The Skeptics Guide #554 - Feb 20 2016

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

Fringe-science, Paranormal, Skepticism, Skeptic, Science, Psuedoscience

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🗓️ 20 February 2016

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Kevin Folta; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Nikolai Vavilov; News Items: 14 Billion Year Memory, 3D Printing Body Parts, Eating Mammoth; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: David Suzuki; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:06.5	Your escape to reality.
0:10.0	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:12.5	Today is Wednesday, February 17th, 2016, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:17.6	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.4	Hey everybody, Jane Novella, hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:23.4	Evening Jents.
0:24.4	Hello.
0:25.4	This is on a shoot this week and could not make time to do the show.
0:30.4	She does actually have a really busy schedule.
0:32.4	It's amazing that she actually carves out a night every week for us, but this week just
0:36.3	couldn't make it happen.
0:37.8	Yeah.
0:38.8	We do have a great interview coming up later in the show with Kevin Fulta.
0:42.2	Always a pleasure to have him on the show.
0:44.3	But first Bob, we're going to start with some forgotten superheroes of science.
0:48.6	And speaking of Kevin Fulta, I would like to thank him for suggesting this person.
0:53.3	So for my superheroes of science this week, I will be covering Nikolai Vavilov, 1887
0:59.9	in 1943.
1:00.9	He was a Russian geneticist, Geographer, Organist, Plant Breeder, and a few other things.
1:07.6	He was ahead of his time with his innovations in genetics and plant breeding, and he's
1:12.2	considered the father of modern seed banks.
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