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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 205 - 6/16/2009
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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 205 - June 16, 2009

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Interview with Brian Brushwood
News Items: Junior Supernova, Boy Hit By Meteor, A New Heuristic, Planetary Life
Science or Fiction
Whos That Noisy



Segment:   News Items     
Junior Supernova     http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/11/junior_astronomer_spots_junior_supernova/
Boy Hit by Meteor     http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090612/sc_space/boyhitbymeteorite
A New Heuristic     http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=557
Planetary Life     http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090612203303.htm

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Brian Brushwood     Author of: Cheats, Cons, Swindles and Tricks: 57 Ways to Scam a Free Drink Brian is a magician and skeptic who tells us about promoting critical thinking, the spikey-haired way. http://shwood.squarespace.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qodOwQ-U1oQ&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9mNjEes-lM

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item # 1     A review of the published literature shows that almost 25% of all animal species engage in same-sex behavior. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090616122106.htm
Item # 2     A new study finds that those with autism are 40% faster on tests of problem solving than matched controls. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090616121339.htm
Item # 3     Scientists estimate that high altitude winds could provide enough energy to meet world demands 100 times over. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090615102038.htm

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Whos That Noisy     Answer to last week: The Casini Probe hearing the rings of Saturn

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     “Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds for professing to believe.” - Thomas Henry Huxley
 
 
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