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SGU Episode 945
August 19th 2023
945 DeepSpaceNetwork.png

One of the five large antennas, called Deep Space Stations (DSS), at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, part of the NASA Deep Space Network. The DSS-43 antenna is the only antenna on Earth that can send commands to Voyager 2.

SGU 944                      SGU 946

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

The tantalizing discomfort of perplexity is what inspires otherwise ordinary men and women to extraordinary feats of ingenuity and creativity; nothing quite focuses the mind like dissonant details awaiting harmonious resolution.

Brian Greene,
American theoretical physicist

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Introduction, Cara's dissertation, Maui wildfires

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

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

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Ice Baths (1:18:37)

  • [url_from_show_notes _article_title_][5]


Who's That Noisy? (1:29:15)

Answer to previous Noisy:
Bread crackling out of the oven

New Noisy (1:36:23)

[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]

what this week's Noisy is

Announcements (1:37:24)

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:39:58)

Question_Email_Correction #1: _brief_description_

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Science or Fiction (1:41:23)

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Science
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Steve clever
Rogue Guess
Cara
Bob
Jay
Evan

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

_Rogue_'s Response

_Rogue_'s Response

_Rogue_'s Response

_Rogue_'s Response

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Steve Explains Item #2

Steve Explains Item #1

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:58:03)


The tantalizing discomfort of perplexity is what inspires otherwise ordinary men and women to extraordinary feats of ingenuity and creativity; nothing quite focuses the mind like dissonant details awaiting harmonious resolution.

 – Brian Greene (1962-present), American theoretical physicist and mathematician 


Signoff (2:02:24)

S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.

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