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* [https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-how-accurate-are-coronavirus-tests-135972 The Conversation: Coronavirus - How accurate are Coronavirus tests?]<ref>[https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-how-accurate-are-coronavirus-tests-135972 The Conversation: Coronavirus - How accurate are Coronavirus tests?]</ref>
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SGU Episode 772
April 25th
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SGU 771                      SGU 773

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella


Quote of the Week

Induction, analogy, hypotheses founded upon facts and rectified continually by new observations, a happy tact given by nature and strengthened by numerous comparisons of its indications with experience, such are the principal means for arriving at truth.

Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck, French naturalist

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Introduction

Voiceover: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.


COVID-19 Update ()

News Items

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

Science: the Endless Frontier ()

Bizarre Bacteria ()

UV Light and Covid-19 ()

Diamond Energy Storage ()

Reproducing Cactus Coral ()

Who's That Noisy? ()

  • Answer to last week’s Noisy: _brief_description_perhaps_with_link_

New Noisy ()

[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups ()

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Question #1: False Negatives ()

Science or Fiction ()

Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Item #1: Scientists have concluded that heavy rainfall triggered the Kīlauea volcano eruption in May 2018.[7]
Item #2: A new study finds that drones are more energy efficient than diesel delivery vans in urban settings.[8]
Item #3: Researchers find that drinking coffee (regular or decaffeinated), over the short term, significantly increases sensitivity to sweetness and decreases sensitivity to bitterness.[9]

_Rogue_ Response

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Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

Induction, analogy, hypotheses founded upon facts and rectified continually by new observations, a happy tact given by nature and strengthened by numerous comparisons of its indications with experience, such are the principal means for arriving at truth.
– Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829), French naturalist

Signoff/Announcements ()

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.

Today I Learned

  • Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[10]
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References

  1. ↑ ScienceAlert: For 75 Years, The US Had an 'Endless Frontier' of Science. Now It's Coming to an End
  2. ↑ Universe Today: An ocean floor bacteria has been found with a totally bizarre metabolism
  3. ↑ BBC News: Can you kill coronavirus with UV light?
  4. ↑ ScienceDaily: Diamonds shine in energy storage solution
  5. ↑ The Florida Aquarium Makes History Again! (scroll down for press release)
  6. ↑ The Conversation: Coronavirus - How accurate are Coronavirus tests?
  7. ↑ NASA: Study Suggests Rainfall Triggered 2018 Kīlauea Eruption
  8. ↑ Tech Xplore: Delivery drones instead of postal vans? Study reveals drones still consume too much energy
  9. ↑ MDPI: Chemosensory Sensitivity after Coffee Consumption Is Not Static: Short-Term Effects on Gustatory and Olfactory Sensitivity
  10. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]

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