SGU Episode 983

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SGU Episode 983
May 11th 2024
NASA's new propulsion technology enhances small spacecraft capabilities for future planetary missions and extends the operational life of existing satellites. Credit: Northrop Grumman
SGU 982                      SGU 984
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Quote of the Week
The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense.
Benjamin Franklin, American polymath
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Introduction, Starliner launch scrubbed

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

News Items

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Electric Propulsion (7:30)

• NASA Unveils Game-Changing Electric Propulsion Technology for Future Space Missions  

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Blowing Off Steam (13:36)

• A meta-analytic review of anger management activities that increase or decrease arousal: What fuels or douses rage? 

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Washington Post and Past Lives (26:20)

• Washington Post on Past Lives 

Programmable Living Materials (38:24)

• Marriage of synthetic biology and 3D printing produces programmable living materials 

Fighting Holocaust Denial (47:37)

• ADL teams up with Jewish TikTok stars to fight Holocaust denial 

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Who's That Noisy? (57:33)

Answer to previous Noisy:

Bantha from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

J: ...But please, contextually, remember next year.

E: Uh-huh!

J: Next year at this time, the episode before May 4th, I will be playing a Star Wars sound. This is your clue! Right, Evan?

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New Noisy (1:00:48)

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Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:02:28)

Email #1: Deep Fakes and Grief

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Interview with Robert Bartholomew (1:15:30)

• Robert Bartholomew, "The Sociologist Specialising in Mass Hysteria & Social Panics"

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Science or Fiction (1:44:10)

Theme: Animal eyes Item #1: The four-eyed fish has one pair of eyes for viewing above the water line and one pair for viewing below the water. Item #2: Reindeer are the only animals whose eyes change color seasonally, changing from a gold-turquoise in the summer to a deep blue in the winter. Item #3: Owls do not have eyeballs – their eyes are more mushroom or cylindrically shaped.

Answer	Item
Fiction	Four-eyed fish
Science	Reindeer eyes change color
Science	Owls do not have eyeballs

Host	Result
Steve	win

Rogue	Guess
Cara	Reindeer eyes change color
Bob	Reindeer eyes change color
Evan	Four-eyed fish
Jay	Four-eyed fish

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

Cara's Response

Bob's Response

Evan's Response

Jay's Response

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:55:24)

The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense.  – Benjamin Franklin (1705-1790), American polymath

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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