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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 222 - 10/21/2009
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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
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Podcast
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October 21, 2009
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Interview with James Randi
News Items: LHC Future Attack, Magnetic and Copper Bracelets
Balloon Boy
Lunar Plume Update
Giant Spider
Special Report: Rebecca from Bangkok
Science or Fiction
Who's That Noisy
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Segment: News Items
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Segment: Special Report
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Rebecca from Bangkok
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Rebecca gives us an update on her tour of Asia.
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Segment: Interview
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Interview with James Randi
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James Randi is the founder and chairman of the board of the James Randi Educational Foundation:
http://www.randi.org. He is the author of numerous books, including Flim-Flam and the Mask of Nostradamus, and a world famous and respected skeptic.
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Segment: Science or Fiction [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
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Item # 1  Fiction
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New research finds that diabetes is a major risk factor for developing schizophrenia, which may result from the effects of insulin on the brain.
http://www.physorg.com/news175269483.html
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Item # 2  Science
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Researchers found the testosterone levels of men who voted for John McCain or Robert Barr in the 2009 presidential election dropped significantly after hearing the results of the election.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091020181257.htm
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Item # 3 Science
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Geologists have identified an alternate candidate crater for the K-T extinction event off the coast of India, and if confirmed would have resulted from a meteor four times as large as the one that caused the Yucatan crater.
http://www.geosociety.org/news/pr/09-54.htm
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Segment: Who's That Noisy
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Whos That Noisy
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Answer to last week: Emperor Penguin
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Segment: Quote of the Week
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Quote of the Week
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"Doubt, skepticism, innovation, and inquiry are the only means by which wonder, beauty, awe, and symmetry will be discovered."
-Christopher Hitchens
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