SGU Episode 544
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| SGU Episode 544 |
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| December 12th 2015 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
C: Cara Santa Maria |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
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It sometimes seems to me that we are all afflicted with an urge and have a longing for the impossible. The reality around is too common, too dull, too ordinary for us. We hanker after the unnatural, the supernatural, that which does not exist… We long for a miracle! |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
Forgotten Superheroes of Science ()
- Caroline Herschel: Astronomer who was the first woman to be paid for scientific work
News Items
More Free-Energy ()
Storing Nuclear Waste ()
Gene Editing Ethics ()
Who's That Noisy ()
- Answer to last week: http://femurdesign.com/theremin/
Questions and Emails
Question #1: Frame Dragging ()
What is frame dragging?
Dumbest Thing of the Week ()
Interview with Michael Shermer ()
Science or Fiction ()
Item #1: A new study finds that increasing the alcohol tax is Maryland was followed by a decrease in the incidence of gonorrhea. Item #2: A paper published in Applied Energy shows that storing energy in metal powder is a feasible alternative to fossil fuels. https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/could-metal-particles-be-clean-fuel-future-257172 Item #3: New research finds that feeding pigs human food waste, or swill, is partially responsible for the recent swine flu epidemic.
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
'It sometimes seems to me that we are all afflicted with an urge and have a longing for the impossible. The reality around is too common, too dull, too ordinary for us. We hanker after the unnatural, the supernatural, that which does not exist… We long for a miracle!' -M.C. Escher
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