SGU Episode 926

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SGU Episode 926
April 8th 2023
Martin Cooper, father of the cell phone
SGU 925                      SGU 927
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
Guest
DS: Dan Scheffer, SGU patron
Quote of the Week
The Artemis II crew represents thousands of people working tirelessly to bring us to the stars. This is humanity's crew.
Bill Nelson, Administrator of NASA
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Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, Guest Rogue

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

Quickie News: Artemis II Crew (13:24)

• NASA Names Astronauts to Next Moon Mission, First Crew Under Artemis

Quickie with Bob (17:27)

• Using quantum fluctuations to generate random numbers faster

News Items

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E:

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Treating Infections without Antibiotics (21:26)

• Scientists Find Antibiotic-Free Way to Treat Drug-Resistant Infections

The Science of Clogging (30:08)

• V014: To Clog or Not To Clog?

New Kind of Black Hole (37:05)

• New Type of Black Hole Discovered

First Cell Phone (47:36)

• 50 Years Ago, the First Cell Phone Call Was Made on This DynaTAC Dinosaur

Who's That Noisy? (58:38)

Answer to previous Noisy:

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New Noisy (1:04:45)

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Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:08:53)

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Follow-up #1: Feedback on AI discussion

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Science or Fiction (1:14:22)

Theme: Technologies older than you think Item #1: Magnetic tape as a means of storing information was first developed in 1868 by a German inventor. Item #2: The first video game was patented in 1947, called the “cathode-ray tube amusement device”, which involved shooting missiles at invading planes. Item #3: Hebron [sic] of Alexandria developed a steam powered automatic door opener around 50 AD.**  ** According to Wikipedia, the name of the ancient mathematician/engineer from Alexandria was Hero or Heron. Also, the shownotes page for this episode on the SGU website did not have a link for whatever article is supposed to be referenced for this item.

Answer	Item
Fiction	Magnetic tape
Science	First video game
Science	Steam-powered door opener

Host	Result
Steve	win

Rogue	Guess
Dan	Steam-powered door opener
Bob	Steam-powered door opener
Cara	Magnetic tape
Jay	Magnetic tape

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

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:31:18)

The Artemis II crew represents thousands of people working tirelessly to bring us to the stars. This is humanity's crew.  – Bill Nelson (1942-present), Administrator of NASA

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
• Fact/Description
• Fact/Description

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