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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 169 - 10/11/2008
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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is produced by SGU Productions, LLC - dedicated to promoting critical thinking, reason, and the public understanding of science through online and other media. The first episode of the SGU podcast went online on May 4th, 2005. It soon became a popular science/skeptical podcast, and remains one of the most popular science podcasts on iTunes.
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Podcast
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October 11, 2008
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Perry DeAngelis Memorial Live Podcast
Special Guests: Steve Mirsky and Terrence Hines
Science or Fiction
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Segment: Perry DeAngelis Memorial Live Podcast
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Live Broadcast
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Special Guests Steve Mirsky and Terrence Hines
Featuring live questions from the audience
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Segment: Science or Fiction [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
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Item #1  Science
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A new study shows that pregnancy does not have a detrimental effect on cognition.
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Item #2 Science
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Researchers have designed an artificial living cell that can efficiently generate electricity and potentially be used to power small implantable medical devices.
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Item #3  Fiction
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A new study shows that women in the US schools are making significant gains in mathematics, rapidly closing the gender gap.
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