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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 265 - 8/11/2010

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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 265 - August 11, 2010

Interview with Aubrey de Grey
News Items: Evolving Simulated Intelligence, Proximal Intercessory Prayer, Bermuda Triangle Solved, Booty Enhancement Spell, Censoring Skepticism featuring Interview with Rhys Morgan
Who's That Noisy
Science or Fiction



Segment:   News Items     
Evolving Simulated Intelligence     http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/evolution/7928804/Computer-simulated-life-forms-evolve-intelligence.html
Proximal Intercessory Prayer     http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=2188
Bermuda Triangle Solved     http://www.neatorama.com/2010/08/08/bermuda-triangle-mystery-solved/
Booty Enhancement Spell     http://cgi.ebay.com/BOOTY-ENHANCEMENT-Spell-Cast-Powerful-Wiccan-Witch-/220496575102#ht_6665wt_1112
Censoring CAM Skepticism     Featuring an interview with Rhys Morgan http://thewelshboyo.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/bleachgate/

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

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Aubrey de Grey     http://www.sens.org/ English author and theoretician in the field of gerontology, and the Chief Science Officer of the SENS Foundation.

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     French scientists report the first scientific evidence to prove that it is better to serve champagne chilled and to pour it down the side of a tilted glass, rather than straight into a glass. http://www.sciencecodex.com/best_way_to_pour_champagne_down_the_side_wins_first_scientific_test
Item #2     A new study finds that weight-lifting with lighter weights is as or more effective in muscle building as lifting with heavier weights. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0012033
Item #3     New research finds that a popular blood thinning drug used to prevent heart attacks actually increases the risk of stroke. http://www.physorg.com/news200581553.html

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     "There are, in fact, two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance." --Hippocrates
 
 
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