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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 261 - 7/10/2010
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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 261 - July 10, 2010

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Live Recording from TAM8
News Items: Roswell Remembered, Nuclear Explosion in Space, Pepsigate, Energy Vampires, Gravitons and Black Holes, Obesity and Inactivity, Climategate Update, Planck Image of the Universe
Live Q&A: NESS Activities, Do Skeptics Ever Win?, Positive Attitude and Healing, Science of Love, SGU Editing, Art in Skepticism, True Believer Interviews, Live Million Dollar Challenge
Science or Fiction



Segment:   News Items     
Roswell Remembered     Anniversary of the Roswell incident
Nuclear Explosion in Space     http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128170775
Pepsigate     http://trueslant.com/daviddisalvo/2010/07/08/pepsigate-rocks-the-science-blogging-world/
Energy Vampires     http://www.hayhouseradio.com/show_details.php?show_id=148&episode_type=6046
Gravitons and BlackHoles     Listener Question
Inactivity and Obesity     http://www.physorg.com/news197726539.html
Climategate Follow Up     http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/07/07/climategate.email.review/index.html
Planck Image of the Universe     http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/07/05/the-sky-according-to-planck/

Segment:   Live Q&A     
Live Q&A Questions     Question #1: NESS Activities Question #2: Do Skeptics Ever Win? Question #3: Positive Attitude and Healing Question #4: Science of Love Question #5: SGU Editing Question #6: Art in Skepticism Question #7: True Believer Interviews Question #8: Live Million Dollar Challenge

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     Physicists have recently measured the radius of a proton and found it to be 4% less than previously predicted by the theory of quantum electrodynamics. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/100707-science-proton-smaller-standard-model-quantum-physics/
Item #2     Biologists have discovered a new mechanism of evolutionary adaptation that does not involve genetic change. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/07/protective-endosymbiosis-fruit-flies/
Item #3     A new study finds, contrary to common stereotype, school yard bullies tend to be overachievers. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100708160937.htm

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     “Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own.” ~Bertrand Russell, What I Believe, 1925
 
 
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