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=== Improved Enzymes <small>(32:42)</small> === | === Improved Enzymes <small>(32:42)</small> === | ||
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=== Geopathic Stress <small>(45:52)</small> === | === Geopathic Stress <small>(45:52)</small> === | ||
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SGU Episode 990 |
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June 29th 2024 |
An illustration of NOAA's GOES-U satellite in orbit above Earth. (Image credit: NOAA) |
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 |
Forum Discussion |
Introduction, SkeptiCal and Skepardy, Murder Chic podcast
Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
Quickie with Steve: Simulating Black Holes (3:45)
- [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] [1]
News Items
S:
B:
C:
J:
E:
(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
GOES-U Satellites (8:10)
Risks of Cannabis (17:32)
Improved Enzymes (32:42)
Geopathic Stress (45:52)
Using AI to Predict Alzheimer's (56:25)
- Prediction of Alzheimer's disease progression within 6 years using speech: A novel approach leveraging language models [7]
Who's That Noisy? (1:09:46)
New Noisy (1:12:36)
[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)
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups
Email #1: The Pattern App (1:17:39)
Email #2: Processing Grief (1:23:25)
Science or Fiction (1:29:24)
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 |
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Fiction | 40 Pb/s fiber data rate |
Science | Gene editing 10x efficiency |
Science | Photovoltaics light harvesting |
Host | Result |
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Steve | swept |
Rogue | Guess |
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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
Steve Explains Item #1
Steve Explains Item #2
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:45:57)
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
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[11]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
References
- ↑ [url_from_show_notes _publication_: _article_title_]
- ↑ Space.com: How the GOES-U satellite will change Earth and space weather forecasts forever
- ↑ Neuroscience News: Cannabis Use Linked to Severe COVID-19
- ↑ ScienceAlert: Teen Cannabis Use Dramatically Raises Risk of Psychotic Disorders
- ↑ Nature Communications, via Trinity College Dublin: Scientists devise algorithm to engineer improved enzymes
- ↑ Metro UK: What is geopathic stress – and is it a threat to our health?
- ↑ Alzheimer's Association: Prediction of Alzheimer's disease progression within 6 years using speech: A novel approach leveraging language models
- ↑ NICTNational 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
- ↑ Nature: Transposase-assisted target-site integration for efficient plant genome engineering
- ↑ Cell: Panchromatic light-harvesting antenna by supramolecular exciton band engineering for heteromeric dye foldamer
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]