SGU Episode 669

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SGU Episode 669
May 5th 2018
"[The] team grew the blobs, known as brain organoids, from human stem cells. Once surgically implanted into rodent brains, the organoids continued growing, and their neurons formed connections with those of the surrounding brains."
SGU 668                      SGU 670
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Guest
EW: Ethan Winer, recording engineer
Quote of the Week
Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be.
Frank Zappa, American musician
Links
Download Podcast
Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction

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

What's the Word? (m:ss)

• Fallacy

Your Number's Up ()

• _Number_Topic_Concept_

Quickie with _Rogue_ (m:ss)

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

News_Item_1 (m:ss)

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

News_Item_2 ()

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

News_Item_3 ()

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

News_Item_4 ()

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

News_Item_5 ()

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

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Interview with ___ ()

• _Interviewee_Topic_Event_

Who's That Noisy? ()

Answer to previous Noisy:

_brief_description_of_answer_ _perhaps_with_a_link_

New Noisy ()

[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]

short_text_from_transcript

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups ()

Question_Email_Correction #2: _brief_description_ ()

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Science or Fiction (1:21:57)

Item #1: _item_text_from_show_notes_ Item #2: _item_text_from_show_notes_ Item #3: _item_text_from_show_notes_ Item #4: _item_text_from_show_notes_

Answer	Item
Fiction
Science

Host	Result
Steve

Rogue	Guess

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

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:40:41)

Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be.  – Frank Zappa (1940-1993), American musician, composer, and bandleader

Signoff/Announcements (1:41:57)

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.

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Today I Learned

• Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference
• Fact/Description
• Fact/Description

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