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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 181 - 1/7/2009
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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is a weekly Podcast talkshow discussing the latest news and topics from the world of the paranormal, fringe science, and controversial claims from a scientific point of view. -The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: Your escape to reality -Produced by the New England Skeptical Society in association with the James Randi Educational Foundation(JREF) : http://www.theness.com
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Podcast
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January 07, 2009
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Psychic Predictions 2008
News Items: True Love, Jett Travolta, Christine Maggiorie, Detox Fail, Weblog Awards 2008
Randi Speaks
Science or Fiction
Who's That Noisy
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Segment: Psychic Predictions 2008
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Predictions 2008
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The Rogues review psychic predictions for 2008, plus make some of their own predictions for 2009.
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Segment: News Items
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Segment: Randi Speaks
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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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Scientists discover the first vertebrate species whose eyes use a mirror to focus light on the retina.
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Item #2  Fiction
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Scientists discover that the male field cricket copulates using specialized components of its mouth parts.
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Item #3 Science
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A new analysis reveals that pterosaurs launched themselves into the air from four legs, not two, as was previously assumed.
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Segment: Who's That Noisy
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Who's That Noisy
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NEW SEGMENT for 2009
Each week Evan will play a science-related sound and the source of the sound will be revealed the following week.
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Segment: Quote of the Week
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Quote of the Week
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"You see, I can live with doubt, and uncertainty, and not knowing. I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing, than to have answers that might be wrong. I have approximate answers, and possible beliefs, and different degrees of certainty about different things, but I'm not absolutely sure about anything, and many things I don't know anything about, such as whether it means anything to ask, "why are we here?"... But I don't have to have an answer; I don't feel frightened by not knowing things." - Richard Feynman
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