SGU Episode 924

This episode is in the middle of being transcribed by Hearmepurr (talk) as of 2023-05-05. To help avoid duplication, please do not transcribe this episode while this message is displayed.

This transcript is not finished. Please help us finish it! Add a Transcribing template to the top of this transcript before you start so that we don't duplicate your efforts.

This episode needs: transcription, formatting, links, 'Today I Learned' list, categories, segment redirects. Please help out by contributing!

How to Contribute

You can use this outline to help structure the transcription. Click "Edit" above to begin.

SGU Episode 924
March 25th 2023
"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."
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)

• Pleonasm

... _text_re_cara_not_knowing_word_jackal_ ^{[link needed]}

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Rolls-Royce Nuclear Engine (14:54)

• Rolls-Royce Nuclear Engine Could Power Quick Trips to the Moon and Mars

Tik Tok and Misinformation (23:03)

• TikTok is taking on the conspiracy theorists

3D Printed Rocket (33:06)

• 3D Printed Rocket Launches

Beethoven's Hair (45:30)

• Beethoven's DNA decoded from locks of hair saved by his fans

Uranus Moons with Subsurface Oceans (56:23)

• Two moons of Uranus may have active subsurface oceans

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups

_consider_using_block_quotes_for_emails_read_aloud_in_this_segment_
with_reduced_spacing_for_long_chunks –

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

Answer to previous Noisy:

Honeybee Queen piping

_text_re_Bee_culture_magazine_writeup_

New Noisy (1:16:34)

[Crackling and background buzzing with buzzing hums]

short_text_from_transcript

Announcements (1:17:26)

[top]                        

Science or Fiction (1:23:33)

Theme: Random facts Item #1: The shortest regular commercial flight lasts just 53 seconds. Item #2: Researchers discovered a 1,500 year old human coprolite (fossilized feces) that contained a whole rattlesnake 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".

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.

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.

[top]                        

Today I Learned

• Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference
• Fact/Description
• Fact/Description

References

Vocabulary