SGU Episode 395
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| SGU Episode 395 |
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| 9th Feb 2013 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
R: Rebecca Watson |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Guest |
GH: George Hrab |
| Quote of the Week |
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
This Day in Skepticism ()
February 9, 1949 The first Department of Space Medicine in the world was established at the United States Air Force School of Aviation Medicine at Randolph Field, Texas, and Dr. Hubertus Strughold subsequently became the first professor of Space Medicine.
News Items
Item 1 ()
Russian Lake Monster http://www.livescience.com/26836-lake-labynkyr-devil-vorota-monster.html Bones of Richard III http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21063882 Scientific Genius http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction/2013/02/03/is-the-age-of-scientific-genius-over/ Without Fear http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/03/fearless-brain-damaged-patients-are-terrified-of-suffocation-study/ Feathered Dinosaurs http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/transition-denial-and-feathered-dinosaurs/
Who's That Noisy? ()
Answer to last week: Carl Sagan, Cosmos
Questions and Emails ()
Question 1: Tuesday Boy ()
Follow up to WTN from last week
Interview with George Hrab ()
Quick chat about NECSS 2013 - http://www.necss.com
Science or Fiction ()
Item #1: A new systematic review concludes that CT scans in young patients may pose a greater increased risk of cancer than the diagnostic benefits they provide. Item #2: New research shows that people have greater happiness and sense of well being as they age, regardless of when they were born. Item #3: A recent review of research involving 122 personality characteristics finds no significant difference in male and female profiles.
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Announcements ()
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