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''Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.'' | |||
<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 |
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| August 15th 2020 |
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| (brief caption for the episode icon) |
| 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 |
| Links |
| Download Podcast |
| Show Notes |
| Forum Discussion |
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 ()
| Answer | Item |
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| Fiction | Wheat cultivars |
| Science | Powered flight |
| Science | Missed firearms |
| Host | Result |
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| Steve | win |
| Rogue | Guess |
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Evan | Powered flight |
Bob | Powered flight |
Cara | Wheat cultivars |
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
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
- ↑ Undark: In Afghanistan, a Drug Sparks Hope — and Charges of Quackery
- ↑ Science-Based Medicine: Russian and Other COVID Vaccines
- ↑ First Direct Experimental Evidence of CNO neutrinos
- ↑ Space.com: NASA's TESS exoplanet-hunting space telescope wraps up primary mission
- ↑ Space Force: Lava Tubes On Mars And The Moon Are So Wide They Can Host Planetary Bases
- ↑ Current Biology: Potential for Powered Flight Neared by Most Close Avialan Relatives, but Few Crossed Its Thresholds
- ↑ INFORMS: New Research Finds the TSA May Have Missed Thousands of Firearms at Airport Security Checkpoints in 2014-2016
- ↑ Lab Manager: Gluten in Wheat: What Has Changed during 120 Years of Breeding?
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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