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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 196 - 4/22/2009
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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

Podcast 196 - April 22, 2009

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Interview with Seth Shostak
News Items: Cassini Pictures, Smallest Exoplanet, Huffington Post Pseudoscience, Personal Attacks from Age of Autism, Kelloggs Settles FTC Suit
Science or Fiction
Who's That Noisy



Segment:   News Items     
Cassini Pictures     http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1172205/Saturn-close-Sensational-cosmic-images-bring-ringed-planet-life.html
Smallest Exoplanet     http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_new_planet
Pseudoscience from the Huffington Post     http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=463
J.B. Handley from Age of Autism Attacks     http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=523
Kelloggs Settles FTC Suit     http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/04/kellogg.shtm

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Seth Shostak     Sr. Shostak is the Senior Astronomer for the SETI institute. http://www.seti.org

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item # 1     New research shows that chewing gum is associated with higher academic performance in teens. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-04/epr-nss041709.php
Item # 2     Computer scientists have developed a system for automatic lip-reading that is greater than 95% accurate after minimal training. http://electronicdesign.com/Articles/Index.cfm?AD=1&ArticleID=15372
Item # 3     Engineers have developed a medical ultrasound device that works with a smart phone. http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/13928.html

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Whos That Noisy     Answer to last week - Harold Puthoff

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. - Mark Twain
 
 
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