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SGU Episode 981
April 27th 2024
981 NASA-Advanced-Composite-Solar-Sail-System-Spacecraft.jpg

This artist's concept shows NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System spacecraft sailing in space using the energy of the Sun. Credit: NASA/Aero Animation/Ben Schweighart

SGU 980                      SGU 982

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

Failure is a reality; we all fail at times, and it's painful when we do. But it's better to fail while striving for something wonderful, challenging, adventurous, and uncertain than to say, "I don't want to try because I may not succeed completely."

President Jimmy Carter, American politician and humanitarian

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Introduction, John Oliver's UFO episode[edit]

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

News Items[edit]

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Voyager Fixed (12:21)[edit]

NASAs New Solar Sail (22:27)[edit]

Bird Flu in Milk (31:25)[edit]

Dark Energy Getting Weaker (45:17)[edit]


meatball


After Death Communications (TW) (55:43)[edit]

  Trigger warning icon.jpg Trigger warning: suicide, death


Who's That Noisy? (1:13:50)[edit]

New Noisy (1:18:12)[edit]

[rapid clicking, almost a buzz]

What this weeks Noisy is

Announcements (1:18:53)[edit]

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:23:22)[edit]

Email #1: Havana Syndrome[edit]

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Science or Fiction (1:31:40)[edit]

Theme: Medical risk

Item #1: A recent study finds that living in Canada increases one’s risk of developing multiple sclerosis by up to 70%, with risk being proportional to the time lived in Canada.[6]
Item #2: Researchers find that use of anti-acid drugs, including proton pump inhibitors, H2 blockers, and antacids, are associated with an up to 70% higher risk of having Migraine headaches.[7]
Item #3: A recent review of studies finds that gum disease is associated with up to a 30% increased risk in developing Alzheimer’s disease.[8]

Answer Item
Fiction Gum disease & Alzheimer's
Science Canada & multiple sclerosis
Science
Anti-acid drugs & migraines
Host Result
Steve clever
Rogue Guess
Jay
Canada & multiple sclerosis
Bob
Anti-acid drugs & migraines
Evan
Gum disease & Alzheimer's
Cara
Canada & multiple sclerosis

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

Jay's Response

Bob's Response

Evan's Response

Cara's Response

Steve Explains Item #2[edit]

Steve Explains Item #3[edit]

Steve Explains Item #1[edit]

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:43:45)[edit]


Failure is a reality; we all fail at times, and it's painful when we do. But it's better to fail while striving for something wonderful, challenging, adventurous, and uncertain than to say, "I don't want to try because I may not succeed completely."

 – President Jimmy Carter (1924-present), American politician and humanitarian 


Signoff[edit]

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Today I Learned[edit]

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