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Be Skeptikal Dammit:  Germ Theory Denial
Wildlife:  Sponges & All the Medicines They Provide
Researched:  The Patriarchy & Christianity
Positive:  Breakthrough Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer
References:
germ theory denial
 
https://theconversation.com/germ-theory-denialism-is-alive-and-well-and-taking-the-nuance-out-of-scientific-debate-163408
 
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Germ_theory_denialism
 
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/deep-dive-into-stupid-meet-the-growing-group-that-rejects-germ-theory/
 https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/darwin/evolution-today/what-is-a-theory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_theory
pancreatic cancer treatment
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/mrna-vaccine-treat-pancreatic-cancer
 
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pancreatic-cancer-vaccine-shows-promise-in-small-initial-trial/
 
patriarchy
https://www.learnwhr.org/wp-content/uploads/D-Facio-What-is-Patriarchy.pdf
 
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jun/22/the-age-of-patriarchy-how-an-unfashionable-idea-became-a-rallying-cry-for-feminism-today
 
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230525-how-did-patriarchy-actually-begin
 
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2022/sep/analysis-how-did-patriarchy-start-and-will-evolution-get-rid-it
 
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831740-400-the-origins-of-sexism-how-men-came-to-rule-12000-years-ago/
 
sponges
 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7087563/
 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4930278/
 
https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/sea-sponge-hiv-medicine
 
https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/23921394/deep-sea-mining-sea-sponges-medicine-drugs

Be Skeptikal Dammit:  New Americanized Version of Bible
Environment:  First Space Junk Fine Issued in US
Wildlife:  
Snails Munching on Snail Mail
Banks Making Immoral Investments
Positive:  Amazing New Treatment for Sickle Cell Anemia
Show Notes:
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia:The_Conservative_Bible_Project
 
https://www.conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible_Project
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67191069
 
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fda-approves-first-crispr-gene-editing-treatment-for-sickle-cell-disease/
 
https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/columbia-impact-first-new-crispr-therapy-approved-sickle-cell
 
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/02/fcc-space-debris-fine-dish-network-satellite#:~:text=The%20US%20Federal%20Communications%20Commission,for%20more%20than%20two%20decades.
 
https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/us-government-issues-1st-ever-space-junk-fine-charging-satellite-tv-company-whopping-dollar150k
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqq71y6399eo

Be Skeptikal Dammit:  Republican Lies About the Border
Wildlife:  Giraffes & Their Amazing Tongues
Researched:  The Moon Ilusion
Positive:  Amazing Breakthrough in Organ Transplantation
Show Notes:
https://connolly.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4691
 
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ted-cruz-border-wall-photo-b2401500.html
 
https://www.newsweek.com/no-theres-no-border-crisis-republicans-are-perpetuating-another-big-lie-opinion-1579671
 
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_tilt
 
https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/axial-tilt-obliquity.html
 
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/axis/
 
https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Axial_tilt
 
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Milankovitch/milankovitch_2.php
 
https://www.weather.gov/lmk/seasons#:~:text=The%20earth's%20spin%20axis%20is,away%2C%20winter%20can%20be%20expected.
 
https://earthsky.org/moon-phases/understandingmoonphases/#:~:text=As%20seen%20from%20the%20north,we%20see%20in%20our%20sky.
 
https://theconversation.com/why-does-the-moon-look-close-some-nights-and-far-away-on-other-nights-184028#:~:text=People%20mainly%20notice%20the%20Moon,it%20with%20other%2C%20familiar%20things.

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/seasons/en/
 
https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/natural-sciences/animals/mammals/why-giraffes-have-purple-tongues/
 
https://www.smorescience.com/what-color-is-a-giraffes-tongue/
 
https://www.nihr.ac.uk/news/human-liver-repaired-using-cells-grown-in-a-laboratory-for-the-first-time/27016#:~:text=Researchers%20have%20been%20able%20to,human%20livers%20to%20repair%20them.
 
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/lab-grown-mini-bile-ducts-used-to-repair-human-livers-in-regenerative-medicine-first
 
 

Be Skeptikal Dammit:  see researched segment
Environment:  newly discovered way to break down major class of forevrer chemicals
Wildlife:  some updates on the mass elephant deaths of 2020
Researched:  the alternative reality that is Conservapedia
Positive:  vollunteers shovelling snow for those who can't
Show Notes:
 
new tech for breaking down 'forever chemicals'
 
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-find-a-new-technique-for-breaking-down-forever-chemicals-180980623/
 
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cheap-new-method-breaks-down-forever-chemicals/
 
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/scientists-are-figuring-out-how-to-destroy-forever-chemicals/  


 
bacterium may have caused mystery elephant deaths
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67197251
 
https://www.nature.com/articles/d44148-023-00307-9
 
https://www.livescience.com/animals/deadly-bacteria-may-be-the-culprit-behind-mysterious-elephant-die-off
 
 
conservapedia
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservapedia
 
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia
 
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/mar/02/wikipedia.news
 
https://www.conservapedia.com/Main_Page
 
 
snow shovelling volunteers 
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/whitehorse-residents-paying-it-forward-shoveling-snow-for-those-who-cant-1.7071470#:~:text=A%20group%20of%20Whitehorse%20residents,three%20years%20ago%20from%20India.

Be Skeptikal Dammit:  Most Used Climate Myths & the Arguments Against Them
Environment:  Climate Friendly Flying
Wildlife:  Sandbox Tree
Positive:  14 Year Old Invents Skin Cancer Soap
Show Notes:
common climate myths
 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-myths-what-science-really-says/
 
 
Sandbox Tree
 
https://www.britannica.com/plant/sandbox-tree
 
https://www.upworthy.com/dynamite-tree-explosive-fruit
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hura_crepitans
 
climate friendly flying
 
https://www.vox.com/climate/23922939/airline-united-climate-change-sustainable-fuel-emissions-offset-saf
 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/12/15/aviation-climate-biden-tax-credits/
 
skin cancer soap
 
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/27/1209048618/q-a-this-scientist-developed-a-soap-that-could-help-fight-skin-cancer-hes-14
 
https://www.sciencealert.com/us-teen-wins-top-prize-for-inventing-a-soap-to-fight-skin-cancer
 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/25/heman-bekele-skin-cancer-soap/
 
 

Be Skeptikal Dammit:  Spotting Misinformation
Environment:  Synthetic Sponges to Soak up Microplastics
Wildlife:  Right Whale Numbers May be Levelling Off
Positive:  Incredible New Blood Cancer Treatment Being Offered to Those For Whom Other Treatments Have Failed
Show Notes:
Spotting Misinformation
 
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-spot-abortion-misinformation/
 
https://www.acog.org/advocacy/abortion-is-essential/come-prepared/combating-abortion-myths-tool-kit
 
synthetic sponges soak up microplatics
 
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/scientists-have-created-synthetic-sponges-that-soak-up-microplastics-180983017/

 
https://greencitizen.com/news/synthetic-sponges-show-promise-in-microplastic-removal-efforts/

 
blood cancer treatment
 
https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/first-patient-has-new-cutting-edge-therapy-for-cancer-patients/#:~:text=Stephen%20Milton%2C%2029%2C%20became%20the,within%20the%20John%20Radcliffe%20Hospital.
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4n4yp49p78o
 
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23877641.first-oxford-patient-receives-new-cancer-treatment/
 
https://www.cancerresearch.org/blog/march-2017/milton-w
 
whale numbers may be stabilizing
 
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/north-atlantic-right-whale-numbers-may-be-stabilizing-at-last-180983134/#:~:text=Scientists%20counted%20about%20356%20North,dropped%20by%20roughly%2025%20percent.
 
https://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2022-06-07/endangered-whale-numbers-may-be-stabilizing-after-some-bad-years-but-their-future-remains-uncertain
 
https://sevenseasmedia.org/north-atlantic-right-whale-population-stabilizes-but-human-induced-threats-remain-critical-scientists-warn/
 
graveyards
 
https://www.quora.com/Are-cemeteries-a-waste-of-valuable-land-area
 
https://ggwash.org/view/70300/burial-culture-and-the-issues-with-using-so-much-space-for-cemeteries
 
https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/deal-with-the-dead
 
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jan/21/death-in-the-city-what-happens-cemeteries-full-cost-dying
 
https://perfectmemorials.com/guides/running-out-of-cemetery-space
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31837964
 
https://www.killermovies.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-315138-cemetaries-graveyards-waste-of-space.html
 
https://miltonfieldsgeorgia.com/conventional-burial-harms-environment/
 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35985390/
 
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0045653522025188
 
https://www.businessinsider.com/burying-dead-bodies-environment-funeral-conservation-2015-10
 
https://www.alternativesjournal.ca/community/culture/a-greener-way-to-go/
 
https://www.quora.com/What-percentage-of-earths-surface-is-covered-up-by-cemeteries-the-cemetery-to-livable-land-ratio