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=== 5G and COVID-19 <small>()</small> === | === 5G and COVID-19 <small>()</small> === | ||
* [ | * [https://retractionwatch.com/2020/07/26/paper-blaming-covid-19-on-5g-technology-withdrawn/ Retraction Watch: Paper blaming COVID-19 on 5G technology withdrawn]<ref>[https://retractionwatch.com/2020/07/26/paper-blaming-covid-19-on-5g-technology-withdrawn/ Retraction Watch: Paper blaming COVID-19 on 5G technology withdrawn]</ref> | ||
=== The Technology of Getting to Mars <small>()</small> === | === The Technology of Getting to Mars <small>()</small> === | ||
* [ | * [https://www.technology.org/2020/07/21/6-technologies-nasa-is-advancing-to-send-humans-to-mars/ Technology.org: 6 Technologies NASA is Advancing to Send Humans to Mars]<ref>[https://www.technology.org/2020/07/21/6-technologies-nasa-is-advancing-to-send-humans-to-mars/ Technology.org: 6 Technologies NASA is Advancing to Send Humans to Mars]</ref> | ||
=== Prayer is not Medicine <small>()</small> === | === Prayer is not Medicine <small>()</small> === | ||
* [ | * [https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/prayer-is-not-medicine/ Neurologica: Prayer is Not Medicine]<ref>[https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/prayer-is-not-medicine/ Neurologica: Prayer is Not Medicine]</ref> | ||
=== Fake Mediums <small>()</small> === | === Fake Mediums <small>()</small> === | ||
* [ | * [https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/culture-and-society/260720/sushants-spirit-talking-to-an-american-not-possible-say-indian-para.html Deccan Chronicle: Sushant's spirit talking to an American? Not possible, say Indian paranormal experts]<ref>[https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/culture-and-society/260720/sushants-spirit-talking-to-an-american-not-possible-say-indian-para.html Deccan Chronicle: Sushant's spirit talking to an American? Not possible, say Indian paranormal experts]</ref> | ||
== Who's That Noisy? <small>()</small> == | == Who's That Noisy? <small>()</small> == | ||
* Answer to last week’s Noisy: [ | * Answer to last week’s Noisy: Imploding glass sphere<ref>[https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/pi/Monitoring/Doc/Srr_2000/5-Hydroacoustic/05_10.pdf Hydroacoustic Calibration with Imploding Glass Spheres]</ref> | ||
=== New Noisy <small>()</small> === | === New Noisy <small>()</small> === | ||
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== "5 to 10 Years" <small>()</small> == | == "5 to 10 Years" <small>()</small> == | ||
* Silicon anode for Li-Ion batteries: Follow Up | * Silicon anode for Li-Ion batteries: Follow Up<ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aenm.201801718 Advanced Energy Materials: Controlling Surface Oxides in Si/C Nanocomposite Anodes for High‐Performance Li‐Ion Batteries]</ref> | ||
== Science or Fiction <small>()</small> == | == Science or Fiction <small>()</small> == | ||
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''Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.'' | ''Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.'' | ||
<blockquote>'''Theme: Insects'''<br>'''Item #1:''' Insects do not breath through their mouths, but rather through holes in the sides of their exoskeleton.<ref>[ | <blockquote>'''Theme: Insects'''<br>'''Item #1:''' Insects do not breath through their mouths, but rather through holes in the sides of their exoskeleton.<ref>[https://www.thoughtco.com/how-do-insects-breathe-1968478 ThoughtCo: How Do Insects Breathe?]</ref><br>'''Item #2:''' The Antarctic continent is the only continent on Earth that does not have any native insects.<ref>[https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/wildlife/invertebates.php Cool Antarctica: Antarctic Terrestrial Invertebrates - Antarctica's "Other" Animals]</ref><br>'''Item #3:''' Many insects, in addition to their two compound eyes, have a triangle of three simple eyes in the middle of their forehead.<ref>[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0042698907000314 ScienceDirect: Form vision in the insect dorsal ocelli - An anatomical and optical analysis of the Locust Ocelli]</ref></blockquote> | ||
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| SGU Episode 786 |
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| August 1st 2020 |
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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 |
Conspiracy theorists make sense of the past by creating a plausible pattern that connects events that we know of, or suppose, in a meaningful way. Conspiracy theories are a way to create meaning out of the chaos of our lives and of the past. |
Lynette Nusbacher, PhD, Military Historian |
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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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C:
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E:
(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
5G and COVID-19 ()
The Technology of Getting to Mars ()
Prayer is not Medicine ()
Fake Mediums ()
- Deccan Chronicle: Sushant's spirit talking to an American? Not possible, say Indian paranormal experts[4]
Who's That Noisy? ()
- Answer to last week’s Noisy: Imploding glass sphere[5]
New Noisy ()
[brief, vague description of Noisy]
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups ()
Question #1: Predicting the Pandemic ()
"5 to 10 Years" ()
- Silicon anode for Li-Ion batteries: Follow Up[6]
Science or Fiction ()
Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Theme: Insects
Item #1: Insects do not breath through their mouths, but rather through holes in the sides of their exoskeleton.[7]
Item #2: The Antarctic continent is the only continent on Earth that does not have any native insects.[8]
Item #3: Many insects, in addition to their two compound eyes, have a triangle of three simple eyes in the middle of their forehead.[9]
[Rogue’s] Response
[Rogue’s] Response
[Rogue’s] Response
[Rogue’s] Response
Steve Explains Item #3
Steve Explains Item #2
Steve Explains Item #1
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| Fiction | Antarctica |
| Science | {{{science1}}} |
| Host | Result |
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| Steve | swept |
| Rogue | Guess |
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Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
Conspiracy theorists make sense of the past by creating a plausible pattern that connects events that we know of, or suppose, in a meaningful way. Conspiracy theories are a way to create meaning out of the chaos of our lives and of the past. – Lynette Nusbacher, PhD, Military Historian
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]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
References
- ↑ Retraction Watch: Paper blaming COVID-19 on 5G technology withdrawn
- ↑ Technology.org: 6 Technologies NASA is Advancing to Send Humans to Mars
- ↑ Neurologica: Prayer is Not Medicine
- ↑ Deccan Chronicle: Sushant's spirit talking to an American? Not possible, say Indian paranormal experts
- ↑ Hydroacoustic Calibration with Imploding Glass Spheres
- ↑ Advanced Energy Materials: Controlling Surface Oxides in Si/C Nanocomposite Anodes for High‐Performance Li‐Ion Batteries
- ↑ ThoughtCo: How Do Insects Breathe?
- ↑ Cool Antarctica: Antarctic Terrestrial Invertebrates - Antarctica's "Other" Animals
- ↑ ScienceDirect: Form vision in the insect dorsal ocelli - An anatomical and optical analysis of the Locust Ocelli
- ↑ publication: [url-for-TIL title]
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