SGU Episode 408
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| 34th May 2012 |
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Death is an engineering problem. |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
This Day in Skepticism ()
News Items
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Who's That Noisy? ()
Questions and Emails ()
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Interview with "..." ()
Science or Fiction ()
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
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Segment: This Day in Skepticism May 11, 1960 FDA announced its approval of the use of Enovid, the first commercial oral contraceptive.
Segment: News Items Sylvia Browne Wrong Again http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/198315/psychic-sylvia-browne-told-amanda-berrys-mother-she-was-dead/ Cosmic Rays and Lightening http://phys.org/news/2013-05-russian-evidence-notion-lightning-cosmic.html Cicadas Return http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_CICADA_INVASION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-05-06-14-19-13
Segment: Who's That Noisy Who's That Noisy Answer to last week: Alexander Graham Bell
Segment: Interview Interview with Don McLeroy http://www.therevisionariesmovie.com/
Segment: Science or Fiction [ Click Here to Show the Answers ] Item #1 A new study finds that men who marry younger women are less intelligent, less attractive, and less wealthy than men who marry women closer in age. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130506114052.htm Item #2 Researchers have developed an intelligent nano-network drug release system that can effectively control blood sugar in diabetics for one week from a single injection. http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/gu-insulin-2013/ Item #3 New evidence suggests that toothbrushes are a major source of outbreaks of strep throat and other respiratory infections. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130504163304.htm
Segment: Skeptical Quote of the Week Skeptical Quote of the Week "For all its beauty, honesty, and effectiveness at improving the human condition, science demands a terrible price—that we accept what experiments tell us about the universe, whether we like it or not. It’s about consensus and teamwork and respectful critical argument, working with, and through, natural law. It requires that we utter, frequently, those hateful words—'I might be wrong.'” - David Brin