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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 328 - 10/29/2011
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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 328 - October 29, 2011

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Interview with Banachek
This Day in Skepticism
News Items: Seeing Through Walls, Malaria Vaccine, Luckiest Cities, New Name for VLA, Another Failed Prediction
Who's That Noisy
Science or Fiction



Segment:   This Day in Skepticism     
October 29 1390      First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people.

Segment:   News Items     
Seeing Through Walls     http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111018102703.htm
Malaria Vaccine     http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/18/us-malaria-vaccine-scientist-idUSTRE79H59220111018
Luckiest Cities     http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44894480/ns/us_news-wonderful_world/#.Tp61_t4Uqso
New Name for VLA     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15307169
Another Failed Prophesy     http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/campings-doomsday-prophesy/

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     Answer to last week: Peter Lawford

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Banachek     http://www.banachek.org

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     Research shows that IQ scores change little throughout most of the teen years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15369851
Item #2     A new study has found that including enough protein in our diets, rather than simply cutting calories, is the key to curbing appetites and preventing excessive consumption of fats and carbohydrates. http://sciencealert.com.au/news/20111810-22737.html
Item #3     Scientists have found a direct link between the number of "friends" a person has on Facebook and the size of certain brain regions. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/18/us-science-facebook-idUSTRE79H89L20111018

Segment:   Skeptical Quote of the Week     
Skeptical Quote of the Week     “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” - Isaac Asimov
 
 
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