SGU Episode 526

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SGU Episode 526
August 8th 2015
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SGU 525                      SGU 527
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Quote of the Week
The truth, especially when painful, can wake us from the slumber of self-deception.
Baroness La Valette - Witcher 2
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Introduction

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

Forgotten Superheroes of Science ()

• Inge Lehmann: Was a Danish Seismologist who revolutionized our understanding of earth's interior when she discovered that it has a solid inner core

News Items

Mystery Booms Solved ()

• http://www.news10.net/story/news/2015/07/28/mother-lode-mystery-booms-solved/30811893/

Convincing Antivaxxers ()

• http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/convincing-antivaxxers/

Needle Exchange Efficacy ()

• http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/drug-needle-exchanges-gain-ground-after-indiana-hiv-outbreak/

Life on Earth's "Cousin" ()

• http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/kepler-452-b-what-it-would-be-like-to-live-on-earth-s-cousin/

Interview with Jamy Ian Swiss ()

• http://honestliar.com/

Science or Fiction ()

Item #1: New research finds that romantic kissing (lip-to-lip contact) occurs in less than half of human cultures surveyed. Item #2: Recent historical analysis finds that medieval alchemists were often practical chemists, but disguised their recipes with fanciful code to protect their intellectual property. Item #3: Scientists have found that horses have as many “discrete facial movements” used in expressing emotions and social cues as do chimps and humans.

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

'The truth, especially when painful, can wake us from the slumber of self-deception.'Witcher 2 - Baroness La Valette

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