SGU Episode 658

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SGU Episode 658
February 17th 2018
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SGU 657                      SGU 659
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Quote of the Week
You look at science (or at least talk of it) as some sort of demoralising invention of man, something apart from real life, and which must be cautiously guarded and kept separate from everyday existence. But science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.
Rosalind Franklin, British chemist
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Introduction, No Jay

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

News Items

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Win Against Homeopathy (10:40)

• Ontario College Plans Program in Homeopathy

Life Beneath the Ice (19:57)

• Scientists Rush to Explore Underwater World Hidden Below Ice for 120,000 Years

Aside: Door-opening Robot (25:34)

New dog-like robot from Boston Dynamics can open doors

Illuminati (27:27)

• The 'Illuminati' is REAL and secretly running our world claims former Defense Minister

Cancer-Fighting Nanorobots (39:20)

• Cancer-fighting nanorobots programmed to seek and destroy tumors

What's the Word? (49:03)

• Presbyopia

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Who's That Noisy? (1:02:14)

Answer to previous Noisy:

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Science or Fiction ()

Item #1: MIT engineers present a new neural network computer chip that is up to 7 times faster and uses 95% less energy than an equivalent conventional digital chip. Item #2: A new study finds that couples where either partner drinks one or more sugar-sweetened beverage per day have a decreased chance of getting pregnant. Item #3: An analysis of the last 25 years of data shows that safe-sleep recommendations have not decreased the rate of sudden infant death in the neonatal period.

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

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

You look at science (or at least talk of it) as some sort of demoralising invention of man, something apart from real life, and which must be cautiously guarded and kept separate from everyday existence. But science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.
– Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958), British chemist and X-ray crystallographer

Signoff/Announcements ()

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

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