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== Introduction ==<br />
''You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.''<br />
== News Items <small>()</small> ==<br />
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=== Volcano in Iceland <small>()</small> ===<br />
* http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_iceland_volcano<br />
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=== Near Death Experiences <small>()</small> ===<br />
* http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/04/100408-near-death-experiences-blood-carbon-dioxide/<br />
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=== Sound Bullets <small>()</small> ===<br />
* http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=acoustic-lens-generates-bullets-of-2010-04-05<br />
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=== Injured by Price Scanner <small>()</small> ===<br />
* http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10103/1050061-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xmlcreated as a hyperlink in the Show Notes<br />
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=== Singh Libel Suit Dropped <small>()</small> ===<br />
* http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=1853 http://skepchick.org/blog/2010/04/breaking-simon-singh-has-won/<br />
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=== Two Moms and a Dad <small>()</small> ===<br />
* http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/two-moms-and-a-dad-researchers-create-human-embryo-with-three-dna-sets/article1535143/<br />
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=== Girl Speaks German - Before and After Coma <small>()</small> ===<br />
* http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/croatia/7583971/Croatian-teenager-wakes-from-coma-speaking-fluent-German.html<br />
== Science or Fiction <small>()</small> ==<br />
[http://www.physorg.com/news190577379.html Item #1]: Researchers find that drugs like morphine and heroine may protect the brain from HIV associated dementia.<br />
[http://www.aasmnet.org/Articles.aspx?id=1628 Item #2]: A new study finds that late night video game playing significantly delays sleep onset in teenagers.<br />
[http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/25041/ Item #3]: Physicists create a true random number generator, exploiting quantum entanglement as the source of randomness.<br />
== Live Questions <small>()</small> ==<br />
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=== Question #1 - These Kids Today <small>()</small> ===<br />
<blockquote>Question about why kids today are not interested in science.</blockquote><br />
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=== Question #2 - Homeopathy vs Phrenology <small>()</small> ===<br />
<blockquote>Why do some pseudosciences thrive while others fade away?</blockquote><br />
== Quote of the Week <small>()</small> ==<br />
<blockquote> “Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge; and its nature is sinned against when it is drowned in ignorance.” - William W. Channing</blockquote><br />
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