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== Introduction ==
''You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.''
== This Day in Skepticism () ==
* March 12, 1923: Phonofilm presented
== News Items () ==

=== Meteorite Fossil Bacteria () ===
* http://journalofcosmology.com/Life100.html

=== Biological Computers () ===
* http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-03-biological.html

=== Super Full Moon () ===
* http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/astronomy/story/46417/extreme-super-full-moon-to-cause-chaos.asp

=== Imam Retracts Support for Evolution () ===
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12661477
== Who's That Noisy () ==
* Answer to last week: Roger Penrose
== Questions and Emails () ==

=== Question #1 - What is a Skeptic? () ===
<blockquote>I've recently started listening to your podcast including some of the back issues. I have found Steven Novella's stance on arguments to match my own eerily well and am wondering if I am indeed a skeptic. Perhaps a you may be a skeptic if list would be humourous, however I am specifically interested in where your panel of skeptics comes down on the definition of a skeptic. I believe I am safe in saying that skeptics believe in logical consistency, are empiricists, and accept ideas that are reached through inductive reasoning based on empirical evidence. Does skepticism -in your opinions- have a stance on realism vs instrumentalism in science and is being cohesive with evidence and generally accepted theory grounds for `proof` or merely a requirement to warrant further study. If this issue has already been discussed in an earlier episode I would appreciate episode number. Fraser Hogg</blockquote>

== Interview with Ben Radford () ==
* http://www.radfordbooks.com/
== Science or Fiction () ==
[http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-03-migrating-moths-songbirds-similar.html Item #1]: A recent study shows that migrating song birds and moths travel at the same mean velocity.
[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110307142242.htm Item #2]: New research shows that most people are willing to cause direct harm to others, as long as they believe no one is watching.
[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110307142240.htm Item #3]: A new review of research indicates that for most species natural selection favors greater size and speed, rather than average traits.
== Skeptical Quote of the Week () ==
<blockquote>'The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church.' - Ferdinand Magellan</blockquote>

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