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== Introduction == | == Introduction, Leap year, AI Willy Wonka party == | ||
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=== | === Sex Difference in the Brain <small>(28:40)</small> === | ||
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=== Bee Venom for Breast Cancer <small>(37:29)</small> === | |||
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=== | '''E:'''...Hey, I'm noticing a pattern: every three years, I bring up bee venom therapy. ''(Cara laughs)'' I don't know what it is. I don't know. I have to scratch this itch every three years. I did this last [[SGU Episode NNN|in 2021]]; before that I had talked about it [[SGU Episode NNN|in 2018]]. So I don't know. | ||
=== Learning Empathy <small>(48:02)</small> === | |||
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=== Brightest Object <small>(59:45)</small> === | |||
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SGU Episode 973 |
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March 2nd 2024 |
"An American company has made history by becoming the first commercial outfit to put a spacecraft on the Moon." [1] |
Skeptical Rogues |
S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
C: Cara Santa Maria |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
Quote of the Week |
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance. |
Robert Coveyou, American research mathematician |
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Show Notes |
Forum Discussion |
Introduction, Leap year, AI Willy Wonka party
Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
Special Discussion: Alabama SC Decision (7:28)
- [url_from_show_notes _article_title_][3]
S:...ineluctably[v 1]...
News Items
S:
B:
C:
J:
E:
(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
First Private Landing on the Moon (19:39)
Sex Difference in the Brain (28:40)
Bee Venom for Breast Cancer (37:29)
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E:...Hey, I'm noticing a pattern: every three years, I bring up bee venom therapy. (Cara laughs) I don't know what it is. I don't know. I have to scratch this itch every three years. I did this last in 2021; before that I had talked about it in 2018. So I don't know.
Learning Empathy (48:02)
Brightest Object (59:45)
- A mass of 17 billion suns: Growing black hole is the most luminous object ever observed by astronomers (Phys.org title)[7]
B: So it's been roughly 185,000 minutes (Transcriptionist's note: approximately 128 days) since I've had my last black hole news item[link needed].
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Who's That Noisy? (1:10:10)
New Noisy (1:13:49)
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J:...If you think you know what it is...
Announcements (1:14:58)
J:...1000th show...
Potent Quotables (1:18:37)
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:28:56)
Correction #1: Oats consumption math error
Science or Fiction (1:31:08)
Item #1: A recent review finds that male psychopaths outnumber female psychopaths 10:1.[8]
Item #2: A new study finds that boiling tap water for 5 minutes removes up to 90% of nano and microplastics from the water.[9]
Item #3: Using AI scientists have developed a method for atomic force microscopy of material surfaces with resolutions below the width of the microscope probe tip.[10]
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Fiction | Male & female psychopaths |
Science | Boiling removes plastics |
Science | Atomic force microscopy |
Host | Result |
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Steve | win |
Rogue | Guess |
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Evan | Male & female psychopaths |
Jay | Male & female psychopaths |
Bob | Boiling removes plastics |
Cara | Male & female psychopaths |
Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Evan's Response
Jay's Response
Bob's Response
Cara's Response
Steve Explains Item #3
Steve Explains Item #2
_rogue_mentions_scale_or_scaling_[v 2][v 3]
Steve Explains Item #1
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:47:35)
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
– Robert Coveyou (1915-1996), American research mathematician who worked at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
E:... "Random number generation is too important to be left to chance [sic]." ...
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.
Today I Learned
- Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[11]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
References
- ↑ BBC: Moon landing: US firm Intuitive Machines makes historic touchdown
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Neurologica: Odysseus Lands on the Moon
- ↑ [url_from_show_notes _publication_: _article_title_]
- ↑ Yahoo News: Men and women's brains do work differently, scientists discover for first time
- ↑ DMIHER Center for Advanced Physiotherapy Education & Research: Bee Sting Venom as a Viable Therapy for Breast Cancer: A Review Article
- ↑ Neuroscience News: Shaping Empathy: Adult Brains Can Learn Compassion
- ↑ The Conversation: A mass of 17 billion suns: Growing black hole is the most luminous object ever observed by astronomers (Phys.org title)
- ↑ Anglia Ruskin University: Is the female psychopath more hidden than the male? (In-person)
- ↑ Environmental Science & Technology Letters: Drinking Boiled Tap Water Reduces Human Intake of Nanoplastics and Microplastics
- ↑ University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering: AI technique 'decodes' microscope images, overcoming fundamental limit
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
Vocabulary
- ↑ Wiktionary: ineluctable; impossible to avoid or escape
- ↑ Wiktionary: scale; see etymology #2 and limescale, below
- ↑ Wiktionary: limescale; A white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate found in kettles, washing machines etc., especially in a hard water area