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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 262 - 7/21/2010
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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 262 - July 21, 2010

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Interview with Randi & Banachek
News Items: Report from TAM8, Monster Star, Anti-Vax in Oz, Kabbalah Bracelet, Monkey Fossil, Monkeys in the Pants, Libel Tourism Bill
Who's That Noisy
Science or Fiction



Segment:   News Items     
Report from TAM8     http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=2104
Monster Star     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10707416
Anti-Vax in Oz     http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/26/the-australian-antivax-movement-takes-its-toll/k in the Show Notes
Kabbalah Bracelet     http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/07/15/2010-07-15_govs_strung_out_wary_of_evil_forces_and_gopers_paterson_gives_kabbalah_charm_a_s.html
Monkey Fossil     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science+environment-10633640
More Monkeys in my Pants     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10692772
Libel Tourism Bill     http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jEPZqtdlJ7-6D-TH2QM2UGZ-xNtg

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

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with James Randi and Banachek     Recorded at TAM8 - Randi and Banachek discuss their adventures together.

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     Physicists have demonstrated the existence of a fourth property of electrons, the predicted electrical dipole moment. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=17261.php
Item #2     Researchers have discovered a method of using video game processors to improve CT scans, reducing the resulting radiation dose by greater than a factor of 10. http://www.physorg.com/news198934846.html
Item #3     Researchers find that a foreign accent reduces a person's perceived credibility. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100719164002.htm

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     "I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry. And that's extra scary to me, because there's a large, out-of-focus monster roaming the countryside. Run. He's fuzzy. Get outta here!" - Mitch Hedberg was an American stand-up comedian sent in by Mitchell Haug
 
 
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