SGU Episode 777
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| SGU Episode 777 |
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| May 30th 2020 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella
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| Quote of the Week |
I’m 13, so I don’t want to rush everything ... I’m still trying to figure it out, but I just want to focus on learning right now. That’s what I love to do. |
Jack Rico, youngest graduate in Fullerton College history[1] |
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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]
Loners and Swarms ()
Dinosaur Asteroid Impact ()
Backward Time Universe ()
Why Beards? ()
Solving Space Junk ()
Who's That Noisy? ()
- Answer to last week’s Noisy: Train's Vigilance Control System
New Noisy ()
[brief, vague description of Noisy]
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups ()
Email #1: Electrical Treatment for RP ()
Science or Fiction ()
Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Item #1: Scientists find evidence that the mass extinction 359 million years ago was caused by a UV damage resulting from a collapse of the ozone layer.[7]
Item #2: A new study of online clothes shopping using augmented reality showed higher purchase satisfaction than in person shopping.[8]
Item #3: Astronomers have used a new technique to finally identify all the missing baryonic matter in the universe.[9]
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| Fiction | Online shopping |
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Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
I’m 13, so I don’t want to rush everything ... I’m still trying to figure it out, but I just want to focus on learning right now. That’s what I love to do.
– Jack Rico, youngest graduate in Fullerton College history, who earned 4 associates degrees simultaneously over the course of 2 years[1]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fullerton College News Center: At 13, Jack Rico is the Youngest Fullerton College Graduate
- ↑ Quanta Magazine: Out-of-Sync 'Loners' May Secretly Protect Orderly Swarms
- ↑ BBC News: Dinosaur asteroid's trajectory was 'perfect storm'
- ↑ Daily Star: NASA scientists detect parallel universe 'next to ours' where time runs backwards
- ↑ ScienceAlert: Wild Study Suggests Human Beards Evolved to Absorb Punches to The Head
- ↑ CIRES: Solving the Space Junk Problem
- ↑ Phys.org: Study shows erosion of ozone layer responsible for mass extinction event
- ↑ Cornell Chronicle: Augmented reality can improve online shopping, study finds
- ↑ Nature: A census of baryons in the Universe from localized fast radio bursts
- ↑ [url-for-TIL publication: title]
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