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SGU Episode 946
August 26th 2023
946 Chandrayaan-3.jpg

An illustration of the Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover duo on the surface of the Moon. Illustration: ISRO

SGU 945                      SGU 947

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professional wrestling is real but the moon landing was faked.

David Letterman, American late night TV host

Links
Download Podcast
Show Notes
SGU Forum

Introduction, Dragon Con 2023, Crocs

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


News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Releasing Fukushima Radioactive Water (6:15)

Online Gaming and Mental Health (17:53)

Quickies with Steve (30:02)

Gradient Nanostructured Steel

Metal Kirigami

Supernova and Neutrinos (41:59)

Recent Lunar Missions (49:29)

Who's That Noisy? (59:47)

New Noisy (1:04:14)

[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]

what this week's Noisy is

Announcements (1:04:56)

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:08:34)

Email #1: Gender Affirming Care and Regret

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Science or Fiction (1:26:03)

Theme: Proteins

Item #1: "Hero" proteins in humans are heat-resistant long-lived proteins that have no direct function themselves but help keep other proteins from clumping and causing cell aging.[6]
Item #2: The longest known protein in vertebrates is called titin, which can be 350,000 amino acids long.[7]
Item #3: The median half-life of human proteins is 8.7 hours.[8]

Answer Item
Fiction
Science
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess

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

Jay's Response

Evan's Response

Bob's Response

Cara's Response

Steve Explains Item #1

Steve Explains Item #2

Steve Explains Item #3

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:38:30)


America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professional wrestling is real but the moon landing was faked.

 – David Letterman (1947-present), American television host, comedian, writer and producer


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[9]
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  • Fact/Description

References

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