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| SGU Episode 305 |
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| May 18th 2011 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
R: Rebecca Watson |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Quote of the Week |
'I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.' |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
This Day in Skepticism ()
- May 21, 1916: Daylight Saving Time was introduced in Britain as a war-time measure to save fuel.
News Items ()
Rapture ()
Another Cancer Cure ()
Gut Bacteria and Behavior ()
Habitable Exoplanet ()
Higgs False Alarm ()
Who's That Noisy ()
- Answer to last week - Jumping Spider
Swindlers List ()
Swindlers ListBidsell.com
Interview with James Randi ()
- www.randi.org
Science or Fiction ()
Item #1: Imaging studies of ancient Egyptian mummies find an almost complete absence of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), even in the older individuals.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110517121824.htm Item #2: Astronomers have detected a new class of planet - Jupiter-sized rogue planets wandering interstellar space, and estimate their number at 400 billion in the Milky Way.http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110518/full/news.2011.303.html Item #3: Researchers find that exposure to cockroach antigen is a significant contributor to childhood asthma.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110517151301.htm
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
'I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.' — Stephen Hawking
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