SGU Episode 226
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| SGU Episode 226 |
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| November 18th 2009 |
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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 |
“No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar.” |
Donald Foster, Writer and Professor at Vassar College |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
News Items ()
New Mammography Guidelines ()
- http://skepchick.org/blog/2009/11/no-ladies-the-new-breast-cancer-guidelines-arent-patronizing/ http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=1926
Water on the Moon ()
Dark Flow ()
Lee Harvey Oswald Photo ()
Movie Reviews ()
- 2012 The Men Who Stare at Goats
Interview with Kenny Feder ()
- Professor of Anthropology as Central CT State University Author of Frauds, Myths and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology http://www.amazon.com/Frauds-Myths-Mysteries-Pseudoscience-Archaeology/dp/076742722X
Science or Fiction ()
Item # 1: Biologists have discovered a method to induce photoswitching in a species of worm, so that it becomes paralyzed when exposed to ultraviolet light, and then unparalyzed when exposed again to visible light. Item #2: Programmers have developed PC software that uses the optical mouse sensor to detect bacterial food contamination. Item # 3: Astronomers have discovered two extra-solar earth-sized objects with oxygen rich atmospheres.
Who's That Noisy ()
- Answer to last week:
Quote of the Week ()
“No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar.” - Donald Foster, Writer and Professor at Vassar College
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