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

== What's the Word <small>(7:22)</small> ==
* {{w|Atavism}}

== News Items ==
=== Cell Phones and Cancer <small>(13:43)</small>===
* [https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-nation-indulges-in-some-particularly-egregious-fear-mongering-about-cell-phones-and-cancer/ Science-Based Medicine: The Nation indulges in fear mongering about cell phones and cancer]
=== Robot Bees on Mars <small>(27:18)</small>===
* [https://phys.org/news/2018-04-nasa-funds-feasibility-robot-bees.html Phys.org: NASA funds project to study feasibility of using robot bees to study Mars from a new perspective]

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=== Largest Dinosaurs <small>(37:00)</small>===
* [https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/sauropods-dinosaurs-footprints-scotland-fossils-science/?beta=true National Geographic: Huge Dinosaur Footprints Discovered on Scottish Coast]

== Who's That Noisy? <small>(44:31)</small>==
* Answer to last week: {{w|stones}}

== Questions and Emails ==
=== Question 1: Math Correction <small>(50:16)</small>===
* F of Y/F – 1 = Y/((1-.3)*Y) – 1 = 1/.7 – 1 = 42.9%.

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=== Question 2: Interstitium <small>(53:09)</small>===
* [https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/science-and-pseudoscience-of-the-interstitium/ NeuroLogica Blog: Science and Pseudoscience of the Interstitium]

== Interview with Mark Lynas <small>(1:01:57)</small> ==
* [http://www.marklynas.org/ Mark Lynas]

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== Science or Fiction <small>(1:27:16)</small> ==

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''It's time for Science or Fiction''

[https://www.britannica.com/animal/pirarucu Item #1] The pirarucu is a large carnivorous fish that grows up to 3 meters long and has teeth on its tongue.
[https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/161021-specials-tos-decoy-spiders Item #2] The Cyclosa spider is tiny, but it will build a large decoy spider replica in its web out of leaves, twigs, and dead insects.
[http://dolphinspedia.com/dolphins-facts/why-are-pink-dolphins-pink/#.WsUpwejwY4c Item #3] Pink river dolphins get their pink color from the shrimp that is their primary food.

== Skeptical Quote of the Week <small>(1:39:24)</small> ==
<blockquote>Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each. — Plato (The Republic)
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== Announcements ==
=== Book Progress <small>(1:39:53)</small> ===
=== NECSS 2018 <small>(1:43:49)</small> ===

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== References ==
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