SGU Episode 942
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SGU Episode 942 |
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July 29th 2023 |
"Scientists have announced the development of a room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor." [1] "Superconductors transmit electricity without resistance and have magnetic properties that make them invaluable in technological applications. Usually they need to be cooled down to very low temperatures; superconductors capable of working outside the lab in regular conditions would be revolutionary." |
Skeptical Rogues |
S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
Quote of the Week |
Critical thinking is an active and ongoing process. It requires that we all think like Bayesians, updating our knowledge as new information comes in. |
Daniel J. Levitin, American-Canadian cognitive psychologist |
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Forum Discussion |
Introduction, hot water...hot world
Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
Quickie Followup with Steve (5:38)
- Alzheimer’s drug donanemab helps most when taken at earliest disease stage, study finds [2]
(Note: no article was given from the SGU show notes page)
News Items
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B:
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(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
Can AI Learn Like Humans? (19:06)
(Transcriptionist's note: Another AI news item, "AI and Politics" is noted on the shownotes page, likely the news item Cara would have covered if she had regained power.
The associated article: The Conversation: 6 ways AI can make political campaigns more deceptive than ever)
Room Temperature Superconductor (30:49)
A Galaxy Without Dark Matter (45:48)
Men Convicted For Mineral Solution (59:19)
Who's That Noisy? (1:08:45)
New Noisy (1:11:58)
[squeaking, as of birds or wheels]
J: ... what this week's noisy is
Announcements (1:12:53)
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups
Question #1: Talent vs Skill (1:16:58)
Science or Fiction (1:28:08)
Item #1: Scientists have been able to reanimate nematodes taken from Siberian permafrost that were frozen for 46 thousand years.[6]
Item #2: New research finds that, despite diverging evolutionarily 179 million years ago, the honeycomb design of honey bee and paper wasp nests derives from a common ancestor.[7]
Item #3: Researchers were able to transplant mitochrondria into damaged kidney cells improving energy production and reducing toxicity and physiological stress.[8]
Answer | Item |
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Fiction | Honeycomb: common ancestor |
Science | Reanimated nematodes |
Science | Mitochondria transplantation |
Host | Result |
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Steve | clever |
Rogue | Guess |
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Evan | Mitochondria transplantation |
Bob | Reanimated nematodes |
Jay | Honeycomb: common ancestor |
Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Evan's Response
Bob's Response
Jay's Response
Steve Explains Item #1
Steve Explains Item #2
Steve Explains Item #3
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:45:36)
Critical thinking is an active and ongoing process. It requires that we all think like Bayesians, updating our knowledge as new information comes in.
– Daniel J. Levitin (1957-present), American-Canadian cognitive psychologist, from A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age
Signoff (1:48:07)
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[9]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IFL Science: First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor Achieved, Claim Scientists
- ↑ Nature: Alzheimer’s drug donanemab helps most when taken at earliest disease stage, study finds
- ↑ OSU: Future AI algorithms have potential to learn like humans
- ↑ Neurologica: A Galaxy Without Dark Matter
- ↑ Miami Herald: Federal jury convicts 4 Florida men for selling bleach solution as ‘miracle’ cure for diseases
- ↑ PLOS Genetics: A novel nematode species from the Siberian permafrost shares adaptive mechanisms for cryptobiotic survival with C. elegans dauer larva
- ↑ PLOS Biology: Honey bees and social wasps reach convergent architectural solutions to nest-building problems
- ↑ Annals of Surgery: Mitochondria Transplantation Mitigates Damage in an in vitro Model of Renal Tubular Injury and in an ex vivo Model of DCD Renal Transplantation
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]