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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 284 - 12/22/2010

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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 284 - December 22, 2010

News Items: Arsenic-Based Life, Buttology, V-Steam, Singing Mice, The Real daVinci Code
Who's That Noisy
Special Report: Power Bands with James Randi and the SkepticBros
Science or Fiction



Segment:   News Items     
Arsenic-Based Life     http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/12/arsenic-researcher-asks-for-time.html
Buttology     http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=8954
V-Steam     http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-v-steam-20101220,0,3315605.story
Singing Mice     http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-japan-bio-scientists-mouse.html
The Real daVinci Code     http://www.aolnews.com/2010/12/13/do-hidden-letters-in-mona-lisas-eyes-reveal-a-real-da-vinci-cod/

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     Answer to last week: walnut sphinx caterpillar

Segment:   Your Questions and E-mails     
Question #1 - Corrections     Cichlid, Methane, and Chlorophyll

Segment:   Special Report     
Power Bands     With James Randi and an interview with the SkepticBros, Tim and Nick http://skepticbros.com/placebo-bands/ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/power-wristbands-banned-and-refunds-ordered-by-accc/story-fn5izo02-1225975249012

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     The recent lunar eclipse on the Winter solstice was only the second such event in the last 2000 years, the other one occurring in 1638. http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/17dec_solsticeeclipse/
Item #2     The earth rotates about it's axis approximately 366.25 times for each revolution about the sun. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_times_does_the_earth_rotate_in_one_day
Item #3     For points on the arctic circle, this (the winter solstice) is the one day of the year with 24 hours of darkness. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-solstice-winter.htm

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     "I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." - Stephen Jay Gould

Segment:   Announcements     
Announcements     SGU wins Podcast Award (thanks to our listeners): http://www.podcastawards.com/ Medical Myths by Steven Novella now available from the Teaching Company: http://www.teach12.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=1924 Evan appears on Parenting Within Reason: http://foundationbeyondbelief.org/fbbpodcast/ NECSS Looking for sign interpreters: http://www.necsscon.org/
 
 
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