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|caption = An innovative design can increase energy output from solar updraft towers by more than twofold and works in hot and dry conditions.<ref name=tower>[https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/twin-tech-solar-tower-energy-round-the-clock Interesting Engineer: New twin-tech solar tower generates twice the power, 24/7]</ref>
|caption = An innovative design can double energy output from solar updraft towers and works in hot and dry conditions.<ref name=tower>[https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/twin-tech-solar-tower-energy-round-the-clock Interesting Engineer: New twin-tech solar tower generates twice the power, 24/7]</ref>


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{{anchor|results-jay}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in the respective rogue's predictions from the end of last year/the beginning of this year, which provides a link to these "future" results -->
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=== Jay's results ===
<big>'''Jay's results'''</big>


[[SGU Episode 913#predictions-jay|_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the previous predictions episode -->   
[[SGU Episode 913#predictions-jay|_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the previous predictions episode -->   


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=== Steve's results ===
<big>'''Steve's results'''</big>


[[SGU Episode 913#predictions-steve|_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the previous predictions episode -->   
[[SGU Episode 913#predictions-steve|_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the previous predictions episode -->   


{{anchor|results-cara}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in the respective rogue's predictions from the end of last year/the beginning of this year, which provides a link to these "future" results -->
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=== Cara's results ===
<big>'''Cara's results'''</big>


[[SGU Episode 913#predictions-cara|_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the previous predictions episode -->   
[[SGU Episode 913#predictions-cara|_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the previous predictions episode -->   


{{anchor|results-evan}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in the respective rogue's predictions from the end of last year/the beginning of this year, which provides a link to these "future" results -->
{{anchor|results-evan}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in the respective rogue's predictions from the end of last year/the beginning of this year, which provides a link to these "future" results -->
=== Evan's results ===
<big>'''Evan's results'''</big>


[[SGU Episode 913#predictions-evan|_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the previous predictions episode -->   
[[SGU Episode 913#predictions-evan|_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the previous predictions episode -->   


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=== Bob's results ===
<big>'''Bob's results'''</big>


[[SGU Episode 913#predictions-bob|_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the previous predictions episode -->   
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=== Jay's predictions ===
<big>'''Jay's predictions'''</big>


[[SGU Episode 1017#results-jay|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode -->   
[[SGU Episode 1017#results-jay|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode -->   


{{anchor|predictions-steve}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in next year's results segment, which provides a link to the rogue's "past" predictions, here -->
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=== Steve's predictions ===
<big>'''Steve's predictions'''</big>


[[SGU Episode 1017#results-steve|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode -->   
[[SGU Episode 1017#results-steve|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode -->   


{{anchor|predictions-cara}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in next year's results segment, which provides a link to the rogue's "past" predictions, here -->
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=== Cara's predictions ===
<big>'''Cara's predictions'''</big>


[[SGU Episode 1017#results-cara|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode -->   
[[SGU Episode 1017#results-cara|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode -->   


{{anchor|predictions-evan}}<!-- keep right above the following sub-section. this is the anchor referenced in next year's results segment, which provides a link to the rogue's "past" predictions, here -->
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=== Evan's predictions ===
<big>'''Evan's predictions'''</big>


[[SGU Episode 1017#results-evan|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode -->   
[[SGU Episode 1017#results-evan|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode -->   


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=== Bob's predictions ===
<big>'''Bob's predictions'''</big>


[[SGU Episode 1017#results-bob|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode -->   
[[SGU Episode 1017#results-bob|_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_]] <!-- use the episode number for the next predictions episode -->   
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== Rogues each make one science news prediction <small>(31:13)</small> ==
== Rogues each make one science news prediction <small>(31:13)</small> ==


[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)#The_Wizard “pay no attention to that person behind the curtain!”]
'''E:''' ... [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)#The_Wizard "pay no attention to that person behind the curtain!"]


== News Items ==
== News Items ==
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=== _Rogue_'s Response ===
<big>'''Jay's Response'''</big>
 
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== Signoff/Announcements <small>()</small> ==  
== Signoff <small>(1:43:44)</small> ==  
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SGU Episode 965
January 6th 2024
965 Solar Tower.jpg

An innovative design can double energy output from solar updraft towers and works in hot and dry conditions.[1]

SGU 964                      SGU 966

SGU 913 ← predictions→ SGU 1017

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

Civility is hard to codify or legislate, but you know it when you see it. It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable.

Sandra Day O'Connor,
U.S. Supreme Court justice

Links
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Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, predictions from 1924[edit]

Voiceover: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Psychics' predictions for 2023 (4:05)[edit]

The Rogues review others' predictions and then their own for 2023.

Rogues' predictions for 2023 (14:23)[edit]

Jay's results

_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_

Steve's results

_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_

Cara's results

_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_

Evan's results

_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_

Bob's results

_text_when_ROGUE_references_previous_predictions_

Rogues' predictions for 2024 (25:13)[edit]

The Rogues make their own predictions for 2024.

Jay's predictions

_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_

Steve's predictions

_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_

Cara's predictions

_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_

Evan's predictions

_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_

Bob's predictions

_text_when_ROGUE_introduces_new_predictions_

Rogues each make one science news prediction (31:13)[edit]

E: ... "pay no attention to that person behind the curtain!"

News Items[edit]

Dosing Gene Expression (34:16)[edit]


Solar Tower (39:20)[edit]


Alzheimer's Virus (46:30)[edit]


Quark Matter (57:27)[edit]


Scientology RICO (1:05:11)[edit]


Who's That Noisy? (1:16:53)[edit]

Answer to previous Noisy:
Australian magpie singing

New Noisy (1:21:14)[edit]

[background hissing, foreground beeping of different volumes, speeds, and frequencies]

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Announcements (1:22:05)[edit]

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Science or Fiction (1:25:14)[edit]

Theme: The worst countries

Item #1: The US has the highest rate of automobile accidents, at 5,938 per million people in 2019.[6]
Item #2: El Salvador has the highest murder rate in the world at 52 per 100 thousand people per year, while the US ranks 76th.[7]
Item #3: The country with the greatest income inequality is Brazil, with a Gini index of 52.9. (Gini index – 0 is perfect equality, while 100 is maximal inequality.)[8]

Answer Item
Fiction US has highest rate of automobile accidents
Science El Salvador has highest murder rate
Science
Brazil has greatest income inequality
Host Result
Steve sweep
Rogue Guess
Jay
 El Salvador has highest murder rate
Evan
 El Salvador has highest murder rate
Cara
 El Salvador has highest murder rate
Bob
 El Salvador has highest murder rate

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

Jay's Response

Evan's Response

Cara's Response

Bob's Response

Steve Explains Item #3[edit]

Steve Explains Item #2[edit]

Steve Explains Item #1[edit]

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:38:15)[edit]


Civility is hard to codify or legislate, but you know it when you see it. It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable.

 – Sandra Day O'Connor (1930-2023), U.S. Supreme Court justice 


Signoff (1:43:44)[edit]

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[edit]

  • Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[9]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Interesting Engineer: New twin-tech solar tower generates twice the power, 24/7
  2. ↑ Nature: Control of mammalian gene expression by modulation of polyA signal cleavage at 5′ UTR
  3. ↑ ScienceAlert: A Study of 500,000 Medical Records Links Viruses to Alzheimer's Again And Again
  4. ↑ Interesting Engineering: The likelihood of quark matter cores in massive neutron stars
  5. ↑ MSN: "Criminal Enterprise" Scientology Should Face RICO Charges, Danny Masterson Accusers Say – Update
  6. ↑ No reference given
  7. ↑ Data Pandas: Murder Rate by Country
  8. ↑ World Population Review: Wealth Inequality by Country 2024
  9. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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