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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 269 - 9/8/2010

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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe

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Podcast 269 - September 08, 2010

Interview with Carol Tavris
News Items: Stephen Hawking on God, Magnetic Mom, Organic Strawberries, Burning the Quran, Pyschic Incites Mob
Who's That Noisy
Science or Fiction



Segment:   News Items     
Stephen Hawking on God     http://www.physorg.com/news202663530.html
Magnetic Mom     http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/article/human-magnet-brenda-allison-attracts-metal-and-plenty-of-attention/19612594?icid=main|main|dl10|sec4_lnk1|168276
Organic Strawberries     http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=2285 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/201009035
Burning the Quran     http://articles.cnn.com/2010-09-07/us/florida.quran.burning_1_petraeus-islamic-qurans?_s=PM:US
Psychic Incites Mob     http://sanpedrosun.blogspot.com/2010/09/crocodile-sanctuary-in-belize-destroyed.html

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     Answer to Last Week - Science Court

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Carol Tavris     Author of: Mistakes Were Made, But Not by Me

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     Material scientists have used a nano-structuring process to make an aluminum alloy as strong as steel. http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/162mkzhu/
Item #2     Researchers have developed a technique of determining the colors of pigments by listening to the sound they make. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100902101627.htm
Item #3     New research suggests that fear of death increases superstitious thinking. http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/sept10/superstition90210.html

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     "It is an unfortunate fact that every man who seeks to disseminate knowledge must contend not only against ignorance itself, but against false instruction as well. No sooner do we deem ourselves free from a particularly gross superstition, than we are confronted by some enemy to learning who would set aside all the intellectual progress of years, and plunge us back into the darkness of mediaeval disbelief." - H.P. Lovecraft
 
 
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