SGU Episode 515
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| SGU Episode 515 |
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| May 23rd 2015 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Quote of the Week |
I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day. |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
Forgotten Superheroes of Science ()
- Mary Sherman Morgan: The first female rocket scientist and developed the fuel used for the first U.S satellite launch.
Movie Review ()
News Items
Federal Anti-SLAPP ()
Anti-Bacterial Soap and Cancer ()
- https://www.yahoo.com/health/the-dirty-truth-about-antibacterial-soaps-118285569345.html https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/everything-causes-cancer/
Light-Based Computing ()
Online Timelapse ()
Who's That Noisy ()
- Answer to last week: Edison Dolls
Science or Fiction ()
Item #1: Fusion researchers have found that inserting small grains of lithium into fusion plasma resulted in sustained temperatures and pressures capable of producing fusion. Item #2: A review of DNA studies finds that about half of the tree species in the Appalacians can trace their close relatives to eastern Asia. Item #3: A new survey finds that 18% of college freshman women endured at least one rape or attempted rape during their freshman year.
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
"I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day." - Douglas Adams
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