SGU Episode 319
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| SGU Episode 319 |
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| August 24th 2011 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
R: Rebecca Watson |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Quote of the Week |
'Science is like a blabbermouth that ruins the end of a movie. Well I say there are things we don't want the answers to. Important things.' |
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Introduction[edit]
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
This Day in Skepticism ()[edit]
- August 27, 2003: The world's biggest battery was connected to provide emergency power to Fairbanks, Alaska's second-largest city.
News Items ()[edit]
Earthquake in Virginia ()[edit]
Brand Loyalty ()[edit]
Who's That Noisy ()[edit]
- Answer to last week: the video game Archon
Questions and Emails ()[edit]
Question #1 - Tin Foil and Credit Cards ()[edit]
atomsk359 christopher short got handed a creditcard after the woman unwraped it from tinfoil, stops people from reading it she said, plausible or nosible
Swindler's List: Functional Medicine ()[edit]
Functional Medicinehttp://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/28731977/detail.html
Science or Fiction ()[edit]
Item #1: Planetary scientists have produced a computer model that suggests that the early earth had two moons. Item #2: Scientists discover antibodies that may explain chronic symptoms that persist following Lyme disease. Item #3: New research supports the claims that some bacteria can feed off arsenic instead of phosphorous.
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()[edit]
'Science is like a blabbermouth that ruins the end of a movie. Well I say there are things we don't want the answers to. Important things.' Ned Flanders
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