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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 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 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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