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== Introduction ==
''You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.''
== This Day in Skepticism () ==
* Karl Benz Applies for Patent: January 29, 1886, Karl Benz applied for a patent for his Benz Patent Motorwagen, a three-wheeler vehicle with a gasoline engine. This patent specification, DRP-37435, is recognized today as the birth certificate of the internal-combustion, gasoline-powered automobile. The two-stroke engine had four horizontally-opposed pistons. He had finished the work on the vehicle the previous month, 31 Jan 1885. Sales to the public began in July.
== News Items () ==

=== Jack LaLanne Dies at 96 () ===
* http://www.jacklalanne.com/

=== Cold Fusion Again () ===
* http://theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=2745

=== Cochrane Reviews Statins () ===
* http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=10170

=== Astrologers Angered () ===
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2011/jan/24/1 also http://theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=2735

=== More on Science Education () ===
* http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2011/0125/Report-card-on-science-Most-US-students-aren-t-proficient
== Who's That Noisy () ==
* Answer to last week: Steward Lee
== Questions and E-mails () ==

=== Question #1 - Alien DNA () ===
<blockquote>Hey guys, I love the show. I came across this video from a friend who is convinced that 'they are here' Please help me convince him that he is out of his mind. Alien Abduction Sexual Assault Provided Biological Evidence Of Extraterrestrials http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfvjc5_my-mum-talks-to-aliens-3-3_tech#from=embed Greg Brewer Midland Ontario Canada</blockquote>
== Science or Fiction () ==
[http://yubanet.com/scitech/The-world-can-be-powered-by-alternative-energy-using-today-s-technology-in-20-40-years.php Item #1]: A recently published analysis concludes that 100% of the world's energy needs can be met with renewable sources (wind, solar, and water) using existing technology within 20-40 years.
[http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-single-fingered-dinosaur.html Item #2]: Paleontologists have uncovered the first and only known single-fingered dinosaur.
[http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/centuries-of-sailors-werent-wrong-looking-at-the-horizon-stabilizes-posture.html Item #3]: A new study finds that, contrary to popular belief, staring at the horizon on a moving boat worsens motion sickness.
== Quote of the Week () ==
<blockquote>'Anecdotal evidence leads us to conclusions that we wish to be true, not conclusions that actually are true.' - Barry Beyerstein</blockquote>

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