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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 226 - 11/18/2009
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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 226 - November 18, 2009

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Interview with Kenny Feder
News Items: New Mammography Guidelines, Water on the Moon, Dark Flow, Lee Harvey Oswald Photo, Movie Reviews
Science or Fiction
Who's That Noisy



Segment:   News Items     
New Mammography Guidelines     http://skepchick.org/blog/2009/11/no-ladies-the-new-breast-cancer-guidelines-arent-patronizing/ http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=1926
Water on the Moon     http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/11/091113-water-on-the-moon.html
Dark Flow     http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427345.000-mystery-dark-flow-extends-towards-edge-of-universe.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
Lee Harvey Oswald Photo     http://www.livescience.com/history/091105-oswald-photo.html
Movie Reviews     2012 The Men Who Stare at Goats

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Kenny Feder     Professor of Anthropology as Central CT State University Author of Frauds, Myths and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology http://www.amazon.com/Frauds-Myths-Mysteries-Pseudoscience-Archaeology/dp/076742722X

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item # 1     Biologists have discovered a method to induce photoswitching in a species of worm, so that it becomes paralyzed when exposed to ultraviolet light, and then unparalyzed when exposed again to visible light. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091118112421.htm
Item #2     Programmers have developed PC software that uses the optical mouse sensor to detect bacterial food contamination. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091117094935.htm
Item # 3     Astronomers have discovered two extra-solar earth-sized objects with oxygen rich atmospheres. http://www.physorg.com/news177258394.html

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

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     “No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar.” - Donald Foster, Writer and Professor at Vassar College
 
 
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