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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 267 - 8/25/2010

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Podcast 267 - August 25, 2010

Guest Rogue: Phil Plait
News Items: Phil Plait's Bad Universe, Solar Flares and Radioactive Decay, Competition in Evolution, The Science of Zombies, Kurzweil Responds to Myers, Kaku on UFOs
Who's That Noisy
Science or Fiction



Segment:   News Items     
Phil Plait's Bad Universe     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3GLjpz5x1k&feature=player_embedded
Solar Flares and Radioactive Decay     http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/august/sun-082310.html
Competition in Evolution     http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/24/darwin-wrong-evolution_n_692502.html http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/6/4/544.abstract
The Science of Zombies     http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly_p1.html
Kurzweil Responds to Myers     http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=2238
Kaku and UFOs     http://sguforums.com/index.php/topic,30211.0.html

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     Answer to last week: Dr. Banjo from Futurama

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     Researchers create "dry water", a powdered form of water with many potential commercial applications. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100825174102.htm
Item #2     Researchers confirm common belief that spouses do grow more alike over time. http://news.msu.edu/story/8207
Item #3     Electricity collected from the air could become the newest alternative energy source. http://www.physorg.com/news201958072.html

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     "The correspondence between reality and my beliefs comes from reality controlling my beliefs, not the other way around." -- Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
 
 
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