on Earth identified, emerging 700 million years ago
  8. ↑ University of Waterloo: Fern fossils
  9. ↑ Nature: Elephant shark genome provides unique insights into gnathostome evolution
  10. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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