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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 173 - 11/12/2008
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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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November 12, 2008
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Interview with Paul Offit
News Items: Junk DNA, Mini Nuclear Reactor, Chandrayaan-1 Update, Phoenix Ends, Child Witches
Science or Fiction
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Segment: News Items
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Segment: Interview
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Interview with Paul Offit
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Paul Offit is a pediatrician and the author of the book: Autism's False Prophets.
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Segment: Science or Fiction [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
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Item #1  Fiction
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A new study finds that eliminating sugary sodas from high schools significantly reduced obesity levels over a two year period.
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Item #2  Science
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A new study finds that the majority of commercial television stations are providing the bare minimum of mandated educational/informational programming for children, and much of that is minimally educational.
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Item #3 Science
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The UK is suffering a critical shortage of sperm donation.
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Segment: Quote of the Week
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Quote of the Week
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"Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones." - Bertrand Russell
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