SGU Episode 850

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SGU Episode 850
October 23rd 2021
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SGU 849                      SGU 851
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Guests
RW: Richard Wiseman
DC: David Copperfield
Quote of the Week
Science knows no country because knowledge belongs to humanity and is the torch which illuminates the world.
Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist
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Introduction

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

News Items

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

Pig Kidneys (00:48)

• In a First, Surgeons Attached a Pig Kidney to a Human, and It Worked

Scientists Abused for Discussing COVID (6:33)

• Scientists abused and threatened for discussing Covid, global survey finds

Synthetic Biology (14:01)

• Synthetic biology moves into the realm of the unnatural

AGW Consensus (22:59)

• Consensus Revisited: Do Scientists Still Believe in Anthropogenic (Human-Caused) Climate Change?

Dark Skies (31:22)

• Dark Skies Ordinance To Dim Pittsburgh's Light Pollution

Who's That Noisy? (38:08)

Answer to previous Noisy:

A building turned into an instrument via "infrabass vibrations"

New Noisy (43:37)

[Morse code-like buzzing with a revolving machine whir in the background]

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Interview with Richard Wiseman and David Copperfield (52:10)

• David Copperfield's History of Magic

Science or Fiction (1:28:33)

Answer	Item
Fiction
Science

Host	Result
Steve	win

Rogue	Guess

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

Theme: Material Science
Item #1: Researchers have created a hardened wood that is 23 times as hard as the natural wood it is made from, can be sharpened into a blade three times sharper than a commercial table knife, and even made into nails.
Item #2: Engineers have created a plasma-infused plastic with the highest melting point of any plastic at close to 1,500 degrees Celsius.
Item #3: Scientists have created nanotwinned titanium, that is both stronger and more ductile than titanium, properties that are usually inversely related, and even at ultra-low temperatures.

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:44:45)

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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.

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