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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 130 - 1/16/2008
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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is a weekly Podcast talkshow discussing the latest news and topics from the world of the paranormal, fringe science, and controversial claims from a scientific point of view. -The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: Your escape to reality -Produced by the New England Skeptical Society in association with the James Randi Educational Foundation(JREF) : http://www.theness.com
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Podcast
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January 16, 2008
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Interview with Brian Dunning from Skeptoid
News Items: Scientists Make Beating Heart, Divining Intervention, UFO over Texas, Reaction to More Evidence Against Vaccines and Autism, Cruise Scientology Recruiting Video
Your Questions and E-mails: The K-T Extinction
Science or Fiction
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Segment: News Items
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Segment: Questions and E-mails
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Dinosaur Extinction
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SGU gang:
Although it's possible I may be overlooking a simple explanation, I'm not quite sure how an asteroid and/or volcanic activity killed off the dinosaurs without destroying almost every other existing species living at the same time. If the theory is correct that it was the resulting dust and smoke that blocked out the sun for years and years, which in turn would have killed off plant life, why didn't ALL living creatures, except bacteria of course, go the way of Dino? This doesn't seem logical, although, again, I may be missing a simple explanation. Help and thanx.
Paul DesOrmeaux
Rochester, NY
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Segment: Interview
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Segment: Science or Fiction [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
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Question #1  Science
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New research shows that some over-the-counter dietary supplements may promote the progression of prostate cancer.
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Question #2 Science
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New evidence shows that humans have better hearing, in terms of frequency discrimination, than almost all other animals.
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Question #3  Fiction
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The bubonic plague has recently reached epidemic levels in parts of Africa and Asia and experts warn of a possible worldwide pandemic if immediate steps are not taken.
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Segment: Quote of the Week
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Quote
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"I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale."
-Marie Curie
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Segment: Announcements
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