SGU Episode 754

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SGU Episode 754
December 21st 2019
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SGU 753                      SGU 755
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
Quote of the Week
NCCAM officials have spent $374,000 to find that inhaling lemon and lavender scents does not promote wound healing; $750,000 to find that prayer does not cure AIDS or hasten recovery from breast-reconstruction surgery; $390,000 to find that ancient Indian remedies do not control type 2 diabetes; $700,000 to find that magnets do not treat arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, or migraine headaches; and $406,000 to find that coffee enemas do not cure pancreatic cancer.
Paul Offit, American pediatrician
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Introduction

Voiceover: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

Your Number’s Up ()

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Does Wearing a Facemask Prevent Disease? ()

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Perineum Sunbathing ()

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Redacting Animal Sex ()

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The SCAN Scam ()

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Horizontal Gene Transfer and Plants ()

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Measles Update ()

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Tracking Meteors ()

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Science or Fiction ()

Answer	Item
Fiction	Most traded worldwide
Science	Light more caffeine
Science	Cream cools slower
Science	Coffee rust infection

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Rogue	Guess

Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Theme: Coffee
Item #1: A scoop of light roast coffee beans has more caffeine than a scoop of dark roast beans.
Item #2: Coffee with cream will cool more slowly than without.
Item #3: Coffee is the most traded commodity worldwide.
Item #4: Epidemics of coffee rust, a fungal infection that plagues arabica coffee worldwide, affects 70% of crops in Central America and in bad years entire crops have been lost.

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

NCCAM officials have spent $374,000 to find that inhaling lemon and lavender scents does not promote wound healing; $750,000 to find that prayer does not cure AIDS or hasten recovery from breast-reconstruction surgery; $390,000 to find that ancient Indian remedies do not control type 2 diabetes; $700,000 to find that magnets do not treat arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, or migraine headaches; and $406,000 to find that coffee enemas do not cure pancreatic cancer.
– Paul Offit, American pediatrician

Signoff/Announcements ()

S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.

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