SGU Episode 415
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| SGU Episode 415 |
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| 29th Jun 2013 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
R: Rebecca Watson |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Quote of the Week |
Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, wisdom is not truth. |
Robert Royar |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
This Day in Skepticism ()
June 29: Happy birthday to Dr. Roy Wolford, calorie restriction pioneer and Biosphere 2 inhabitant
News Items
Podcasting Patent ()
Class System in Mice ()
Anti-GMO Pseudoscience ()
- Science-based Medicine: Once More: Bad Science in the Service of Anti-GMO Activism
Skunk Ape ()
Who's That Noisy? ()
Questions and Emails ()
Staticman ()
Hey guys! Thanks for the show. I've been listening for years now and it's by far and away my favorite podcast. I was wondering if you heard about Static Man reported in Australia. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4252692.stm Sounds like balderdash to me, but who knows maybe it's a new Scientology superpower. Keep up the excellent work,
Damian Tinkey
Marlboro, NY
Science or Fiction ()
Item #1: Researchers at MIT have developed a transistor that is switched by a single photon. Item #2: Geologists have found evidence for a new subduction zone forming near Portugal which may indicate the beginning of the next phase of continental movements in which Europe will move towards North America. Item #3: A new study of whole body vibration therapy finds that it produced significant weight loss in obese subjects, who lost on average 10% of their body mass in 12 weeks.
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, wisdom is not truth.
Announcements ()
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