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== Introduction ==<br />
''You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.''<br />
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== Forgotten Superheroes of Science <small>()</small> ==<br />
* Martin Jim Aitken: Martin Jim Aitken 1922 to June 2017, was a founding father of Archaeometry<br />
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== News Items ==<br />
=== Nobel Prizes <small>()</small> ===<br />
* https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/10/the-absurdity-of-the-nobel-prizes-in-science/541863/<br />
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=== Nobel in Medicine <small>()</small> ===<br />
* https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2017/press.html<br />
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=== Nobel in Chemistry <small>()</small> ===<br />
* https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2017/<br />
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=== Nobel in Physics <small>()</small> ===<br />
* https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2017/<br />
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=== Rocket Travel <small>()</small> ===<br />
* http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/rocket-travel/<br />
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== Pamela Gay <small>()</small> ==<br />
* www.cosmoquest.org<br />
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== Science or Fiction <small>()</small> ==<br />
[https://www.upi.com/Scientists-still-confounded-by-Milky-Ways-most-mysterious-star/5291507138135/ Item #1]: New observations of the star KIC 8462852 show that in addition to dimming it also undergoes periods of brightening, a fact that disproves most current hypotheses about what is causing the changes to the star’s brightness.<br />
[https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171004162013.htm Item #2]: Scientists have developed a new nanomaterial that can directly convert seawater into electricity, essentially using the ocean as a giant battery.<br />
[https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uotb-dot100417.php Item #3]: Researchers find in an international study that people distrust those of different political ideology more than of different race or religion.<br />
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== Skeptical Quote of the Week <small>()</small> ==<br />
<blockquote>“Scientific literacy is an intellectual vaccine against the claims of charlatans who would exploit ignorance.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson</blockquote><br />
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