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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
''Voiceover: You’re listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.''
''Voiceover: You’re listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.''
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== This Day in Skepticism <small>()</small> ==
 
== What’s the Word? <small>()</small> ==
 
== Forgotten Superheroes of Science <small>()</small> ==
 
== Your Number’s Up <small>()</small> ==


== Name That Logical Fallacy <small>()</small> ==
== COVID-19 Update <small>()</small> ==


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=== Brain on a Chip <small>()</small> ===
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* [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200608132518.htm ScienceDaily: Engineers put tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses on a single chip]<ref>[https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200608132518.htm ScienceDaily: Engineers put tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses on a single chip]</ref>
   
   
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=== Twistronics <small>()</small> ===
 
* [https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/what-is-twistronics/ Neurologica: What is Twistronics?]<ref>[https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/what-is-twistronics/ Neurologica: What is Twistronics?]</ref>
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=== Drake Remix <small>()</small> ===
* [link URL link title]<ref>[URL from SGU news item show notes publication:title]</ref> -->  
* [https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2020/06/15/there-are-36-intelligent-alien-civilizations-in-our-galaxy-say-scientists/#1db026b5694f Forbes: There Are At Least 36 Intelligent Alien Civilizations In Our Galaxy, Say Scientists]<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2020/06/15/there-are-36-intelligent-alien-civilizations-in-our-galaxy-say-scientists/#1db026b5694f Forbes: There Are At Least 36 Intelligent Alien Civilizations In Our Galaxy, Say Scientists]</ref>


== Interview with "..." <small>()</small> ==
=== Editing Human Embryos <small>()</small> ===
* [https://onezero.medium.com/scientists-edited-human-embryos-in-the-lab-and-it-was-a-disaster-9473918d769d OneZero: Scientists Edited Human Embryos in the Lab, and It Was a Disaster]<ref>[https://onezero.medium.com/scientists-edited-human-embryos-in-the-lab-and-it-was-a-disaster-9473918d769d OneZero: Scientists Edited Human Embryos in the Lab, and It Was a Disaster]</ref>


== Science or Fiction <small>()</small> ==
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''Voiceover: It’s time for Science or Fiction.''
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SGU Episode 780
June 23rd 2020
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SGU 779                      SGU 781

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

'Science is elegant and beautiful, but it requires an effort to understand. This is a golden opportunity to educate people. Any person with a scientific temperament, not necessarily a scientist, cannot support these types of messages.'

Hasan Al Hariri, CEO of the Dubai Astronomy Group, when asked about the June 21, 2020, doomsday insanity[1]

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Introduction

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

S: Hello and welcome to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. Today is _______, and this is your host, Steven Novella. Joining me this week are Bob Novella ...

B: Hey, everybody!

S: Cara Santa Maria...

C: Howdy.

S: Jay Novella ...

J: Hey guys.

S: And Evan Bernstein ...

E: Good evening folks!

COVID-19 Update ()

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Brain on a Chip ()

Twistronics ()

Drake Remix ()

Editing Human Embryos ()

Science or Fiction ()

Voiceover: It’s time for Science or Fiction.

Theme: Earth
Item #1: About 50% of the heat given off by the Earth’s interior is generated from radioactive decay.[6]
Item #2: Earth is the densest planet in the solar system.[7]
Item #3: The driest place on Earth is the Atacama Desert in Chile and Peru, which receives on average 15 mm of rainfall per year.[8]

[Rogue’s] Response

[Rogue’s] Response

[Rogue’s] Response

[Rogue’s] Response

[Host] Explains [Item #]

[Host] Explains [Item #]

[Host] Explains [Item #]

[Host] Explains [Item #]

Answer Item
Fiction Atacama
Science {{{science1}}}
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  • Answer to last week’s Noisy: [brief description, perhaps with link]

New Noisy ()

[brief, vague description of Noisy]

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups ()

Question/Email/Correction #1: [brief description] ()

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

Science is elegant and beautiful, but it requires an effort to understand. This is a golden opportunity to educate people. Any person with a scientific temperament, not necessarily a scientist, cannot support these types of messages. – Hasan Al Hariri, CEO of the Dubai Astronomy Group, when asked about the June 21, 2020, doomsday insanity[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.

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Today I Learned

  • Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[9]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gulf News: Will the world come to an end on June 21?
  2. ↑ ScienceDaily: Engineers put tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses on a single chip
  3. ↑ Neurologica: What is Twistronics?
  4. ↑ Forbes: There Are At Least 36 Intelligent Alien Civilizations In Our Galaxy, Say Scientists
  5. ↑ OneZero: Scientists Edited Human Embryos in the Lab, and It Was a Disaster
  6. ↑ Physics World: Radioactive decay accounts for half of Earth’s heat
  7. ↑ Universe Today: How Dense Are The Planets?
  8. ↑ Universe Today: What is the Driest Place on Earth?
  9. ↑ [url for TIL, publication: title]

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