SGU Episode 555

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SGU Episode 555
February 27th 2016
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SGU 554                      SGU 556

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Guest

JG: Julia Galef

Quote of the Week

Our beliefs do not sit passively in ou8r brains waiting to be confirmed or contradicted by incoming information. Instead, they play a key role in shaping how we see the world.

Richard Wiseman

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Introduction

You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

Forgotten Superheroes of Science ()

  • Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha: Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, is a pediatrician at Hurley Children's Hospital and is the first dr that brought the problem of Flint Michigan water to the states attention.
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News Items

Air Pollution and Public Health ()

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Mystery Moon Music ()

Gender Bias among Programmers ()

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Who's That Noisy ()

  • Answer to last week: Gravity Waves

Special Report ()

  • A discussion with Julia Galef about the recent controversies in the skeptical movement.
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Science or Fiction ()

Item #1: Astronomers now claim that LIGO’s two black holes which collided were likely both formed within the same star. https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2016-05 Item #2: Examination of the dodo cranium reveals that they had well above-average intelligence for birds. Item #3: Scientists have developed a chip that enables the detection of a single molecule using an ordinary cell-phone camera. https://www.caltech.edu/news/counting-molecules-ordinary-cell-phone-49857

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

"Our beliefs do not sit passively in ou8r brains waiting to be confirmed or contradicted by incoming information. Instead, they play a key role in shaping how we see the world." - Richard Wiseman

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