SGU Episode 252
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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
Nonsense on Stilts ( )
New book by Massimo Pigliucci
Definition of Siphon ( )
The Guardian: Dictionary definition of 'siphon' has been wrong for nearly a century
Neanderthal Interbreeding ( )
CNN: Neanderthal genome shines light on human evolution
Evolution in Alabama Politics ( )
Politico.com: Alabama candidate denounces 'lie' that he believes in evolution
Science of Morality ( )
Huffington Post: Toward a Science of Morality
Who's That Noisy ( )
Answer to last week: Baba Ramdev
Science or Fiction ( )
Item #1: New research shows that while married men live longer than unmarried men, women do not gain this benefit from being married.
Item #2: The most extensive genetic analysis to date supports the conclusion that all life on earth descended from a single common ancestor.
Item #3: New observations indicate that much of the missing matter in the universe is not dark matter but rather a diffuse hot cloud of intergalactic gas made of normal (baryonic) matter.
Skeptical Quote of the Week ( )
Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.