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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 255 - 6/2/2010
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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.
SGU Podcasting Awards: SGU on XM: You can listen to the SGU on America's Talk XM 166 every Saturday night from 8-9pm Eastern.
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Podcast
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June 02, 2010
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Special Guests: Fraser Cain and Pamela Gay
News Items: X-37b Space Plane, Synthetic Bacteria, Hollow Phobos, Acupuncture Mechanism?, Guatemala Sinkhole
Who's That Noisy
Your Questions and E-mails: Salt Substitute
Science or Fiction
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Segment: News Items
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Segment: Who's That Noisy
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Who's That Noisy
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Answer to last week: Alton Brown
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Segment: Your Questions and E-mails
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Question #1 - Salt Substitute
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Hi, all.
The world has access to sugar substitutes for dozens of years and most popular baked products and beverages have "sugar free" options because of great scientific work. Grant it, it took a few years of research to come up with some half decent diet colas.
Today, salt is the latest "probleme de jour" in the food industry. If the world had a salt substitute (same flavour but none of the health issues), restaraunts would have an alternative. Does the chemistry of salt make this a more significant feat or have we just not ever put our minds to the problem?
Thanks,
Paul Timmins
Ottawa, Canada
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Segment: Science or Fiction [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
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Segment: Quote of the Week
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Quote of the Week
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"Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth."
- Ptolemy,c.150 AD
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