SGU Episode 758
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| SGU Episode 758 |
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| January 18th 2020 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
| Guest |
JC: Joe Carvalko |
| Quote of the Week |
What is a master but a master student? And if that's true, then there's a responsibility on you to keep getting better and to explore avenues of your profession. |
Neil Peart, Canadian musician, songwriter, and author |
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| Show Notes |
| Forum Discussion |
Introduction[edit]
Voiceover: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
News Items[edit]
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(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
Xenobots ()[edit]
Goop on Netflix ()[edit]
Oldest Material on Earth ()[edit]
UFOs and National Security ()[edit]
- CBS News: Top-secret UFO files could cause "grave damage" to U.S. national security if released, Navy says[4]
Goldilocks Stars ()[edit]
Who's That Noisy? ()[edit]
- Answer to last week’s Noisy: _brief_description_perhaps_with_link_
New Noisy ()[edit]
[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups ()[edit]
consider using block quotes for emails read aloud in this segment
Question #1: England and Wales ()[edit]
Interview with Joe Carvalko ()[edit]
Science or Fiction ()[edit]
| Answer | Item |
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| Fiction | Spain > Alaska |
| Science | S.Am. east of FL |
| Science | UK north of US |
| Host | Result |
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| Rogue | Guess |
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Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Theme: Geography
Item #1: Virtually all of South America is east of Florida.[6]
Item #2: The entire UK is north of the northern most point in the continental US.[7]
Item #3: Spain is larger than Alaska.[8]
_Rogue_ Response[edit]
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_Host_ Explains Item #_n_[edit]
_Host_ Explains Item #_n_[edit]
_Host_ Explains Item #_n_[edit]
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()[edit]
What is a master but a master student? And if that's true, then there's a responsibility on you to keep getting better and to explore avenues of your profession.
– Neil Peart (1952-2020), Canadian musician, songwriter, and author
Signoff/Announcements ()[edit]
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[edit]
- Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[9]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
References[edit]
- ↑ Popular Mechanics: These Are the First Living Robots: Machines Made from Frog Stem Cells
- ↑ Ars Technica: Goop’s Netflix trailer: Paltrow sinks into a vagina, spews pseudoscience
- ↑ BBC News: Oldest material on Earth discovered
- ↑ CBS News: Top-secret UFO files could cause "grave damage" to U.S. national security if released, Navy says
- ↑ Universe Today: The Perfect Stars to Search for Life On Their Planets
- ↑ Something Geography: Where is South America?
- ↑ Brilliant Maps: European & North American Cities Transposed Onto The Opposite Continent At The Same Latitude
- ↑ The True Size.com
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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