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=== COVID-19 Quackery in Afghanistan <small>()</small> ===
* [link_URL publication: title]<ref>[url_from_news_item_show_notes publication: title]</ref>
* [https://undark.org/2020/08/10/afghanistan-covid-19-drug-quackery/ Undark: In Afghanistan, a Drug Sparks Hope — and Charges of Quackery]<ref>[https://undark.org/2020/08/10/afghanistan-covid-19-drug-quackery/ Undark: In Afghanistan, a Drug Sparks Hope — and Charges of Quackery]</ref>
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=== News_Item_2 <small>()</small> ===
=== The Russian Vaccine <small>()</small> ===
* [link_URL publication: title]<ref>[url_from_news_item_show_notes publication: title]</ref>
* [https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/russian-and-other-covid-vaccines/ Science-Based Medicine: Russian and Other COVID Vaccines]<ref>[https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/russian-and-other-covid-vaccines/ Science-Based Medicine: Russian and Other COVID Vaccines]</ref>


=== News_Item_3 <small>()</small> ===
=== CNO Neutrinos <small>()</small> ===
* [link_URL publication: title]<ref>[url_from_news_item_show_notes publication: title]</ref>
* [https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.15115 First Direct Experimental Evidence of CNO neutrinos]<ref>[https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.15115 First Direct Experimental Evidence of CNO neutrinos]</ref>


=== News_Item_4 <small>()</small> ===
=== TESS Exoplanet Mission <small>()</small> ===
* [link_URL publication: title]<ref>[url_from_news_item_show_notes publication: title]</ref>
* [https://www.space.com/nasa-tess-exoplanet-space-telescope-primary-mission-ends.html Space.com: NASA's TESS exoplanet-hunting space telescope wraps up primary mission]<ref>[https://www.space.com/nasa-tess-exoplanet-space-telescope-primary-mission-ends.html Space.com: NASA's TESS exoplanet-hunting space telescope wraps up primary mission]</ref>


=== News_Item_5 <small>()</small> ===
=== Follow Up on Lava Tubes <small>()</small> ===
* [link_URL publication: title]<ref>[url_from_news_item_show_notes publication: title]</ref>
* [https://spaceforce.org.uk/2020/08/06/lava-tubes-on-mars-and-the-moon-are-so-wide-they-can-host-planetary-bases/ Space Force: Lava Tubes On Mars And The Moon Are So Wide They Can Host Planetary Bases]<ref>[https://spaceforce.org.uk/2020/08/06/lava-tubes-on-mars-and-the-moon-are-so-wide-they-can-host-planetary-bases/ Space Force: Lava Tubes On Mars And The Moon Are So Wide They Can Host Planetary Bases]</ref>


== Who's That Noisy? <small>()</small> ==
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''Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.''
''Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.''


<blockquote>'''Item #1:''' ___<ref>[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982220309994 Current Biology: Potential for Powered Flight Neared by Most Close Avialan Relatives, but Few Crossed Its Thresholds]</ref><br>'''Item #2:''' ___<ref>[url_from_SoF_show_notes publication: title]</ref><br>'''Item #3:''' ___<ref>[url_from_SoF_show_notes publication: title]</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Item #1:''' A new review of dinosaurs closely related to birds finds that powered flight evolved independently at least three times in this group.<ref>[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982220309994 Current Biology: Potential for Powered Flight Neared by Most Close Avialan Relatives, but Few Crossed Its Thresholds]</ref><ref group=v>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avialan Wiktionary: avialan]</ref><br>'''Item #2:''' An analysis finds that TSA likely missed 4,600 firearms in carry on luggage for air travel between 2014 and 2019.<ref>[https://www.informs.org/About-INFORMS/News-Room/Press-Releases/New-Research-Finds-the-TSA-May-Have-Missed-Thousands-of-Firearms-at-Airport-Security-Checkpoints-in-2014-2016 INFORMS: New Research Finds the TSA May Have Missed Thousands of Firearms at Airport Security Checkpoints in 2014-2016]</ref><br>'''Item #3:''' A comparison of wheat varieties from 1891-2010 finds that modern wheat has as much as 50% more gluten than the older cultivars.<ref>[https://www.labmanager.com/news/gluten-in-wheat-what-has-changed-during-120-years-of-breeding-23535 Lab Manager: Gluten in Wheat: What Has Changed during 120 Years of Breeding?]</ref></blockquote>


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SGU Episode 788
August 15th 2020
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SGU 787                      SGU 789

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, but to imagine your facts is another.

John Burroughs, American naturalist and nature essayist

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Show Notes
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Introduction

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


COVID-19 Update ()

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

COVID-19 Quackery in Afghanistan ()

The Russian Vaccine ()

CNO Neutrinos ()

TESS Exoplanet Mission ()

Follow Up on Lava Tubes ()

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 ()

Question #1: Benford's Law ()

Steve, pretty please, with cheese and Jay farts, talk about Benford's Law.
— Pepe Smith, Raleigh, NC/Hong Kong

Science or Fiction ()

Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Item #1: A new review of dinosaurs closely related to birds finds that powered flight evolved independently at least three times in this group.[6][v 1]
Item #2: An analysis finds that TSA likely missed 4,600 firearms in carry on luggage for air travel between 2014 and 2019.[7]
Item #3: A comparison of wheat varieties from 1891-2010 finds that modern wheat has as much as 50% more gluten than the older cultivars.[8]

Evan's Response

Bob's Response

Cara's Response

Steve Explains Item #2

Steve Explains Item #1

Steve Explains Item #3

Answer Item
Fiction Wheat cultivars
Science {{{science1}}}
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
Evan
 Powered flight
Bob
 Powered flight
Cara
 Wheat cultivars


Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, but to imagine your facts is another.
– John Burroughs (1837-1921), American naturalist and nature essayist

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[9]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description


References

  1. ↑ Undark: In Afghanistan, a Drug Sparks Hope — and Charges of Quackery
  2. ↑ Science-Based Medicine: Russian and Other COVID Vaccines
  3. ↑ First Direct Experimental Evidence of CNO neutrinos
  4. ↑ Space.com: NASA's TESS exoplanet-hunting space telescope wraps up primary mission
  5. ↑ Space Force: Lava Tubes On Mars And The Moon Are So Wide They Can Host Planetary Bases
  6. ↑ Current Biology: Potential for Powered Flight Neared by Most Close Avialan Relatives, but Few Crossed Its Thresholds
  7. ↑ INFORMS: New Research Finds the TSA May Have Missed Thousands of Firearms at Airport Security Checkpoints in 2014-2016
  8. ↑ Lab Manager: Gluten in Wheat: What Has Changed during 120 Years of Breeding?
  9. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]

Vocabulary

  1. ↑ Wiktionary: avialan
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