SGU Episode 773

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SGU Episode 773
May 2nd 2020
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SGU 772                      SGU 774
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
Quote of the Week
Naturopaths want to be able to do everything an MD wants to do — but they also want to practice essentially witchcraft.
Britt Marie Hermes
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Introduction

Voiceover: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

COVID-19 Update ()

• Respectful Insolence.com Drs. Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi: Promoting dangerously bogus pseudo-epidemiology about COVID-19

News Items

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New Row of Periodic Table ()

• Phys.org: Synthesizing new superheavy elements to open up the eighth period of the periodic table

Safest Coffee ()

• ScienceDaily: How to make the healthiest coffee

Pentagon UFO Videos ()

• Neurologica: Pentagon UFO Videos

Malaria Vaccine ()

• National Geographic: A new malaria vaccine sparks hope—but cheaper measures are still useful

Who's That Noisy? ()

• Answer to last week’s Noisy: Hail Cannon

New Noisy ()

[Baby animals making squeaking sounds]

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups ()

considering using block quotes for emails read aloud in this segment

Question #1: Research Obligations ()

Moral Obligation concerning scientific study during a pandemic Message: Hi SGU squad love the show and wanted to get your takes on Dr.Fauci stating in a pandemic it is the moral obligation of the researcher to notify the participants who are on the placebo of the positive effects of the actual drug based only on the non published and reviewed results of the study they are participating in Thanks! Stay healthy and keep up the great work Article below: NBC News: Remdesivir shows promising results for coronavirus, Fauci says – Occam’s Chainsaw, TX

Science or Fiction ()

Answer	Item
Fiction	Giant swan
Science	Fanged deer
Science	Giant rhino

Host	Result
Steve	win

Rogue	Guess
Evan	Giant rhino
Bob	Giant rhino
Cara	Giant swan
Jay	Giant swan

Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Theme: Extinct Mammals
Item #1: Hoplitomeryx matthei is an extinct deer (11-4.3 mya) that sported saber-like upper canine fangs, and five horns, including a central horn from its forehead.
Item #2: The largest ever confirmed land mammal was a rhino relative, Paraceratherium, standing over five meters at the shoulder and weighing up to four times more than adult African elephants.
Item #3: During the Pleistocene period of Malta there lived giant swans that were larger and heavier than the local dwarf elephants.

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

Naturopaths want to be able to do everything an MD wants to do — but they also want to practice essentially witchcraft.
– Britt Marie Hermes, former naturopathic doctor, now a critic of naturopathy and alternative medicine

Signoff/Announcements ()

S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.

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Today I Learned

• Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference
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