SGU Episode 534
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| SGU Episode 534 |
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| October 3rd 2015 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
C: Cara Santa Maria |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Quote of the Week |
I'd rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned. |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
Forgotten Superheroes of Science ()
- Barbara McClintock: was a geneticist who made fundamental breakthroughs in genetics that took decades to be appreciated resulting in a Nobel prize in Medicine, the only woman to win in that category unshared with anyone else.
News Items
Water on Mars ()
Looking for Life on Mars ()
Brain Connections ()
Skeptic vs Denier ()
Who's That Noisy ()
- Answer to last week: Star Trek phase on stun
What's the Word ()
- Isograd
Interview with Andy Weir ()
- Author of The Martian http://andyweirauthor.com/books/the-martian-hc
Science or Fiction ()
Item #1: There have been 40 missions to Mars (not including fly-bys), but less than half, 18, were successful. Item #2: The length of a day on Mars is almost the same as Earth, at 24 hours and 37 minutes. Item #3: Mars has two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, which are likely captured asteroids. Item #4: Mars essentially is made of two parts, the southern highlands and the northern lowlands, the latter forming 42% of the surface and likely resulting from a massive impact that tore off half the planet.
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
'I'd rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.' - Richard Feynman
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