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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 214 - 8/25/2009
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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

Podcast 214 - August 25, 2009

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Interview with Jamy Ian Swiss
News Items: Surviving a Cataclysm, Zombie Apocalypse, WHO Says No to Homeopathy,Itako Fading, Dinochicken
Science or Fiction
Whos That Noisy



Segment:   News Items     
Surviving a Cataclysm     Darkness - http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327222.800-survival-in-a-postapocalypse-blackout.html
Zombie Apocalypse     http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/zombies/
WHO Says No to Homeopathy     http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=814
Itako Fading     http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/world/asia/21japan.html?_r=5
Dinochicken     http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.60b96f71bf4ba4781f8a5d3a49a22a0e.5f1&show_article=1

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Jamy Ian Swiss     Jamy Ian Swiss is a magician and skeptic, co-founder of the New York City Skeptics. http://jamyianswiss.com/index.htm

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item # 1     A new study shows that women tend to be more tentative and uncertain in their social interactions than men. http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=9208
Item # 2     A recent study finds that, when lost, people really do walk in circles. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/08/20/walking-circles.html
Item #     Recent evidence shows that obese people have 8% less brain tissue than those of normal weight. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090825090745.htm

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     Answer to last week - a sonic boom

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     “In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.” Galileo Galilei
 
 
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