SGU Episode 656
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SGU Episode 656 |
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February 3rd 2018 |
Hand-held nanopore device can sequence an individual's genome |
Skeptical Rogues |
S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
Quote of the Week |
No idea should be suppressed. And it applies to ideas that look like nonsense. We must not forget that some of the best ideas seemed like nonsense at first. The truth will prevail in the end. Nonsense will fall of its own weight, by an intellectual law of gravitation. If we bat it about, we shall only keep an error in the air a little longer. And a new truth will go into orbit. |
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, British-American astronomer and astrophysicist |
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Introduction, Hawaii trip: wedding, bananas, and woo
Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
News Items
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(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
Portable DNA Sequencing (16:15)
Alternative Treatment for Bears (22:13)
Acoustic Tractor Beam (26:23)
Super Blue Blood Moon (32:50)
Who's That Noisy? (38:13)
New Noisy (40:25)
[old-sounding recording hinting at "Alouette" song]
... what the Noisy is for this week ...
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (41:12)
Email #1: Driverless Cars ()
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Interview with Brian Dunning and Emery Emery (52:15)
Brian's conviction
Brian's redemption
Science or Fiction (1:21:55)
Theme: Hawaii
Item #1: A traditional Hawaiian diet consisted mostly of poi, resulting in a ratio of 12 percent protein, 18 percent fat and 70 percent carbohydrates.[5]
Item #2: The Hawaiian alphabet includes only 13 letters, one of which is the ‘ or okina.[6]
Item #3: Hawaii is home to over a dozen venomous snakes, second only to Australia in terms of deadliest vipers.[7]
Answer | Item |
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Fiction | A dozen venomous snakes |
Science | 13-letter alphabet |
Science | Traditional diet of poi |
Host | Result |
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Steve | swept |
Rogue | Guess |
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Jay | A dozen venomous snakes |
Bob | A dozen venomous snakes |
Evan | A dozen venomous snakes |
Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Jay's Response
Bob's Response
Evan's Response
Steve Explains Item #1
Steve Explains Item #2
Steve Explains Item #3
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:37:15)
No idea should be suppressed. … And it applies to ideas that look like nonsense. We must not forget that some of the best ideas seemed like nonsense at first. The truth will prevail in the end. Nonsense will fall of its own weight, by a sort of intellectual law of gravitation. If we bat it about, we shall only keep an error in the air a little longer. And a new truth will go into orbit.
– Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979), British-American astronomer and astrophysicist
Signoff/Announcements (1:41:43)
S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.
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Today I Learned
- Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[8]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
Notes
References
- ↑ Neurologica: Gattaca
- ↑ KQED: Bears burned in California wildfires go holistic for pain
- ↑ University of Bristol: The world's most powerful acoustic tractor beam could pave the way for levitating humans
- ↑ BBC News: Skywatchers see 'super blue blood Moon'
- ↑ Kahana: Food in Old Hawai'i
- ↑ Wikipedia: Hawaiian alphabet
- ↑ Fact Retriever: 50 Interesting Facts about Hawaii
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Vocabulary