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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 171 - 10/29/2008
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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 29, 2008
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Interview with Diana Blaney
News Items: Vampire Moth, New Type of Planet, Artificial Heart, Polygraph for Debates, Science Debate 2008 Update
Science or Fiction
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Segment: News Items
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Segment: Interview
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Interview with Diana Blaney
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Co-Investigator for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory working on the Mars Phoenix mission
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Segment: Science or Fiction [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
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Item #1  Fiction
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A study of voting patterns reveals that polling stations staffed with younger poll workers correlates strongly with better outcomes for liberal candidates.
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Item #2  Science
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A new study finds that newspaper endorsements have a significant effect on voter decisions, inversely proportional to their perceived bias in favor of the candidate they endorse.
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Item #3 Science
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A new study reveals that the results of subjects being asked to vote for candidates based solely on appearance strongly correlates with actual election outcomes.
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Segment: Quote of the Week
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Quote of the Week
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"We need science, more and better science, not for its technology, not for leisure, not even for health or longevity, but for the hope of wisdom which our kind of culture must acquire for its survival." - Dr. Lewis Thomas
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