SGU Episode 758

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SGU Episode 758
January 18th 2020
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SGU 757                      SGU 759
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
Guest
JC: Joe Carvalko
Quote of the Week
What is a master but a master student? And if that's true, then there's a responsibility on you to keep getting better and to explore avenues of your profession.
Neil Peart, Canadian musician, songwriter, and author
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Introduction

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

News Items

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

Xenobots ()

• Popular Mechanics: These Are the First Living Robots: Machines Made from Frog Stem Cells

Goop on Netflix ()

• Ars Technica: Goop’s Netflix trailer: Paltrow sinks into a vagina, spews pseudoscience

Oldest Material on Earth ()

• BBC News: Oldest material on Earth discovered

UFOs and National Security ()

• CBS News: Top-secret UFO files could cause "grave damage" to U.S. national security if released, Navy says

Goldilocks Stars ()

• Universe Today: The Perfect Stars to Search for Life On Their Planets

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

Interview with Joe Carvalko ()

• Joe Carvalko, The Official Site

Science or Fiction ()

Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Theme: Geography
Item #1: Virtually all of South America is east of Florida.
Item #2: The entire UK is north of the northern most point in the continental US.
Item #3: Spain is larger than Alaska.

_Host_ Explains Item #_n_

Answer	Item
Fiction	Spain > Alaska
Science	{{{science1}}}

Host	Result
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Rogue	Guess

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

What is a master but a master student? And if that's true, then there's a responsibility on you to keep getting better and to explore avenues of your profession.
– Neil Peart (1952-2020), Canadian musician, songwriter, and author

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
• Fact/Description
• Fact/Description

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