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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 376 - 9/29/2012

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Podcast 376 - September 29, 2012

Interview with Pamela Gay
This Day in Skepticism: CERN
News Items: Ig Nobels 2012, GM Corn Rat Study, HIV and Faith Healing, Emoticons turn 30
Who's That Noisy
Science or Fiction



Segment:   This Day in Skepticism     
September 29, 1954     CERN is created

Segment:   News Items     
Ig Nobels 2012     http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/
GM Corn Rat Study     http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/the-gm-corn-rat-study/
HIV and Faith Healing     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19656649
Emoticon turns 30     http://digitallife.today.com/_news/2012/09/20/13989898-the-emoticon-is-30-years-old
CSICon Private Recording     http://www.skepticalrobot.com/ticket-to-sgu-recording-DC/

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     Answer to last week: Warp core from Enterprise TNG

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Pamela Gay     Host of Astronomy Cast

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     Astronomers may have solved the "missing baryon problem" with the discovery of a halo of hot gas surrounding the Milky Way galaxy. http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/halo/
Item #2     This year's peak Arctic ice melt is the greatest since records have been kept, and likely the greatest in a million years. http://www.ucalgary.ca/news/utoday/september24-2012/melting
Item #3     Physicists have built a 4-dimensional "space-time crystal" that can be used to keep perfect time until the end of the universe. http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/09/24/a-clock-that-will-last-forever/

Segment:   Skeptical Quote of the Week     
Skeptical Quote of the Week     “An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. 'Can they be brought together?' This is a practical question. We must get down to it. 'I despise intelligence' really means: 'I cannot bear my doubts.'" ― Albert Camus
 
 
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