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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 241 - 2/24/2010
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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 241 - February 24, 2010

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Interview with Daniel Wilson
News Items: Homeopathy Smackdown in UK, What Darwin Got Wrong, The Bloom Box, Geller Aids Cops
Who's That Noisy
Science or Fiction



Segment:   News Items     
Homeopathy Smackdown in UK     http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=3961
What Darwin Got Wrong     http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/02/22/what_darwin_got_wrong_jerry_fodor/index.html http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/02/fodor_and_piattelli-palmarini.php
The Bloom Box     http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=1648
Geller Aids Cops     http://www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/107191.htm

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     Answer to last week: Walt Disney

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Daniel Wilson     http://danielhwilson.blogspot.com/

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item # 1     Researchers believe that bacteria in ocean sediments are connected by a network of microbial nanowires similar to the popular movie Avatar. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527493.800-the-real-avatar-ocean-bacteria-act-as-superorganism.html
Item #2     Mid-level Intelligent People Have "Unnatural" Preferences and Values That Are Novel in Human Evolutionary History. http://www.asanet.org/press/20100223/Evolution_and_Intelligence.cfm
Item #3     Nasa has announced it intends to build inflatable space stations and moon bases. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18566-nasa-sets-sights-on-inflatable-space-stations.html

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     "The only new ideas that are not subject to our skepticism or suspicion are our own." - Cullen Hightower
 
 
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