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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 350 - 3/31/2012

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Podcast 350 - March 31, 2012

Interview with James Randi
This Day in Skepticism: Patenting Life
News Items: Tennessee Anti-Evolution Bill, Origin of the Moon, Mystery Cloud on Mars, Newage Mountain
Who's That Noisy
Science or Fiction



Segment:   This Day in Skepticism     
March 31, 1981     A new single cell genetically engineered life form patent was issued to Ananda Chakrabarty

Segment:   News Items     
Tennessee Anti-Evolution Bill     http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/tennessees-anti-evolution-bill/
Origin of the Moon     http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-provokes-moon.html
Mystery Cloud on Mars     http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/23/10831821-mysterious-cloud-spotted-on-mars
Newage Mountain     http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/escape-to-newage-mountain/

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     Last weeks submissions included skeptical cartoon characters

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with James Randi     http://www.randi.org

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     Paleontologists demonstrate that the arrangement of bones in fossil aquatic dinosaurs is likely the result of the dinosaur carcasses exploding after death. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120321172208.htm
Item #2     A new study indicates that adults learning a second language can achieve native-like language processing, which can improve even after a period of no exposure. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0032974
Item #3     Scientists have demonstrated the existence of a new layer of genetic information in genes previously thought to be redundant. http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2012/03/11794/new-layer-genetic-information-discovered

Segment:   Skeptical Quote of the Week     
Skeptical Quote of the Week     "Fear believes - courage doubts. Fear falls upon the earth and prays - courage stands erect and thinks. Fear is barbarism - courage is civilization. Fear believes in witchcraft, in devils and in ghosts. Fear is religion, courage is science." - Robert Ingersoll
 
 
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