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| SGU Episode 764 |
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| February 29th 2020 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella
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| Quote of the Week |
I think if you're spending more time denying evidence than looking for it, then you've probably left the path of intelligent skepticism. |
Alan Dove, Ph.D., on This Week in Virology |
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| Show Notes |
| Forum Discussion |
Introduction
Voiceover: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
COVID-19 Update ()
Your Number’s Up ()
- The Speed of Light
News Items
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(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
How Planes Fly, part 1 ()
Binaural Beats ()
Non-Breathing Animal ()
Rocketman Dies in Crash ()
Who's That Noisy? ()
- Answer to last week’s Noisy: _brief_description_perhaps_with_link_
New Noisy ()
[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups ()
consider using block quotes for emails read aloud in this segment
Follow-up #1: Sea Hawk vs. Seahawks ()
Follow-up #2: Feedback on the "show from the future" ()
Science or Fiction ()
| Answer | Item |
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| Fiction | Solar storms |
| Fiction | Predict quakes |
| Science | Population surge |
| Host | Result |
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Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Theme: Whales
Item #1: Researchers find that California Gray Whales are over four times more likely to strand themselves during solar storms.[5]
Item #2: A new study involving Sperm whales off the coast of New Zealand confirm that they are able to predict the onset of earthquakes better than any other animal tested.[6]
Item #3: A large sighting, the largest in decades, indicates a probable surge in the population of Antarctic Blue Whales.[7]
_Rogue_ Response
_Rogue_ Response
_Rogue_ Response
_Rogue_ Response
_Host_ Explains Item #_n_
_Host_ Explains Item #_n_
_Host_ Explains Item #_n_
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
I think if you're spending more time denying evidence than looking for it, then you've probably left the path of intelligent skepticism.
– Alan Love, Ph.D., on This Week in Virology
Signoff/Announcements ()
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.
Today I Learned
- Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[8]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
References
- ↑ Scientific American: No One Can Explain Why Planes Stay in the Air
- ↑ Neurologica: Binaural Beats, Mood and Memory
- ↑ Live Science: Scientists discover first known animal that doesn't breathe
- ↑ LA Times: Death of rocket man 'Mad Mike' Hughes ends years of close calls
- ↑ [https://today.duke.edu/2020/02/solar-storms-could-scramble-whales-navigational-sense Duke Today: Solar Storms Could Scramble Whales' Navigational Sense
- ↑ ScienceDaily: Earthquakes disrupt sperm whales' ability to find food
- ↑ BBC News: 'Astonishing' blue whale numbers at South Georgia
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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