SGU Episode 602
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| SGU Episode 602 |
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| January 21st 2017 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
C: Cara Santa Maria |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Quote of the Week |
Even scientists are not immune from the perceptual distortions to which we are all subjected. |
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| Forum Discussion |
Introduction
- Bob at L.A. Skeptical conference
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
Forgotten Superheroes of Science (1:57)
- Dorothy Andersen: Dorothy Andersen (1901 – 1963) was an American Doctor who was the very first person to identify and describe cystic fibrosis
News Items
E-Waste (6:49)
IBM Predicts Future Tech (17:49)
Returning to the Moon (31:25)
(Commercial at 39:45)
Two Trillion Galaxies (41:16)
- https://m.phys.org/news/2017-01-universe-trillion-galaxies.html
- The number of galaxies in the universe is much higher than previously thought
Who's That Noisy (47:09)
- Answer to last week: Organ
Interview with James Randi (49:25)
- http://web.randi.org/
- James is working on his latest book: A Magician in the Laboratory
(Commercial at 1:09:39)
Science or Fiction (1:10:40)
Item #1: Carl Sagan was the first scientist to publicly warn about the possibility of manmade global warming from greenhouse gas emissions, in a 1980 essay. Item #2: The 15 hottest years on record since 1880 have all been since 1998. Item #3: Climate models show that even if CO2 emissions were stopped entirely, global temperatures would continue to rise for at least a century.
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:32:43)
'Even scientists are not immune from the perceptual distortions to which we are all subjected.' Massimo Polidoro
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