SGU Episode 936
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| SGU Episode 936 |
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| June 17th 2023 |
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The Ivory-billed woodpecker isn’t extinct (again!) [1] |
| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
C: Cara Santa Maria |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Guest |
KJ: David Kyle Johnson, |
| Quote of the Week |
All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time's relentless melt. |
Susan Sontag, American writer |
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| Show Notes |
| Forum Discussion |
Introduction, In Memoriam: Bruce Press, preparing for death
Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
News Items
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B:
C:
J:
E:
(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
Schizophrenia and Auto-Immune Disease (6:09)
3D Printing Glass (21:04)
sintering [discussion about talking about sintering previously][link needed][v 1]
Smoke Blocks Solar Energy (26:02)
Retooling Ribosome Translation (35:48)
Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Again) (45:48)
Who's That Noisy? (54:55)
New Noisy (58:42)
[animal chitting/cackling laugh sounds]
J: ... Well you're just going to have to wait, just have to wait until next week.
Announcements (59:28)
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:00:42)
Question #1: UFO Sighting
Been listening since 2006ish, love you guys. Had feet in hot tub with wife and we noticed a string of lights in the sky. Immediately joked it was a UFO but it was something I've never seen in 13 years in Ocean View, Norfolk [Virginia, USA]. To me it reminded me of the speed of a slow plane pulling a sign message. Not sure how how to get images but it would be awesome to share. If you debunk I'll sign up to patreon!
– Very respectfully, Andrew Albertson, Norfolk, VA, USA
Interview with David Kyle Johnson (1:04:14)
S: Joining us now is Dr. David Kyle Johnson. David, welcome back to the Skeptics' Guide.
KJ:
The Evolution argument (1:29:16)
Science or Fiction (1:40:17)
Item #1: A new study finds that human redistribution of fresh water has caused the Earth's rotational pole to drift 78.48 cm between 1993 and 2010.[6]
Item #2: A recent analysis of the Geminids meteoroid stream indicates that it likely originated from the Moon.[7]
Item #3: Scientists have developed a wireless muometric navigation system that uses muons from cosmic rays as their reference and can work even deep underground.[8]
| Answer | Item |
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| Fiction | Geminids from the Moon |
| Science | Redistribution of water |
| Science | Muometric navigation |
| Host | Result |
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| Steve | win |
| Rogue | Guess |
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Bob | Geminids from the Moon |
Cara | Geminids from the Moon |
Jay | Redistribution of water |
Evan | Geminids from the Moon |
Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Bob's Response
Cara's Response
Jay's Response
Evan's Response
Steve Explains Item #3
Steve Explains Item #2
Steve Explains Item #1
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:59:13)
All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time's relentless melt.
– Susan Sontag (1933-2004), American writer, philosopher, and political activist
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[9]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 EarthSky: Ivory-billed woodpecker isn't extinct (again)
- ↑ Neurologica: Woman with Catatonia for Years Wakes After Treatment
- ↑ Bioengineer.org: Nanomaterials: 3D printing of glass without sintering
- ↑ The Verge: Wildfire smoke slashed solar power generation
- ↑ UC Berkeley: Retooling the ribosomal translation machine could expand chemical repertoire of cells
- ↑ Geophysical Research Letters: Drift of Earth's Pole Confirms Groundwater Depletion as a Significant Contributor to Global Sea Level Rise 1993–2010
- ↑ Planetary Science Journal: Formation, Structure, and Detectability of the Geminids Meteoroid Stream
- ↑ Science Magazine: Navigating underground with cosmic-ray muons
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
Vocabulary
- ↑ Wiktionary: sintering A process in which the particles of a powder are welded together by pressure and heating to a temperature below its melting point.
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