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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 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 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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