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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 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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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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