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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 221 - 10/14/2009
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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 221 - October 14, 2009

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Interview with Jack Horner
News Items: NASA Shoots the Moon, Saturn's Rings, Hypno Cat, Simon Singh Update
Your Questions and E-mails: Plasma Rocket, This Man
Science or Fiction
Who's That Noisy



Segment:   News Items     
NASA Shoots the Moon     http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2009/09-131AR.html
Saturn's Rings     http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427303.600-what-shook-up-saturns-rings-in-1984.html
Hypno Cat     http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8303126.stm
Good News for Simon Singh     http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/index.php/site/project/409

Segment:   Questions and E-mails     
Question # 1 - Plasma Rocket     http://www.physorg.com/news174031552.html Okay, not exactly fasterthanlight travel but I thought this quite interesting nevertheless. Earth to Mars in 39 days!? Please, please, please let this be true. Given the rogues' (and my own) geekness concerning such subjects I thought this one might be an interesting point of discussion. Personally I suspect the devil will be in the detail and several years of proving lay ahead but every day the Red Planet is getting closer and cheaper. P.S. Keep up the good work, I'll keep my eye out for the Bostonian in London. David. Lingard London, England. (Guv'nor)
Question # 2 - This Man     I am sure by now you have all heard of This Man who has appeared in hundreds of people's dreams: http://thisman.org/history.htm Eric Weiss Austin, TX

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Jack Horner     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Horner_%28paleontologist%29 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091009-dinosaur-species-never-existed_2.html

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item # 1     Scientists discover the first recorded instance of a spider species that is predominantly herbivorous. http://www.physorg.com/news174568827.html
Item # 2     Researchers have developed a new kind of battery for an all-electric car that can be recharged as quickly as filling a tank of gas. http://www.fraunhofer.de/en/press/research-news/2009/10/improved-redox-flow-batteries-for-electric-cars.jsp
Item # 3     Scientists have discovered a plant species that grows exclusively in the flesh of live animals. http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2010/oct/plantsiblings101409.html

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Whos That Noisy     Answer to Last Week: Kevin Trudeau

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     "The universe doesn't give a f*** about you. You're a speck in this shit." - Shit my dad says
 
 
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