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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 248 - 4/13/2010
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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 248 - April 13, 2010

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Interview with Seth Shostak
News Items: Apollo 13, Water on Mars, Bioprinting, Scientific Literacy in the US, Dawkins vs The Pope
Who's That Noisy
Your Questions and E-mails: Colour Therapy
Science or Fiction



Segment:   News Items     
Apollo 13 Remembered     http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=70129991
Water on Mars     http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/04/12/new-evidence-of-transient-liquid-water-on-mars/
Bioprinting     http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6382QM20100409
Science Education in the US     http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=1832
Richard Dawkins vs The Pope     http://skepchick.org/blog/2010/04/yes-the-pope-should-be-arrested-and-i-dont-care-who-does-it/

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     Answer to last week: Cheetah

Segment:   Questions and E-mails     
Question # 1 - Colour Therapy     Love your show (Jay, you're Awesome) :) Just wanted to send you guys a laugh, It's called colour therapy and invokes everything from Chakras to Dowsing. http://www.colourtherapyhealing.com/ It brought up an interesting thought for me, I've always been told that red makes you hungry, blue makes you tired, etc. Do you know if any of this is true? I've tried to find out but it's hard to wade through all the crap on the internet. Anyway, thanks for the wonderful show you put out, it does many people the world of good. Caitlin

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Seth Shostak     Seth in the Senior Astronomy for SETI - The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item # 1     Including the recent announcement of 9 new expoplanets, more than half of all so-called "hot Jupiters" orbit their parent star significantly out of its plane of rotation, and 6 are fully retrograde - challenging current models of planetary formation. http://www.livescience.com/animals/metazoan-loriciferans-ocean-100407.html
Item # 2     A new report of the National Research Council indicates that the incorporation of genetically engineered crops into US agriculture has had significant benefits for US farmers and the environment. http://www..nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12804
Item # 3     Feral ferret populations are on the rise in north American Cities, such as New York, where they have become popular as a means of rodent control. http://www.physorg.com/news190372260.html

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     Be warned that if you wish, as I do, to build a society in which individuals cooperate generously and unselfishly towards a common good, you can expect little help from biological nature. Let us try to *teach* generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. - Richard Dawkins
 
 
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