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| SGU Episode 865 |
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| February 5th 2022 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella
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| Quote of the Week |
Officials, educators, media personalities, and opinion makers must do everything they can to educate the public, assuage people’s fears, and show that the pandemic is being handled fairly and rationally. Lives and people's well-being are at stake, for years to come. |
Nidhal Guessoum, Algerian astrophysicist |
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| Show Notes |
| Forum Discussion |
Introduction
Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
Quickie with Bob (7:57)
- Scientists Invent Flubber: UMass researchers create new material that can store and release 'enormous' amounts of energy[1]
Random Asides about English Words (12:44)
News Items
S:
B:
C:
J:
E:
(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
Machine Learning and Mental Health (16:32)
Hardy Tardigrades (30:17)
S: Yeah. The potential applications are huge. Of course, whenever you're talking about genetically modifying humans, that's a really high bar in terms of proving safety, but it's theoretically possible. And we may have to do it if we're really going to be a spacefaring race. But we'll see. Alright. Let's go on.
DNA Microfossils (43:29)
S: Have you guys ever heard of DNA microfossils?
J: No.
Belief in the Paranormal and Credibility (54:55)
- Do Stormy Daniels' beliefs in the paranormal make her unfit to testify in lawsuit against her former attorney?[5]
Tesla Robots (1:09:17)
Who's That Noisy? (1:18:50)
New Noisy (1:21:44)
[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]
Announcements (1:22:40)
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:23:48)
Email #1: Joe Rogan and Spotify
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Science or Fiction (1:34:36)
Theme: Materials science
Item #1: For the first time scientists have been able to create a two-dimensional polymeric material, that is six times stronger than bullet-proof glass, and twice as strong as steel at one-sixth the density.[7]
Item #2: MIT engineers have created a biological “duct tape” that can be applied to internal organs, adhering in seconds and lasting for months.[8]
Item #3: Scientists have engineered a cultivar of cotton that creates fibers with almost the tensile strength of Kevlar.[9]
| Answer | Item |
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| Fiction | Kevlar-strong cotton |
| Science | Super-strong 2D polymer |
| Science | Biological “duct tape” |
| Host | Result |
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| ' | win |
| Rogue | Guess |
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Evan | Kevlar-strong cotton |
Jay | Kevlar-strong cotton |
Bob | Biological “duct tape” |
Cara | Kevlar-strong cotton |
Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Evan's Response
Jay's Response
Bob's Response
Cara's Response
Steve Explains Item #1
Steve Explains Item #3
Steve Explains Item #2
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:53:56)
Officials, educators, media personalities, and opinion makers must do everything they can to educate the public, assuage people’s fears, and show that the pandemic is being handled fairly and rationally. Lives and people's well-being are at stake, for years to come.
– Nidhal Guessoum, Algerian astrophysicist
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[10]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
Notes
References
- ↑ WBUR: UMass researchers create new material that can store and release 'enormous' amounts of energy
- ↑ MIT News: Deploying machine learning to improve mental health
- ↑ ScienceNews for Students: Living mysteries: Why teeny-weeny tardigrades are tough as nails
- ↑ Neurologica: DNA Microfossils and the Woolly Mammoth
- ↑ Religion Dispatches: Do Stormy Daniels' beliefs in the paranormal make her unfit to testify in lawsuit against her former attorney?
- ↑ NewScientist: Can Elon Musk and Tesla really build a humanoid robot in 2022?
- ↑ Nature: Irreversible synthesis of an ultrastrong two-dimensional polymeric material
- ↑ Science Translational Medicine: An off-the-shelf bioadhesive patch for suture-less repair of gastrointestinal defects
- ↑ [url_from_SoF_show_notes PUBLICATION: unable to find; show notes page has wrong link]
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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