SGU Episode 907

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SGU Episode 907
November 26th 2022
Cichlids from the crater lake Xiloá in Nicaragua. A study team discovered fish in the crater lake in 2018 that resembled hybrids of the two cichlid species.
SGU 906                      SGU 908
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Quote of the Week
Science and art can touch one another, like two pieces of the jigsaw puzzle which is our human life, and that contact may be made across the borderline between the two respective domains.
M. C. Escher, Dutch graphic artist
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Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, SGU on Media Bias Chart

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

What's the Word? (7:33)

• Soundscape ecology: Geophony, Biophony, and Anthropophony

News Items

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

Artemis I Launch (14:55)

• Artemis I mission shares spectacular view of Earth after a historic launch

B: ... Scotty

E: (grunts, à la Tim "the Tool Man" Taylor)

Skin-Like Electronics (27:46)

• Skin-like electronics could monitor your health continuously

Homoploid Sympatric Speciation (41:14)

• New Method of Speciation

Lab Grown Blood (51:04)

• In world-first trial, lab-grown blood was just injected into two people

Water Meteorite (59:19)

• Winchcombe meteorite bolsters Earth water theory

Who's That Noisy? (1:07:55)

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Science or Fiction (1:19:56)

Theme: Turkeys Item #1: An adult wild turkey has between 5,000 and 6,000 feathers. Item #2: Only male turkeys gobble. Females can yelp, cluck, and purr, but they are unable to gobble. Item #3: The last common ancestor of chickens and turkeys lived 40 million years ago.

Answer	Item
Fiction	Only male turkeys gobble
Science	5,000-6,000 feathers
Science	Chicken turkey ancestor

Host	Result
Steve	win

Rogue	Guess

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

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:30:56)

Science and art sometimes can touch one another, like two pieces of the jigsaw puzzle which is our human life, and that contact may be made across the borderline between the two respective domains.
– M. C. Escher (1898-1972), Dutch graphic artist

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
• Fact/Description
• Fact/Description

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