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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 197 - 4/30/2009
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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 197 - April 30, 2009

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Interview with Mark Crislip
News Items: Hidden Photons, Walking Seal, NASA and the Moon, Baby Chupacabras
Your Questions and E-mails: Hoagland on Iapetus
Science or Fiction
Who's That Noisy



Segment:   News Items     
Hidden Photons     http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227054.800-hidden-photons-to-send-secret-emails-through-earth.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
Walking Seal     http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=524
NASA and the Moon     http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/04/nasa-likely-to-scrap-plans-to-build-moon-base.html
Baby Chupacabras     http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=286384&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16

Segment:   Questions and E-mails     
Question # 1 - Hoagland on Iapetus     Hey guys, really liked this weeks show. Your discussion of Saturn's moons prompted me to search for pictures when i stumbled upon this gem; a website claiming Iapetus's ridge MUST be man made. http://www.enterprisemission.com/moon1.htm Thought you might like a good chuckle. -John WIlson Chicago

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Mark Crislip     http://www.quackcast.com/

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item # 1     Scientists have developed the world’s fastest camera, that can capture images less than half a billionth of a second long. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8025211.stm
Item # 2     South Korean scientists claim they have cloned several dogs that glow red in ultraviolet light. http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/offbeat/offbeat_ap_seoul_scientists_claim_to_clone_glowings_dogs_200904281054_2352325
Item # 3     A new DNA analysis suggests that Native Americans derive from multiple successive immigrations from Asia to the Americas. http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=9101

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Whos That Noisy     Answer to last week - an alleged recording of Bigfoot

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts. - Bernard Baruch
 
 
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