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SGU Episode 990
June 29th 2024
990 GOES-U satellite.jpg

An illustration of NOAA's GOES-U satellite in orbit above Earth. (Image credit: NOAA)

SGU 989                      SGU 991

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

Rarely do the advocates of cleanses explain what is meant by toxins. It is one of those nebulous pseudoscientific terms rolled out by people deliberately avoiding the specificity required for a science-based analysis. It's the modern-day equivalent of "evil spirits," vague enough to mean just about anything while retaining the ring of scientific legitimacy.

Timothy Caulfield, Canadian professor

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Show Notes
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Introduction, SkeptiCal and Skepardy, Murder Chic podcast[edit]

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

Quickie with Steve: Simulating Black Holes (3:45)[edit]

  • [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] [1]

News Items[edit]

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

GOES-U Satellites (8:10)[edit]

Risks of Cannabis (17:32)[edit]


Improved Enzymes (32:42)[edit]

Geopathic Stress (45:52)[edit]

Using AI to Predict Alzheimer's (56:25)[edit]

Who's That Noisy? (1:09:46)[edit]

Answer to previous Noisy:
Alpaca alarm call


E: It's a plane!

New Noisy (1:12:36)[edit]

[Whooshing, chuffing, warbling animal sounds]

E: That's Jay at the meatball-eating contest.

J: That's like my digestion happening after a round of meatballs. (Bob laughs)

Announcements (1:13:39)[edit]

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups[edit]

Email #1: The Pattern App (1:17:39)[edit]

Email #2: Processing Grief (1:23:25)[edit]

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Science or Fiction (1:29:24)[edit]

Theme: Technology news

Item #1: Researchers have achieved a new data rate record of 40 petabits (Pb) per second in a standard commercially available optical fiber.* [8]
Item #2: Scientists present a new gene editing system based on transposable elements that is 10 times more efficient than existing systems.[9]
Item #3: Engineers have made a thin film organic light harvesting system with 38% efficiency, a technique that can be utilized for photovoltaics.[10]

* The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) is Japan's primary national research institute for information and communications

Answer Item
Fiction 40 Pb/s fiber data rate
Science Gene editing 10x efficiency
Science
Photovoltaics light harvesting
Host Result
Steve swept
Rogue Guess
Jay
 40 Pb/s fiber data rate
Bob
 40 Pb/s fiber data rate
Evan
 40 Pb/s fiber data rate
Cara
 40 Pb/s fiber data rate

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

Jay's Response

Bob's Response

Evan's Response

Cara's Response

Steve Explains Item #3[edit]

Steve Explains Item #1[edit]

Steve Explains Item #2[edit]

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:45:57)[edit]


Rarely do the advocates of cleanses explain what is meant by toxins. It is one of those nebulous pseudoscientific terms rolled out by people deliberately avoiding the specificity required for a science-based analysis. It's the modern-day equivalent of "evil spirits," vague enough to mean just about anything while retaining the ring of scientific legitimacy.

 – Timothy Caulfield (1963-present), Canadian professor of law


Signoff[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[11]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description

References[edit]

  1. ↑ [url_from_show_notes _publication_: _article_title_]
  2. ↑ Space.com: How the GOES-U satellite will change Earth and space weather forecasts forever
  3. ↑ Neuroscience News: Cannabis Use Linked to Severe COVID-19
  4. ↑ ScienceAlert: Teen Cannabis Use Dramatically Raises Risk of Psychotic Disorders
  5. ↑ Nature Communications, via Trinity College Dublin: Scientists devise algorithm to engineer improved enzymes
  6. ↑ Metro UK: What is geopathic stress – and is it a threat to our health?
  7. ↑ Alzheimer's Association: Prediction of Alzheimer's disease progression within 6 years using speech: A novel approach leveraging language models
  8. ↑ NICT
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan's primary national research institute for information and communications
    : World Record 402 Tb/s Transmission in a Standard Commercially Available Optical Fiber
  9. ↑ Nature: Transposase-assisted target-site integration for efficient plant genome engineering
  10. ↑ Cell: Panchromatic light-harvesting antenna by supramolecular exciton band engineering for heteromeric dye foldamer
  11. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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