SGU Episode 980

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SGU Episode 980
April 20th 2024
"The cicada continues to participate in normal activities, like it would if it was healthy. It tries to mate, it flies around, it walks on plants. Yet, a third of its body has been replaced by fungus."
SGU 979                      SGU 981
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Quote of the Week
QUOTE
AUTHOR, _short_description_
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Show Notes
SGU Forum

Introduction, eclipse reflections

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

verklempt

What's the Word? (18:21)

• Anhedonia

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

New Scams (23:17)

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] 

Reconductoring (38:04)

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] 

ISS Space Junk Crashed Through Home (57:26)

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] 

Zombie Cicadas (1:05:40)

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] 

Death by Wellness (1:13:56)

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] 

Who's That Noisy? (1:23:57)

Answer to previous Noisy:

_brief_description_of_answer_ _perhaps_with_a_link_

New Noisy (1:29:14)

["Set" beep sound, loud fluttering, beep]

What this Noisy is

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:34:05)

Correction #1: AI Drug Development

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Science or Fiction (1:35:13)

Item #1: _item_text_from_show_notes_ Item #2: _item_text_from_show_notes_ Item #3: _item_text_from_show_notes_

Answer	Item
Fiction
Science

Host	Result
Steve

Rogue	Guess

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

Evan's Response

Cara's Response

Bob's Response

Jay's Response

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:49:20)

(quoted text)  – (author of quote), (description of author)

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

• Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference
• Fact/Description
• Fact/Description

References

Vocabulary