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== Introduction ==
== Introduction, 3/23/23, universal time, climate changes ==
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SGU Episode 924
March 25th 2023
924 RR Engine.jpeg

"Rolls-Royce Holdings says it's developing a micro-nuclear reactor that the company hopes could be a source of fuel for long trips to the Moon and Mars."[1]

SGU 923                      SGU 925

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

Whenever we propose a solution to a problem, we ought to try as hard as we can to overthrow our solution, rather than defend it.

Karl Popper, Austrian-British philosopher and social commentator

Links
Download Podcast
Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, 3/23/23, universal time, climate changes

Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

... analemma[link needed]

What's the Word? (8:49)

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Rolls-Royce Nuclear Engine (14:54)

Tik Tok and Misinformation (23:03)


3D Printed Rocket (33:06)


Beethoven's Hair (45:30)


Uranus Moons with Subsurface Oceans (56:23)


Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups

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with_reduced_spacing_for_long_chunks –

Followup #1: 'Oumuamua (1:05:23)

Who's That Noisy? (1:11:57)

Answer to previous Noisy:
Honeybee Queen piping

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New Noisy (1:16:34)

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Announcements (1:17:26)

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Science or Fiction (1:23:33)

Theme: Random facts

Item #1: The shortest regular commercial flight lasts just 53 seconds.[6]
Item #2: Researchers discovered a 1,500 year old human coprolite (fossilized feces) that contained a whole rattlesnake[7]
Item #3: The Morse code signal "SOS" does not stand for "save our ship", but originally was meant to stand for “SalvO aSinus” which is latin for "save our ass".[8]

Answer Item
Fiction SOS meaning
Science Shortest commercial flight
Science
Whole rattlesnake in poop
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
Evan
 SOS meaning
Bob
 Whole rattlesnake in poop
Cara
 SOS meaning
Jay
 SOS meaning

Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Evan's Response

Bob's Response

Cara's Response

Jay's Response

Steve Explains Item #1

Steve Explains Item #3

Steve Explains Item #2

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:41:44)


Whenever we propose a solution to a problem, we ought to try as hard as we can to overthrow our solution, rather than defend it.

 – from The Logic of Scientific Discovery, by Karl Popper (1902-1994), Austrian-British philosopher, academic and social commentator 


Signoff

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]
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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gizmodo: Rolls-Royce Nuclear Engine Could Power Quick Trips to the Moon and Mars
  2. ↑ PopSci: TikTok is taking on the conspiracy theorists
  3. ↑ Neurologica: 3D Printed Rocket Launches
  4. ↑ Washington Post: Beethoven's DNA decoded from locks of hair saved by his fans
  5. ↑ Space.com: Two moons of Uranus may have active subsurface oceans
  6. ↑ Wikipedia: Westray to Papa Westray flight
  7. ↑ Smithsonian Magazine: This 1,500-Year-Old Chunk of Fossilized Human Poop Contains Remains of a Whole Rattlesnake
  8. ↑ Mental Floss: What Does “SOS” Stand For?
  9. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]

Vocabulary

  1. ↑ Wiktionary: pleonasm
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