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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 220 - 10/7/2009
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Podcast 220 - October 07, 2009

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Interview with Daniel Hooper
News Items: Premanand In Memoriam, Nobel Prizes 2009, Ardipithecus Ramidis, Autism Prevalence
Interview with Brian Cox
Science or Fiction
Who's That Noisy



Segment:   News Items     
Premanand Update     Premanand in Memoriam
Nobel Prizes 2009     Medicine: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2009/index.html Chemistry: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2009/index.html Physics: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2009/index.html
Ardipithecus Ramidis     http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=1022
Autism Prevalence     http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=1049

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Daniel Hooper     Dr. Hooper is an Associate Scientist in the Theoretical Astrophysics Group at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. http://home.fnal.gov/~dhooper/ http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=1037

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Brian Cox     Brian Cox is a physicist who works at the Large Hadron Collider

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item # 1     For the first time, scientists have created a device that allows for direct brain to brain information transfer, without any intermediary medium. http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2009/10/07/communicating_person_to_person_through_the_power_of_thought_alone.html
Item # 2     Doctors report a case of a man whose skull has grown back after a large section has been removed years earlier. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8293731.stm
Item # 3     Scientists have developed a vaccine against cocaine that reduces drug use in over a third of those treated. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091005181625.htm

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Whos That Noisy     Answer to last week: Charles Krauthammer

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     “When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.” David Hume
 
 
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