SGU Episode 547
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| SGU Episode 547 |
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| January 2nd 2016 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
C: Cara Santa Maria |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
Special Report ()
- The Rogues review psychic predictions for 2015 and make some predictions of their own.
News Items
HIV Blood Donations ()
The Genetics of Intelligence ()
British Smiles ()
Who's That Noisy ()
- Answer to last week: R2D2 translator
What's the Word ()
- Obligate
Science or Fiction ()
Item #1: The lowest natural temperature ever directly recorded at ground level on Earth is −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F). Item #2: Wok racing, invented in Germany, is a winter sport that involves racing down a hill on a cooking wok, while skijoring is the sport of skiing behind sled dogs or a horse. Item #3: On January 12, 1888 a sudden Great plains blizzard killed over 5,000 people who were caught unprepared, the largest death toll from a blizzard on record.
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