SGU Episode 442
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| SGU Episode 442 |
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| January 4th 2014 |
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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 |
Science advances through tentative answers to a series of more and more subtle questions which reach deeper and deeper into the essence of natural phenomena. |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
This Day in Skepticism ()
- January 4, 1904: Thomas Edison electrocutes Topsy the Elephant
Predictions 2013 ()
- Predictions 2013: The rogues compare their predictions to the professional 'psychics'
News Items
Atmosphere on a super earth ()
Reverse Ageing ()
Magnetic Pooping ()
Virgin Births ()
Who's That Noisy ()
- Answer to last week: Castrati
Interview with Hai Ting Chinn and Matthew Schickele ()
- scopesmonkeychoir.com
Science or Fiction ()
Item #1: Researchers find that human hunter/gatherers follow a movement pattern that is the same as the foraging patterns of many animals, such as sharks and honey bees. Item #2: Astronomers report the first discovery of a possible exomoon. Item #3: A new survey of dinosaur species concludes that as many as half of known species sported some type of feather.
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
“Science advances through tentative answers to a series of more and more subtle questions which reach deeper and deeper into the essence of natural phenomena.”~Louis Pasteur
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