SGU Episode 366

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Introduction

You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

This Day in Skepticism ( )

• July 21, 2012 Nibiru Strike Earth
• July 21, 1620 Jean Picard born - French Astronomer

News Items

"Item 1" ( )

• Fake Bomb Detector Maker Charged
• Debating an Antivaccinationist
• Feathered Dinosaurs
• New Moon for Pluto
• Higgs Discovery Announced
• Sex Myths
• Sapphire Hard Drive

Science or Fiction ( )

Item #1: Scientists have isolated a new kind of fat cell in humans known as beige fat. Item #2: Scientists have "resurrected" a 500 million year old bacteria (E. coli) by reproducing its genome. Item #3: A Cochrane review finds no evidence that electric fans are useful in a heat wave.

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