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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, U.S. late night TV host

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Show Notes
Forum Discussion

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 Longest known protein
Science "Hero" proteins
Science
Median half-life
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
Jay
Median half-life
Evan
Longest known protein
Bob
Longest known protein
Cara
Longest known protein

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]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description

References

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