SGU Episode 953
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| SGU Episode 953 |
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| October 14th 2023 |
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New research confirms that fossil human footprints in NM are likely the oldest direct evidence of human presence in the Americas, upending what archaeologists thought they knew about when our ancestors arrived in the New World. [1] |
| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
C: Cara Santa Maria |
J: Jay Novella |
| Guests |
DF: Dan Friesen |
JH: Jordan Holmes |
| Quote of the Week |
Sciences provide an understanding of a universal experience, and the Arts provide an understanding of personal experience. They both are avatars of human creativity. |
Mae Jemison, American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut |
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| Show Notes |
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Introduction
Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
Quickie with Bob: Solar Panels at Proxima Centauri (5:17)
- Will solar panels work at Proxima Centauri? [2]
(Note: this article is not from the SGU show notes page)
News Items
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(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
Oldest Evidence of Humans in Americas (8:50)
Addictive Foods (21:48)
Using CRISPR To Make Chickens Resistant (33:40)
- Creating resistance to avian influenza infection through genome editing of the ANP32 gene family [5]
Superheavy Elements and Ultradense Asteroids (43:37)
Prehistoric Solar Storms (54:22)
- A radiocarbon spike at 14 300 cal yr BP in subfossil trees provides the impulse response function of the global carbon cycle during the Late Glacial [7]
Who's That Noisy? (1:02:11)
New Noisy (1:05:16)
[creaking croaking with echo]
Announcements (1:05:49)
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:06:31)
Email #1: Nobel Peace Prize
Interview with Dan Friesen and Jordan Holmes (1:08:33)
Science or Fiction (1:41:09)
Item #1: Astronomers have spotted the first exoplanet collision, which happened in a system 1,800 light years away[8]
Item #2: Scientists have developed a new method of error correction in quantum computers that is 10 times as effective as previous methods, reaching fidelities of 0.999.[9]
Item #3: The NIH has announced a $150 million grant to develop a Digital Twin Brain – an open-source platform to virtually duplicate human brain function.[10]
| Answer | Item |
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| Fiction | Digital twin brain |
| Science | Exoplanet collision |
| Science | Quantum computer correction |
| Host | Result |
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| Steve | win |
| Rogue | Guess |
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Jay | Digital twin brain |
Cara | Digital twin brain |
Bob | Exoplanet collision |
Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Jay's Response
Cara's Response
Bob's Response
Steve Explains Item #2
Steve Explains Item #3
Steve Explains Item #1
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:53:31)
Sciences provide an understanding of a universal experience; Arts are a universal understanding of personal experience. The arts and sciences are avatars of human creativity.
– Mae Jemison (1956-present), American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut
Signoff
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
- Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[11]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
References
- ↑ Phys.org: Further evidence points to footprints in New Mexico being the oldest sign of humans in Americas
- ↑ Universe Today: Will solar panels work at Proxima Centauri?
- ↑ Neurologica: Oldest Evidence of Humans In Americas
- ↑ ZME Science: What are the most addictive foods, according to science
- ↑ Nature Communications: Creating resistance to avian influenza infection through genome editing of the ANP32 gene family
- ↑ Springer: Beyond the periodic table: Superheavy elements and ultradense asteroids
- ↑ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: A radiocarbon spike at 14 300 cal yr BP in subfossil trees provides the impulse response function of the global carbon cycle during the Late Glacial
- ↑ University of Bristol: Researchers capture first-ever afterglow of huge planetary collision in outer space
- ↑ Nature: Erasure conversion in a high-fidelity Rydberg quantum simulator
- ↑ Intelligent Computing: The Digital Twin Brain: A Bridge between Biological and Artificial Intelligence
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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