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=== Genetic Engineering to Fight Malaria <small>(23:56)</small> ===
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SGU Episode 941
July 22nd 2023
941 Schoningen Stick.jpg

"A 300,000-year-old hunting weapon has shone a new light on early humans as woodworking masters." [1]

SGU 940                      SGU 942

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

Science is not about building a body of facts. It is a method for asking awkward questions and subjecting them to a reality-check, thus avoiding the human tendency to believe whatever makes them feel good.

Terry Pratchett, English humorist

Links
Download Podcast
Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, Cara's and Jay's trips

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

Steve's bear update (5:56)

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Early Woodworking (15:31)


Genetic Engineering to Fight Malaria (23:56)


How We Determine What's True (38:12)


Killing Bacteria (49:13)


Nanopatch Pseudoscience (58:32)


[2020 covid news item about Djokovic][link needed]

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups

Correction #1: Fishercat vs Red Fox (1:07:05)

Email #1: Thorium Reactors (1:09:49)

Who's That Noisy? (1:17:39)

Answer to previous Noisy:
playground "pebble harp"
(and here's an older video of a bigger, exposed "pebble chime")

New Noisy (1:21:18)

[whirring in background, scratching sound fading in foreground]

J: ... what this week's Noisy was

Announcements (1:21:52)

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Science or Fiction (1:26:46)

Theme: Animal sound tropes

Item #1: The famous sound made by Flipper the dolphin is actually a recording of a kookaburra bird sped up.[6]
Item #2: The only species of frog that makes the “ribbit” noise is the Pacific tree frog, which is native to Hollywood, CA.[7]
Item #3: Horses make a variety of sounds, but they don’t whinny like in the movies, which is a sound recorded from a donkey.[8]

Answer Item
Fiction Horses don't whinny
Science Dolphin = kookaburra
Science
Pacific tree frog's "ribbit"
Host Result
Steve win
Rogue Guess
Jay
 Horses don't whinny
Evan
 Pacific tree frog's "ribbit"
Cara
 Horses don't whinny
Bob
 Horses don't whinny

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

Jay's Response

Evan's Response

Cara's Response

Bob's Response

Steve Explains Item #1

Steve Explains Item #2

Steve Explains Item #3

Other fake, overused (animal) noises

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:40:35)


Science is not about building a body of facts. It is a method for asking awkward questions and subjecting them to a reality-check, thus avoiding the human tendency to believe whatever makes them feel good.

 – Terry Pratchett (1948-2015), English humorist, from The Science of Discworld  


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]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 University of Reading: Early humans were weapon woodwork experts, study finds
  2. ↑ Neurologica: Using Genetic Engineering To Fight Malaria
  3. ↑ Neurologica: How We Determine What to Believe as True
  4. ↑ Applied Microbiology International: Dual wavelengths of light shown to be effective against antibiotic-resistant bacterium
  5. ↑ Forbes: Novak Djokovic’s Nano Patch: He Calls It His ‘Biggest Secret’—Some Experts Call It Bogus
  6. ↑ Bioacoustics Stack Exchange: Is this sound made by 'Flipper' dolphin tv series real?
  7. ↑ Frog Shots: Why do people think frogs say RIBBIT?
  8. ↑ Horse Network: What that whinny means
  9. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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