SGU Episode 975

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SGU Episode 975
March 16th 2024
The conclusion of All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office: "To date, AARO has not discovered any empirical evidence that any sighting of a UAP represented off-world technology or the existence a classified program that had not been properly reported to Congress."  Click for image details Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
SGU 974                      SGU 976
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Quote of the Week
If you want to do seismic analysis, it's ideal if you check with a seismologist first.
Benj. Fernando, planetary seismologist
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Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, Boeing's missteps; moral courage

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

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News Items

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E:

(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]

Pentagon UFO Report (19:58)

• Pentagon Report – No UFOs

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Microplastic Risks (29:38)

• Landmark study links microplastics to serious health problems

Parasite Cleanse (40:32)

• Parasite Cleanse

Gut Microbe Communication (49:05)

• "Molecular Rosetta Stone" Reveals How our Microbiome Talks to Us

Interstellar Meteorite (59:02)

• They Thought It Was an Interstellar Meteorite Strike. Turns Out It Was a Truck.

Who's That Noisy? (1:06:28)

Answer to previous Noisy:

Manualist Cecil Dill plays "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"
YouTube: Cecil Dill and His Musical Hands (1935)

New Noisy (1:11:23)

[popping sound like a jackhammer]

what this week's Noisy is

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups

Email #2: Mach Effect Drive (1:21:15)

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Science or Fiction (1:26:58)

Theme: Equinoxes Item #1: On the day of each equinox, day and night are of equal length. Item #2: During the equinoxes, solar declination is 0°. Item #3: So-called solar outages, or equinoctial disruptions, refer to the fact that communication satellites are often partially or totally blocked for a few days either before or after the equinoxes.

Answer	Item
Fiction	Day & night equal length
Science	Solar declination is 0°
Science	Equinoctial disruptions

Host	Result
Steve	win

Rogue	Guess
Cara	Equinoctial disruptions
Jay	Day & night equal length
Bob	Day & night equal length
Evan	Day & night equal length

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

Cara's Response

Jay's Response

Bob's Response

Evan's Response

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:38:08)

If you want to do seismic analysis, it's ideal if you check with a seismologist first.  – Benjamin Fernando, American planetary seismologist and postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University

Signoff (1:51:35)

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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• Fact/Description
• Fact/Description

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