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'''E:'''...Hey, I'm noticing a pattern: every three years, I bring up bee venom therapy. ''(Cara laughs)'' I don't know what it is. I don't know. I have to scratch this itch every three years. I did this last [[SGU Episode NNN|in 2021]]; before that I had talked about it [[SGU Episode NNN|in 2018]]. So I don't know.


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== Announcements <small>(1:14:58)</small> ==
== Announcements <small>(1:14:58)</small> ==
'''J:'''...[[SGU Episode 1000|1000th show]]...


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SGU Episode 973
March 2nd 2024
973 Odysseus.jpg

"An American company has made history by becoming the first commercial outfit to put a spacecraft on the Moon." [1]

"The Odysseus mission is funded by NASA as part of their program to develop private industry to send instruments and supplies to the Moon." [2]

SGU 972                      SGU 974

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.

Robert Coveyou, American research mathematician

Links
Download Podcast
Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, Leap year, AI Willy Wonka party

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

Special Discussion: Alabama SC Decision (7:28)

  • [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] [3]

S:...ineluctably[v 1]...

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

First Private Landing on the Moon (19:39)

Sex Difference in the Brain (28:40)

Bee Venom for Breast Cancer (37:29)


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E:...Hey, I'm noticing a pattern: every three years, I bring up bee venom therapy. (Cara laughs) I don't know what it is. I don't know. I have to scratch this itch every three years. I did this last in 2021; before that I had talked about it in 2018. So I don't know.

Learning Empathy (48:02)

Brightest Object (59:45)


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B: So it's been roughly 185,000 minutes (Transcriptionist's note: approximately 128 days) since I've had my last black hole news item[link needed].

...meatballs

Who's That Noisy? (1:10:10)

Answer to previous Noisy:
Half dollar pushed into dry ice (video in article)

New Noisy (1:13:49)

[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]

J:...If you think you know what it is...

Announcements (1:14:58)

J:...1000th show...

Potent Quotables (1:18:37)

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:28:56)

Correction #1: Oats consumption math error

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Science or Fiction (1:31:08)

Item #1: A recent review finds that male psychopaths outnumber female psychopaths 10:1.[8]
Item #2: A new study finds that boiling tap water for 5 minutes removes up to 90% of nano and microplastics from the water.[9]
Item #3: Using AI scientists have developed a method for atomic force microscopy of material surfaces with resolutions below the width of the microscope probe tip.[10]

Answer Item
Fiction Male & female psychopaths
Science Boiling removes plastics
Science
Atomic force microscopy
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
Evan
 Male & female psychopaths
Jay
 Male & female psychopaths
Bob
 Boiling removes plastics
Cara
 Male & female psychopaths

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

Evan's Response

Jay's Response

Bob's Response

Cara's Response

Steve Explains Item #3

Steve Explains Item #2

_rogue_mentions_scale_or_scaling_[v 2][v 3]

Steve Explains Item #1

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:47:35)


The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.

 – Robert Coveyou (1915-1996), American research mathematician who worked at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory


E:... "Random number generation is too important to be left to chance [sic]

this is a slight misquote

." ...

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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Today I Learned

  • Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[11]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description

References

  1. ↑ BBC: Moon landing: US firm Intuitive Machines makes historic touchdown
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Neurologica: Odysseus Lands on the Moon
  3. ↑ [url_from_show_notes _publication_: _article_title_]
  4. ↑ Yahoo News: Men and women's brains do work differently, scientists discover for first time
  5. ↑ DMIHER Center for Advanced Physiotherapy Education & Research: Bee Sting Venom as a Viable Therapy for Breast Cancer: A Review Article
  6. ↑ Neuroscience News: Shaping Empathy: Adult Brains Can Learn Compassion
  7. ↑ The Conversation: A mass of 17 billion suns: Growing black hole is the most luminous object ever observed by astronomers (Phys.org title)
    original title: The brightest object ever observed in the night sky is a black hole that’s growing by the equivalent of one Sun a day
  8. ↑ Anglia Ruskin University: Is the female psychopath more hidden than the male? (In-person)
  9. ↑ Environmental Science & Technology Letters: Drinking Boiled Tap Water Reduces Human Intake of Nanoplastics and Microplastics
  10. ↑ University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering: AI technique 'decodes' microscope images, overcoming fundamental limit
  11. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]

Vocabulary

  1. ↑ Wiktionary: ineluctable; in a manner impossible to avoid or escape
  2. ↑ Wiktionary: scale; see etymology #2
  3. ↑ Wiktionary: limescale; A white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate found in kettles, washing machines etc., especially in a hard water area
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