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You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality. | You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality. | ||
== This Day in Skepticism <small>( )</small> == | == This Day in Skepticism <small>(0:28)</small> == | ||
May 12, 1910 Today is the birthday of Dorothy Hodgkin | May 12, 1910 Today is the birthday of Dorothy Hodgkin | ||
== News Items == | == News Items == | ||
=== Dinosaur Farts <small>()</small>=== | === Dinosaur Farts <small>(3:05)</small>=== | ||
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/07/study-dinosaurs-may-have-caused-extinction-with-flatulence/ | http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/07/study-dinosaurs-may-have-caused-extinction-with-flatulence/ | ||
=== Aura Reading <small>()</small>=== | === Aura Reading <small>(9:46)</small>=== | ||
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/is-aura-reading-synaesthesia-probably-not/ | http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/is-aura-reading-synaesthesia-probably-not/ | ||
=== 48 Frames per Second <small>()</small>=== | === 48 Frames per Second <small>(22:13)</small>=== | ||
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-high-cinema-booed.html | http://phys.org/news/2012-05-high-cinema-booed.html | ||
=== Baby Powder <small>()</small>=== | === Baby Powder <small>(36:00)</small>=== | ||
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/southkorea/9250438/Pills-filled-with-powdered-human-baby-flesh-found-by-customs-officials.html | http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/southkorea/9250438/Pills-filled-with-powdered-human-baby-flesh-found-by-customs-officials.html | ||
=== Killing Bigfoot <small>()</small>=== | === Killing Bigfoot <small>(45:12)</small>=== | ||
http://io9.com/5907846/its-officially-legal-to-kill-bigfoot-in-texas | http://io9.com/5907846/its-officially-legal-to-kill-bigfoot-in-texas | ||
=== SGU Dinner at TAM 2012 <small>()</small>=== | === SGU Dinner at TAM 2012 <small>(52:36)</small>=== | ||
http://www.amazingmeeting.com/TAM2012/program | http://www.amazingmeeting.com/TAM2012/program | ||
== Who's That Noisy? <small>( )</small>== | == Who's That Noisy? <small>(55:11)</small>== | ||
Answer to last week: Steve Spangler | Answer to last week: Steve Spangler | ||
== Science or Fiction <small>(61:54)</small> == | |||
== Science or Fiction <small>( )</small> == | |||
[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/lightning-planets.html Item number one]. Astronomers have demonstrated the ability to detect the composition of expolanet atmospheres by viewing massive lightening discharges. [http://news.ufl.edu/2012/05/07/hot-jupiters/ Item number two]. Astronomers find that solar systems with so-called hot Jupiters do not have any other detectable planets in their system. And [http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2012/22 item number three]. Astronomers plan to view the upcoming transit of Venus across the sun with the Hubble telescope by using the moon as a giant mirror. | [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/lightning-planets.html Item number one]. Astronomers have demonstrated the ability to detect the composition of expolanet atmospheres by viewing massive lightening discharges. [http://news.ufl.edu/2012/05/07/hot-jupiters/ Item number two]. Astronomers find that solar systems with so-called hot Jupiters do not have any other detectable planets in their system. And [http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2012/22 item number three]. Astronomers plan to view the upcoming transit of Venus across the sun with the Hubble telescope by using the moon as a giant mirror. | ||
== Skeptical Quote of the Week <small>( )</small> == | == Skeptical Quote of the Week <small>(76:21)</small> == | ||
<blockquote>Skepticism is the highest duty and blind faith the one unpardonable sin.</blockquote> | <blockquote>Skepticism is the highest duty and blind faith the one unpardonable sin.</blockquote> | ||
J: Thomas Henry Huxley! | J: Thomas Henry Huxley! | ||
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Revision as of 07:25, 13 May 2012
I'm going to work on this one backwards, as usual, in the hope that someone else will work on it from the start. -- Rwh86 (talk) 17:51, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
This Day in Skepticism (0:28)
May 12, 1910 Today is the birthday of Dorothy Hodgkin
News Items
Dinosaur Farts (3:05)
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/07/study-dinosaurs-may-have-caused-extinction-with-flatulence/
Aura Reading (9:46)
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/is-aura-reading-synaesthesia-probably-not/
48 Frames per Second (22:13)
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-high-cinema-booed.html
Baby Powder (36:00)
Killing Bigfoot (45:12)
http://io9.com/5907846/its-officially-legal-to-kill-bigfoot-in-texas
SGU Dinner at TAM 2012 (52:36)
http://www.amazingmeeting.com/TAM2012/program
Who's That Noisy? (55:11)
Answer to last week: Steve Spangler
Science or Fiction (61:54)
Item number one. Astronomers have demonstrated the ability to detect the composition of expolanet atmospheres by viewing massive lightening discharges. Item number two. Astronomers find that solar systems with so-called hot Jupiters do not have any other detectable planets in their system. And item number three. Astronomers plan to view the upcoming transit of Venus across the sun with the Hubble telescope by using the moon as a giant mirror.
Skeptical Quote of the Week (76:21)
Skepticism is the highest duty and blind faith the one unpardonable sin.
J: Thomas Henry Huxley!
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