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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 160 - 8/13/2008
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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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August 13, 2008
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Interview with Captain Disillusion
News Items: Bigfoot Body Claim, Invisibility Cloak, Prince Charles on GM Food, Sprinkler Rainbow Lady
Science or Fiction
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Segment: News Items
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Segment: Interview
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Segment: Science or Fiction [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
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Item #1  Science
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A new study comparing the prescribing of drugs for erectile dysfunction over the internet to traditional physician consultation found that internet prescribing had greater safety.
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Item #2 Science
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The US Olympic swim team is benefitting from “top secret” technology based upon studies of fluid mechanics.
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Item #3  Fiction
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A recent climate study indicates that the Burmese python, already well-established as an invasive species in south Florida, is likely to spread over much of the southern United States
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Segment: Quote of the Week
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Quote of the Week
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“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
- Plato
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