SGU Episode 806

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SGU Episode 806
December 19th 2020
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SGU 805                      SGU 807
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
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Introduction

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

What’s the Word? ()

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News Items: Arecibo Telescope AI Predicting Weather Manipulated by Robots Genetically Engineered Pigs Asteroid Sample Return

COVID-19 Update ()

• Vaccine and Home Testing

News Items

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Arecibo Telescope ()

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AI Predicting Weather ()

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Manipulated by Robots ()

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Genetically Engineered Pigs ()

• [link_URL title]

Asteroid Sample Return ()

• [link_URL title]

Who's That Noisy? ()

• Answer to last week’s Noisy: _brief_description_perhaps_with_link_

New Noisy ()

[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups ()

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Science or Fiction ()

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Rogue	Guess

Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.

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Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

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– AUTHOR (YYYY-YYYY), _short_description_

Signoff/Announcements ()

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

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References

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