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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 148 - 5/21/2008
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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
148
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May 21, 2008
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Interview with Carl Zimmer; News Items: Tasmanian Tiger Gene Resurrected, Mobile Phones and Pregnancy, Is Scientology a Cult, Supernova Caught in the Act, Interview with Michael Shull about Discovering Missing Matter; Your Questions and E-mails: Radiometric Dating of Mt St Helens; Update on TAM6; Science or Fiction
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Segment: News Items
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Segment: Interview
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Segment: Questions and E-mails
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Radiometric Dating of Mount St. Helens
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My favorite Rogues,
I was paired up to play golf with a Baptist Pastor who had attended Bob Jones University. Although a nice guy he really believes that Bible thing. He said he was going to pray for me but I wonder.... As we were packing our cars he commented on how hot it was outside and I remarked that I guess I had better get used to that!
Anyway, he brought up a story that I don't remember hearing before. He said that scientists were wrong about the age of Mount St. Helens. Here is a link that describes his story.
http://www.creationism.org/articles/swenson1.htm
Please provide a reference for where this story came from and I will print it off and mail it to him at his church.
My 14 year old son and I look forward to meeting you all in Las Vegas next month!
Thanks,
Hirsh Leff
USA
http://www.noanswersingenesis.org.au/mt_st_helens_dacite_kh.htm
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Segment: Interviews
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Segment: Science or Fiction [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
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Question #1  Fiction
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Researchers have found that capsaicin, the chemical that makes chili peppers hot, is an effectile treatment for erectile dysfunction.
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Question #2  Science
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A new study shows that the scales of a Brazilian beetle have the optimal structure for optical computing.
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Question #3 Science
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Genetic researchers have identified a gene that determines musical aptitude.
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Segment: Quote of the Week
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Quote
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"Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. That is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast on nature."
- Jacob Bronowski
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