SGU Episode 969
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| SGU Episode 969 |
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| February 3rd 2024 |
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A deep-sea exploration company has captured a sonar image of an anomaly on the ocean floor that resembles an aircraft. The team believes the object could be Amelia Earhart's Lockheed 10-E Electra that went missing nearly 87 years ago. Credit: Deep Sea Vision/PR Newswire [1] |
| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
C: Cara Santa Maria |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Guest |
DB: Dustin Bates, American rockstar |
| Quote of the Week |
If you really want to rediscover wonder, you need to step outside of that tiny, terrified space of rightness and look around at each other and look out at the vastness and complexity and mystery of the universe and be able to say, "Wow, I don’t know. Maybe I’m wrong." |
Kathryn Schulz, American journalist |
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Introduction, time whiplash
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]
Neuralink Implants Chip in Human (7:51)
_Rogue_mentions_Cara_meeting_Hawking_
Love on the Brain (18:39)
- [Science confirms it: Love leaves a mark on the brain https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240112114712.htm] [3]
...rando
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Amelia Earhart Plane May Be Discovered (28:54)
Hiding Sickness (41:43)
Cicada Double Brood (52:04)
Who's That Noisy? (1:00:10)
New Noisy (1:04:08)
[Hissing, vibrating, and ratcheting sounds]
J:...what this week's Noisy is...
Announcements (1:05:13)
_Jay_mentions_one_thousandth_episode_
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups
Correction #1: Moon Timeline (1:08:17)
Question_Email_Correction #2: Long Acting Insulin (1:13:02)
Interview with Dustin Bates (1:16:01)
- Dustin Bates, lead vocalist, songwriter and keyboardist for the American rock band Starset
Science or Fiction (1:22:17)
Theme: Animal emotions
Item #1: Most rats will stop pulling a lever to deliver a preferred treat if that lever also gives a fellow rat a small electric shock.[6]
Item #2: A recent study shows that goats are able to tell the difference between happy sounding and angry sound human voices.[7]
Item #3: Capuchin monkeys are one of the few non-human animals to be shown to cry emotional tears.[8]
| Answer | Item |
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| Fiction | Capuchin emotional tears |
| Science | Rats have empathy? |
| Science | Goats differentiate voices |
| Host | Result |
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| Steve | win |
| Rogue | Guess |
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Evan | Rats have empathy? |
Bob | Rats have empathy? |
Jay | Capuchin emotional tears |
Cara | Capuchin emotional tears |
Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Evan's Response
Bob's Response
Jay's Response
Cara's Response
Steve Explains Item #2
Steve Explains Item #1
Steve Explains Item #3
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:36:14)
If you really want to rediscover wonder, you need to step outside of that tiny, terrified space of rightness and look around at each other and look out at the vastness and complexity and mystery of the universe and be able to say, "Wow, I don’t know. Maybe I’m wrong."
– Kathryn Schulz (1974-present), American journalist and author
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 CNN: Explorers say they think they’ve found Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane
- ↑ Neurologica: Neuralink Implants Chip in Human
- ↑ [Science confirms it: Love leaves a mark on the brain University of Colorado at Boulder: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240112114712.htm]
- ↑ Neuroscience News: People Likely to Conceal Contagious Sickness for Social Commitments
- ↑ CNN: Billions of cicadas are set to appear in a rare ‘double brood emergence,’ scientists say
- ↑ National Geographic: Rats avoid harming other rats. The finding may help us understand sociopaths.
- ↑ Animal behavior: Goats discriminate emotional valence in the human voice
- ↑ Discover Magazine: Humans Are the Only Animals That Cry — And We Don’t Know Why
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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