SGU Episode 508
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| SGU Episode 508 |
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| April 4th 2015 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Quote of the Week |
Science is more than the mere description of events as they occur. It’s an attempt to discover order, to show that certain events stand in lawful relations to other events. |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
Forgotten Superheroes of Science ()
- Sandra Moore Faber: Part of the team that discovered the Great Attractor
News Items
Radio Bursts and Alien Signals ()
- Radio Bursts and Alien Signals
Peer-Review Scandal ()
World is a Bit Greener ()
Gravity Tunnel Revisited ()
Special Report ()
Who's That Noisy ()
- Answer to last week: Eurosignal
Dumbest Thing of the Week ()
Science or Fiction ()
Item #1: A new study confirms the popular belief that batteries bounce higher when they are out of juice than when they are fresh. Item #2: Engineers at NIST have created a 'nanomechanical plasmonic phase modulator' which they claim can be used to fit an estimated 2.4 terabytes of data on an optical disc the size of a conventional CD. Item #3: Researchers have taught blind rats to effectively “see” and remember how to navigate a maze by attaching a geomagnetic compass to their brain.
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
“Science is more than the mere description of events as they occur. It’s an attempt to discover order, to show that certain events stand in lawful relations to other events.” - B.F. Skinner
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