Skeptics Guide #986

The Skeptics Guide To The Universe

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #986 May 29th 2024 Segment #1. Quickie with Steve https://theness.com/neurologicablog/mobe-a-new-gene-editing-system/ Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – 3D Printed Superalloy https://www.space.com/us-economy-nasa-3d-printed-superalloy News Item #2 – Lacking an Inner Voice https://www.livescience.com/health/mind/how-people-without-inner-voices-could-help-reveal-the-mysteries-of-consciousness News Item #3 – Spider Silk Sensors https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/imperceptible-sensors-made-from-electronic-spider-silk-can-be-printed-directly-on-human-skin News Item #4 – How Were the Pyramids Built https://theness.com/neurologicablog/how-were-the-pyramids-built/ News Item #5 – Exoplanet Hunt for Life https://www.space.com/gliese-12-b-tess-exoplanet-hunt-for-life Segment #3. Who’s That Noisy Segment #4. Your Questions and E-mails Question #1: Star Talk Acupuncture Segment #5. Science or Fiction Each week our host will come up with three science news items or facts, two genuine, one fictitious. He will challenge our panel of skeptics to sniff out the fake – and you can play along. Theme: Good news, everyone Item 1: A new study finds that improving air quality by aerosol mitigation significantly reduces the risk of forest fires. Item 2: Engineers have developed a method for making reproducible high quality graphene at scale. Item 3: Researchers have developed an antibiotic that treats many multi-drug resistant bacteria without affecting the gut microbiome. Segment #6. Skeptical Quote of the Week “The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already.” — Tolstoy