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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 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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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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