SGU Episode 667

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SGU Episode 667
April 21st 2018
"A "semi-infinite" supply of rare earth metals used in batteries, electric vehicles, and other green energy technologies has been found in deep-sea mud about 1850 kilometers southeast of Tokyo."
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Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Quote of the Week
If a kid ever asks you why the sky is blue, you look them right in the eye and say, "It's because of quantum effects involving Rayleigh scattering combined with a lack of violet photon receptors in our retinae."
Phil Plait, "the Bad Astronomer"
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Introduction, tech issues, Art Bell dead

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

News Items

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Communicating Without Speaking (m:ss)

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Nutrition Pseudoscience ()

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Rare Earths ()

• Global trove of rare earth metals found in Japan's deep-sea mud

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Who's That Noisy? ()

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Two lynxes in a territorial dispute

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Slowed-down quote from the Bible, famously stated by Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction

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Science or Fiction (h:mm:ss)

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Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

If a little kid ever asks you just why the sky is blue, you look him or her right in the eye and say, "It's because of quantum effects involving Rayleigh scattering combined with a lack of violet photon receptors in our retinae."  – Phil Plait (1964-present), "the Bad Astronomer"  Phil discusses this quote in the article Meme, Myself, and Eyes: How to explain why the sky is blue

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

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Today I Learned

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