SGU Episode 866

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SGU Episode 866
February 12th 2022
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SGU 865                      SGU 867
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Quote of the Week
I strive to be a lifelong learner and I have never learned anything by being right.
Dr. R. Shulze, SGU listener
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Introduction

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

S: Hello and welcome to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. Today is Wednesday, February 9^th, 2022 and this is your host, Steven Novella. Joining me this week are Bob Novella...

B: Hey, everybody!

S: Cara Santa Maria...

C: Howdy.

S: Jay Novella...

J: Hey guys.

S: ...and Evan Bernstein.

E: Good Evening everyone.

B: How many episodes have we done?

S: This is episode 866.

B: So this was the first episode in 860 somehow that I've done where I was yawning right when you said "Bob".

(laughter)

E: It was bound to happen, wasn't it bound to happen?

B: I did well, I think you couldn't even tell.

C: No you recovered.

E: Wow, for 17 years.

J: Bob, what skill?

E: You've come a long way since "Hellooouu".

B: I didn't know I could do it.

S: But you broke your record so you got to start your count, one day without you yawning.

E: Zero days without an accident.

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Treating Spinal Cord Injury (18:22)

• Incremental Advance Treating Spinal Cord Injury

Artificial Enamel (34:06)

• New artificial enamel is harder and more durable than the real thing

Laser Thermal Propulsion (45:07)

• Riding a laser to Mars

Chimps Self-Medicate (1:03:22)

• Chimps self-medicate using bugs

Who's That Noisy? (1:08:47)

Answer to previous Noisy:

First- and second-stage separation of Electron Launch Vehicle, 2020

New Noisy (1:13:03)

[kids and adults talking to an animal lowing and making other low grunts]

... Just tell me what animal it is.

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:15:29)

Email #1: De-extinction

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Science or Fiction (1:24:50)

Item #1: A new CT scanning technology uses the low end of the gamma ray spectrum, rather than X-rays, to form images with over 10 times the resolution. Item #2: Engineers have made a robot that can morph from one shape to another through liquid metal yet hold either shape with a rigid structure. Item #3: Scientists have discovered the first known metal alloy that does not soften as it is heated through a wide temperature range, above 1,000K.

Answer	Item
Fiction	Gamma ray scanning tech
Science	Morphing robot
Science	Tough metal alloy

Host	Result
Steve

Rogue	Guess
Bob	Morphing robot
Cara	Gamma ray scanning tech
Evan	Gamma ray scanning tech

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

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:36:42)

I strive to be a lifelong learner and I have never learned anything by being right.
– Dr. R. Shulze, SGU listener

Signoff (1:38:36)

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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