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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 384 - 11/24/2012
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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
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November 24, 2012
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Guest Rogue: Richard Wiseman
This Day in Skepticism: Origin of Species
Special Report: Richard's Dream Research
News Items: Aspartame Study, Being a Psychopath, Type Ia Supernova, Fecal Transplants
Science or Fiction
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Segment: Special Report
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Richard Wiseman
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Richard updates us on his dream research and the iPhone app - Dream On
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Segment: This Day in Skepticism
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November 24, 1859
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On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin, is published
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Segment: News Items
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Segment: Science or Fiction [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
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Item #1  Science
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Some sharks can change their shape by inflating their body with water or air.
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Item #2 Science
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Some shark's poop comes out in a spiral pattern.
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Item #3 Science
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Some sharks can vomit out their own stomachs.
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Item #4  Fiction
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Sharks do not get cancer which is why cancer researchers frequently study them.
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Item #5 Science
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Sharks are affected by the Moon, leading them to kill more people.
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Segment: Skeptical Quote of the Week
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Skeptical Quote of the Week
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"The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom but to set a limit to infinite error."
- Bertolt Brecht
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