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| SGU Episode 398 |
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| 2nd March 2013 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Guest |
JR: Jon Ronson |
| Quote of the Week |
The world is much more interesting than any one discipline. |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
This Day in Skepticism (4:33)
- March 2, 1983: Compact Disc players and discs are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had been available only in Japan before then.
News Items
Life Around Dying Stars (7:32)
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-future-evidence-extraterrestrial-life-dying.html#ajTabs
Ancient Lost Continent (15:06)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21551149
Electronic Tattoos (22:36)
Google Glass (31:25)
http://www.google.com/glass/start/what-it-does/
Who's That Noisy? (38:06)
- Answer to last week: Whistlepig
Questions and Emails
"Ow!" (40:36)
- Why do we say, "Ow!"? Joe Shoults
Interview with Jon Ronson (44:20)
- Interview with Jon Ronson, recorded at CSICon 2012.
Science or Fiction (1:00:50)
Item number one. Scientists have developed an imaging system that can look through walls into a burning building and identify survivors that need rescuing. Item number two. A new analysis finds that Spiderman’s webbing would have been strong enough to stop the commuter trains as depicted in the Spiderman 2 movie. And item number three. Researchers discover a virus with an adaptive immune system.
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:13:44)
The world is much more interesting than any one discipline.
Edward Tufte
Announcements (1:15:27)
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