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== Special Segment: Today Jay Learned <small>(7:29)</small> == | |||
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=== | === Psyche May Not Be the Iron Giant <small>(14:25)</small> === | ||
* [ | * [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220215075128.htm Psyche, the iron giant of asteroids, may be less iron than researchers thought]<ref>[https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220215075128.htm Science Daily: Psyche, the iron giant of asteroids, may be less iron than researchers thought]</ref> | ||
'''S:''' Bob, you're going to start us off by talking about Psyche, which is an asteroid, and what's it made of? | |||
=== | === Possible Planet Around White Dwarf <small>(26:20)</small> === | ||
* [https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/possible-planet-around-white-dwarf/ Possible Planet Around White Dwarf]<ref>[https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/possible-planet-around-white-dwarf/ Neurologica: Possible Planet Around White Dwarf]</ref> | |||
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=== Falling Birds <small>(43:04)</small> === | |||
* [https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/flock-birds-mexico/ Did a Flock of Birds Crash into the Ground in Mexico?]<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/flock-birds-mexico/ Snopes: Did a Flock of Birds Crash into the Ground in Mexico?]</ref> | |||
=== HIV Cure <small>(55:07)</small> === | |||
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/health/hiv-cure-cord-blood.html?referringSource=articleShare A Woman Is Cured of H.I.V. Using a Novel Treatment]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/health/hiv-cure-cord-blood.html?referringSource=articleShare NYT: A Woman Is Cured of H.I.V. Using a Novel Treatment]</ref> | |||
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| SGU Episode 867 |
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| February 19th 2022 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella
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Introduction, Bread-making, Wordle
Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
Special Segment: Today Jay Learned (7:29)
- The first scientist
News Items
S: All right. We're going to start off the News segment with a pair of astronomy news items.
B:
C:
J:
E:
(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
Psyche May Not Be the Iron Giant (14:25)
S: Bob, you're going to start us off by talking about Psyche, which is an asteroid, and what's it made of?
Possible Planet Around White Dwarf (26:20)
Falling Birds (43:04)
HIV Cure (55:07)
Who's That Noisy? (1:04:35)
Answer to previous Noisy:
Tiger "talking"
New Noisy (1:09:58)
[Male tenor voice reading an old or fictional language in an oratory style]
... what are we hearing right there?
Announcements (1:10:32)
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:11:49)
"Girt" in Australian National Anthem
Name That Logical Fallacy (1:12:42)
- Discussing formal vs. informal logical fallacies, Unstated Major Premise
_consider_using_block_quotes_for_emails_read_aloud_in_this_segment_ with_reduced_spacing_for_long_chunks –
Joe Rogan vs. Spotify example (1:23:08)
Science or Fiction ()
Item #1: Surgeons successfully implanted the first wireless electrodes that bypass the retina and optic nerve and directly stimulate the visual cortex with information received from an external camera.[5]
Item #2: Scientist have used data from radio telescopes to finally shed light on an enduring mystery – what initiates a lightning strike – supporting the theory that it begins with propagating streamers of cold plasma.[6]
Item #3: Scientists have observed untrained orangutans in captivity that, when provided with a hammer and rock core, spontaneously used the hammer to create sharp rocks that they then used as a cutting tool.[7]
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| Science | First wireless electrodes |
| Science | What initiates lightning |
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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
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References
- ↑ Science Daily: Psyche, the iron giant of asteroids, may be less iron than researchers thought
- ↑ Neurologica: Possible Planet Around White Dwarf
- ↑ Snopes: Did a Flock of Birds Crash into the Ground in Mexico?
- ↑ NYT: A Woman Is Cured of H.I.V. Using a Novel Treatment
- ↑ The Chicago Lighthouse: Intracortical Visual Prosthesis Project (ICVP)
- ↑ AGU Geophysical Research Letters: The Spontaneous Nature of Lightning Initiation Revealed
- ↑ PLOS One: Experimental investigation of orangutans’ lithic percussive and sharp stone tool behaviours
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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