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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 136 - 2/27/2008
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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is produced by SGU Productions, LLC - dedicated to promoting critical thinking, reason, and the public understanding of science through online and other media. The first episode of the SGU podcast went online on May 4th, 2005. It soon became a popular science/skeptical podcast, and remains one of the most popular science podcasts on iTunes.
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Podcast
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February 27, 2008
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News Items: McFeng Sui, Anti-Scientific Medicine in South Africa, Type IV Civilization, Killer Robots
Your Questions and E-mails: Favorite Science and Skeptical Books
Science or Fiction
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Segment: News Items
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Segment: Questions and E-mails
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Skeptical Required Reading
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I would like to know what books you would recommend for a beginning skeptic. I have had "The Demon-Haunted World" since it first came out, but would like to expand my library. What magazines would you recommend for one to subscribe to.
Thank you
Michael Shrode
Evansville, U.S.A.
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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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For the first time scientists have filmed a single electron.
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Question #2  Fiction
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A new study finds that some species of bats have internal magnetic fields that aid them in locating prey.
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Question #3 Science
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Forensic scientists have discovered how to track a person's travel by examining their hair.
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Segment: Quote of the Week
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Quote
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"Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition." - Isaac Asimov (originally misattributed to James Randi)
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