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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 196 - 4/22/2009
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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 196 - April 22, 2009

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Interview with Seth Shostak
News Items: Cassini Pictures, Smallest Exoplanet, Huffington Post Pseudoscience, Personal Attacks from Age of Autism, Kelloggs Settles FTC Suit
Science or Fiction
Who's That Noisy



Segment:   News Items     
Cassini Pictures     http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1172205/Saturn-close-Sensational-cosmic-images-bring-ringed-planet-life.html
Smallest Exoplanet     http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_new_planet
Pseudoscience from the Huffington Post     http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=463
J.B. Handley from Age of Autism Attacks     http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=523
Kelloggs Settles FTC Suit     http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/04/kellogg.shtm

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Seth Shostak     Sr. Shostak is the Senior Astronomer for the SETI institute. http://www.seti.org

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item # 1     New research shows that chewing gum is associated with higher academic performance in teens. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-04/epr-nss041709.php
Item # 2     Computer scientists have developed a system for automatic lip-reading that is greater than 95% accurate after minimal training. http://electronicdesign.com/Articles/Index.cfm?AD=1&ArticleID=15372
Item # 3     Engineers have developed a medical ultrasound device that works with a smart phone. http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/13928.html

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Whos That Noisy     Answer to last week - Harold Puthoff

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. - Mark Twain
 
 
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