SGU Episode 652

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SGU Episode 652
January 6th 2018
Protein folding
SGU 651                      SGU 653
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
E: Evan Bernstein
Quote of the Week
Human memory is a marvelous but fallacious instrument. The memories which lie within us are not carved in stone; not only do they tend to become erased as the years go by, but often they change, or even increase by incorporating extraneous features.
Primo Levi, Italian chemist
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Introduction, Jay's HFMD, Star Wars VIII

hand, foot, and mouth disease

Olivia

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

What's the Word? (3:15)

• Hormesis

Results of Predictions for 2017

Steve's Results (29:27)

_Rogue_references_predictions_from_last_year_

Rogues' Predictions for 2018

Steve's Predictions (30:22)

_Rogue_introduces_their_predictions_for_next_year_

Evan's Predictions (36:11)

S: ...how we do next year

News Items

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B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Protein Folding Breakthrough (37:15)

• Researchers fold a protein within a protein

Nitrite-Free Bacon (49:40)

• Bacon without the guilt? Nitrite-free rashers to hit British supermarkets

Courtney

Donkey Hide Snake Oil (56:57)

• To Sate China’s Demand, African Donkeys Are Stolen and Skinned

Science or Fiction (1:07:08)

Item #1: A new study finds that the double rate of Type II diabetes in African Americans compared to whites is entirely due to increased obesity. Item #2: Researchers find that using prenatal vitamins are associated with a higher risk of having a child diagnosed with autism. Item #3: Scientists have developed a technique for speed breeding, allowing for crops to grow up to 3 times faster, allowing for 6 crops of wheat per year, for example.

Answer	Item
Fiction	Prenatal vitamins & autism
Science	Speed breeding
Science	T2d rates in usa

Host	Result
Steve	win

Rogue	Guess
Cara	Prenatal vitamins & autism
Evan	Prenatal vitamins & autism
Bob	T2d rates in usa

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

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:20:24)

Human memory is a marvelous but fallacious instrument. The memories which lie within us are not carved in stone; not only do they tend to become erased as the years go by, but often they change, or even increase by incorporating extraneous features.
– Primo Levi (1919-1987), Italian chemist, partisan, writer, and Holocaust survivor

Signoff (1:21:37)

S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.

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