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== Introduction == | == Introduction, Evan’s tax prep work == | ||
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=== Holmes' prison sentence <small>(3:55)</small> === | |||
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=== | === Starship Almost Launch <small>(14:19)</small> === | ||
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=== | === Information in Ancient Meteorites <small>(22:49)</small> === | ||
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=== Lunar Cycle and Suicide <small>(31:53)</small> === | |||
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=== | === Sharper MRI Scans <small>(47:09)</small> === | ||
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=== | === Mummies and Taxes <small>(58:45)</small> === | ||
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| SGU Episode 928 |
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| April 22nd 2023 |
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MRI technology from Duke-led effort reveals the entire mouse brain in the highest resolution [1] |
| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
C: Cara Santa Maria |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Quote of the Week |
The denial or distortion of history is an assault on truth and understanding. Comprehension and memory of the past are crucial to how we understand ourselves, our society, and our goals for the future. Intentionally denying or distorting the historical record threatens communal understanding of how to safeguard democracy and individual rights. |
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| Show Notes |
| Forum Discussion |
Introduction, Evan’s tax prep work
Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
Holmes' prison sentence (3:55)
News Items
S:
B:
C:
J:
E:
(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
Starship Almost Launch (14:19)
Information in Ancient Meteorites (22:49)
_text_about_dynamo_theory_[link needed]
Lunar Cycle and Suicide (31:53)
Sharper MRI Scans (47:09)
Mummies and Taxes (58:45)
Who's That Noisy? (1:07:22)
Answer to previous Noisy:
_brief_description_of_answer_ _perhaps_with_a_link_
New Noisy (1:11:29)
[background hissing with bird calls and a strong plunking in the foreground]
Announcements (1:12:14)
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:16:59)
_consider_using_block_quotes_for_emails_read_aloud_in_this_segment_
with_reduced_spacing_for_long_chunks –
Question #1: Hydrogen Energy Storage
Science or Fiction (1:22:28)
Theme: Fungi
Item #1: Fungi breath in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, just like animals.[7]
Item #2: Mushroom spores are made of the toughest biological substance known, sporopollenin.[8]
Item #3: Witches' butter (Tremella mesenterica) is one of the most poisonous mushrooms in the world, a single gram being sufficient to kill a large adult human, although it is easily mistaken for edible varieties.[9]
| Answer | Item |
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| Fiction | Poisonous "Witches' butter" |
| Science | Fungi breathe just like animals |
| Science | Toughest biological substance |
| Host | Result |
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| Steve | win |
| Rogue | Guess |
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Bob | Toughest biological substance |
Jay | Toughest biological substance |
Evan | Poisonous "Witches' butter" |
Cara | Poisonous "Witches' butter" |
Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Bob's Response
Jay's Response
Evan's Response
Cara's Response
Steve Explains Item #1
Steve Explains Item #2
Steve Explains Item #3
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:36:17)
The denial or distortion of history is an assault on truth and understanding. Comprehension and memory of the past are crucial to how we understand ourselves, our society, and our goals for the future. Intentionally denying or distorting the historical record threatens communal understanding of how to safeguard democracy and individual rights.
– United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, "Explaining Holocaust Denial" (In Israel, April 18, 2023, is Holocaust Remembrance Day)
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
References
- ↑ Duke Today: Brain Images Just Got 64 Million Times Sharper
- ↑ NYT: Highlights From SpaceX’s Explosive Starship Rocket Test Launch
- ↑ Science Alert: Humans Are Erasing Billions of Years of Data From Ancient Meteorites
- ↑ Neurologica: The Lunar Cycle and Suicide
- ↑ Duke Today: Brain Images Just Got 64 Million Times Sharper
- ↑ ZME Science: Could these old mummies in Mexico be spreading fungal infection due to an old tax rule?
- ↑ Investigación y Desarrollo: How do mushrooms contribute to global warming?
- ↑ Frontiers: Sporopollenin, the least known yet toughest natural biopolymer
- ↑ Wikipedia: Tremella mesenterica
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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