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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 282 - 12/8/2010

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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 282 - December 08, 2010

SGU Live in Sydney Australia
News Items: New Crystal Skull, Roger Penrose Before the Big Bang, Chimps Outwit Human Traps, Anti-Antivax Activism
Special Report: Masonic Conspiracy Theories
Science or Fiction
Live Q&A: Scientists Baffled, Size of Quantum Effects, Sympathectomy, Future of Skepticism, Pseudo-Experts



Segment:   SGU In Australia     
SGU Visits Australia     See the SGU forums entry for this episode for the pictures discussed during this segment

Segment:   News Items     
New Crystal Skull     http://www.philipcoppens.com/compassion.html
Roger Penrose Before the Big Bang     http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1334027/Universe-shows-imprints-events-took-place-BEFORE-Big-Bang-say-scientists.html
Chimps Outwit Human Traps     http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8962000/8962747.stm
Anti-Antivax Activism     http://skepchick.org/blog/2010/11/good-guys-win/

Segment:   Special Report     
Masonic Conspiracy Theories     Jay gives an inside report on freemasonry

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     A new study finds that extended jet lag can cause memory and learning deficits, with associated brain changes, that persist for at least a month following return to usual schedule. http://www.gizmag.com/jet-lag-long-term-memory-learning-problems/17072/
Item #2     Astronomers have discovered supermassive active galaxies dating from 1.5 billion years after the big bang – contradicting current models of galaxy formation which predicts much smaller galaxies at this time. http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-11-massive-galaxies-universe-young.html
Item #3     A new exhaustive database of mammal fossils reveals, contrary to prior belief, that mammals were significantly increasing in size prior to the extinction of the dinosaurs. http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-11-giants-paper-explores-evolution-world.html

Segment:   Live Q&A     
Live Questions from the Audience     Scientists Baffled; Size of Quantum Effects; Sympathectomy; Future of Skepticism; Pseudo-Experts

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     “Everything alive will die someday. But in the meantime I got to see her smile, and that made it OK for awhile. To look into her eyes was worth the eventual demise of earth.” - George Hrab
 
 
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