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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 224 - 11/4/2009

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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 224 - November 04, 2009

News Items: Carl Sagan Day, Nutt Job, Dystonia after Flu Shot, Spontaneous Human Combustion Case
Interview with Michael Goldstein - starting a local skeptical group
Rebecca reports from TAM London with Phil Plait, Chris French, and Christina Martin
Science or Fiction
Who's That Noisy



Segment:   News Items     
Carl Sagan Day     http://www.carlsaganday.com/ http://www.symphonyofscience.com/ by John Boswell
Nutt Job     http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=1173
Dystonia After Flu Shot     http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=1152
Spontaneous Human Combustion Case     http://www.wftv.com/news/21497743/detail.html

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Michael Goldstein     Michael is a high-school student who is starting a local skeptical groups, inspired by the SGU

Segment:   Special Report     
Rebecca from TAM London     Interviews with Phil Plait, Chris French, and Christina Martin

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item # 1     According to the US Geological Survey, the US uses less water than it did 25 years ago despite a 30% increase in population. http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1344/
Item # 2     A new study finds that being over weight or obese significantly increases fertility in women. http://news.msu.edu/story/7060/
Item # 3     Astronomers have discovered an atmosphere around a neutron star. http://www.physorg.com/news176567767.html

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Whos That Noisy     Answer to last week - Balloon Boy

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     "The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found." Miguel de Unamuno
 
 
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