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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 193 - 4/1/2009
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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe

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Podcast 193 - April 01, 2009

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Interview with Paul Murray
News Items: Mind Controlled Robot, Giant Protozoan, More Jenny McCarthy Nonsense
Science or Fiction
Who's That Noisy



Segment:   News Items     
Controlling Robots with the Mind     http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=508
Giant Protozoans     http://www.livescience.com/animals/090328-nhm-gromia-sphaerica.html
More Jenny McCarthy Nonsense     http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090401/hl_time/08599188871800

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Paul Murray     Vice President, Texas Citizens for Science http://www.texscience.org/ http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13930-16-of-us-science-teachers-are-creationists.html

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item # 1     Researchers published the results of their trial showing that treating the kidney with radio waves can significantly reduce high blood pressure. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,27574,25265914-2862,00.html
Item # 2     A new study suggests that drinking very hot tea increases the risk of breast cancer in women. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7965380.stm
Item # 3     American researchers are developing a system that fights mosquitoes by targeting and shooting them with lasers. http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/16/mosquito.laser.weapon/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Whos That Noisy     Answer to last week - an MRI scanner

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     I know not any crime so great that a man could contrive to commit as poisoning the sources of eternal truth. - Samuel Johnson
 
 
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