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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>(0:27)</small> == | ||
August 18, 1986 - Seventy-two Nobel Prize-winning scientists filed a legal brief with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging as unconstitutional a Louisiana law requiring schools that teach evolution to also teach “creation-science.” | August 18, 1986 - Seventy-two Nobel Prize-winning scientists filed a legal brief with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging as unconstitutional a Louisiana law requiring schools that teach evolution to also teach “creation-science.” | ||
== News Items == | == News Items == | ||
=== Eggs and Atherosclerosis <small>()</small>=== | === Eggs and Atherosclerosis <small>(2:58)</small>=== | ||
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/eggs-and-atherosclerosis/ | http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/eggs-and-atherosclerosis/ | ||
=== Hacking the Rover <small>()</small>=== | === Hacking the Rover <small>(17:52)</small>=== | ||
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/269564/scitech/technology/anonymous-hackers-may-be-targeting-mars-rover-says-security-firm | http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/269564/scitech/technology/anonymous-hackers-may-be-targeting-mars-rover-says-security-firm | ||
=== The Sneeze <small>()</small>=== | === The Sneeze <small>(26:16)</small>=== | ||
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/08/120814-why-do-we-sneeze-health-science-sinusitis/ | http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/08/120814-why-do-we-sneeze-health-science-sinusitis/ | ||
=== Google Pyramids <small>()</small>=== | === Google Pyramids <small>(33:56)</small>=== | ||
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/08/14/long-lost-egyptian-pyramids-found-on-google-earth/ | http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/08/14/long-lost-egyptian-pyramids-found-on-google-earth/ | ||
=== Occ Update <small>()</small>=== | === Occ Update <small>(40:52)</small>=== | ||
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sgu/occ-the-skeptical-caveman-a-new-webseries | http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sgu/occ-the-skeptical-caveman-a-new-webseries | ||
== Who's That Noisy? <small>()</small>== | == Who's That Noisy? <small>(44:24)</small>== | ||
Answer to last week: Alan Shepard | Answer to last week: Alan Shepard | ||
== Questions and Emails <small>()</small> == | == Questions and Emails <small>(46:41)</small> == | ||
=== Screwed <small>()</small>=== | === Screwed <small>()</small>=== | ||
<blockquote>Critical Thinking and the Asymmetrical Apple Screw I thought this was kind of interesting... http://day4.se/how-we-screwed-almost-the-whole-apple-community/</blockquote> | <blockquote>Critical Thinking and the Asymmetrical Apple Screw I thought this was kind of interesting... http://day4.se/how-we-screwed-almost-the-whole-apple-community/</blockquote> | ||
Truckee Lynch, San Francisco | Truckee Lynch, San Francisco | ||
== Science or Fiction <small>()</small> == | == Science or Fiction <small>(52:12)</small> == | ||
[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/news/helium-detected.html Item number one]. An instrument aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has detected helium in the Moon's atmosphere. [http://phys.org/news/2012-08-lost-letter-wealthy-london-neighborhoods.html Item number two]. A recent lost letter study, in which stamped and addressed letters are dropped on the street and their fate recorded, demonstrates that wealthier neighborhoods are less altruistic. And [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120814213326.htm item number three]. Researchers have discovered the code by which the retina communicates to the brain, leading to a retinal prosthesis that has restored near normal vision to a blind mouse. | [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/news/helium-detected.html Item number one]. An instrument aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has detected helium in the Moon's atmosphere. [http://phys.org/news/2012-08-lost-letter-wealthy-london-neighborhoods.html Item number two]. A recent lost letter study, in which stamped and addressed letters are dropped on the street and their fate recorded, demonstrates that wealthier neighborhoods are less altruistic. And [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120814213326.htm item number three]. Researchers have discovered the code by which the retina communicates to the brain, leading to a retinal prosthesis that has restored near normal vision to a blind mouse. | ||
== Skeptical Quote of the Week <small>()</small> == | == Skeptical Quote of the Week <small>(1:08:07)</small> == | ||
<blockquote>For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise.</blockquote> | <blockquote>For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise.</blockquote> | ||
Benjamin Franklin | Benjamin Franklin | ||
== Announcements <small>()</small> == | == Announcements == | ||
=== SGU at Dragon*Con <small>(1:09:20)</small> === | |||
=== SGU at SciCon <small>1:09:52</small> === | |||
{{Outro1}} | {{Outro1}} | ||
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
This Day in Skepticism (0:27)
August 18, 1986 - Seventy-two Nobel Prize-winning scientists filed a legal brief with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging as unconstitutional a Louisiana law requiring schools that teach evolution to also teach “creation-science.”
News Items
Eggs and Atherosclerosis (2:58)
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/eggs-and-atherosclerosis/
Hacking the Rover (17:52)
The Sneeze (26:16)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/08/120814-why-do-we-sneeze-health-science-sinusitis/
Google Pyramids (33:56)
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/08/14/long-lost-egyptian-pyramids-found-on-google-earth/
Occ Update (40:52)
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sgu/occ-the-skeptical-caveman-a-new-webseries
Who's That Noisy? (44:24)
Answer to last week: Alan Shepard
Questions and Emails (46:41)
Screwed ()
Critical Thinking and the Asymmetrical Apple Screw I thought this was kind of interesting... http://day4.se/how-we-screwed-almost-the-whole-apple-community/
Truckee Lynch, San Francisco
Science or Fiction (52:12)
Item number one. An instrument aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has detected helium in the Moon's atmosphere. Item number two. A recent lost letter study, in which stamped and addressed letters are dropped on the street and their fate recorded, demonstrates that wealthier neighborhoods are less altruistic. And item number three. Researchers have discovered the code by which the retina communicates to the brain, leading to a retinal prosthesis that has restored near normal vision to a blind mouse.
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:08:07)
For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise.
Benjamin Franklin
Announcements
SGU at Dragon*Con (1:09:20)
SGU at SciCon 1:09:52
References
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