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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 291 - 2/9/2011
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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 291 - February 09, 2011

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Interview with Jeff Ainslee
News Items: Processed Food and IQ, Bacterial Intelligence, Skin Cell Spray Gun, Treating Trauma with Herbs, Jerusalem UFO
Who's That Noisy
Science or Fiction



Segment:   This Day in Skepticism     
February 12, 1809     Darwin Day - A celebration of Charles Darwin's birthday.

Segment:   News Items     
Processed Food and IQ     http://theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=2806
Bacterial Intelligence     http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2011/01/25/the-genius-of-bacteria?s_cid=rss:the-genius-of-bacteria
Skin Cell Spray Gun     http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-skin-cell-gun-drastically.html
Treating Trauma with Herbs     http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/02/07/1855888/judge-refuses-to-let-parents-of.html and http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2011/02/another_teen_endangered_by_alternative_m.php follow up http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/02/08/Judge-says-injured-wrestler-cannot-go-home/UPI-32121297195708/
Jerusalem UFO     http://theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=2787

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     Answer to last week - Martin Sheen from The West Wing

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Jeff Ainslee     Fat2Fit Radio http://www.fat2fitradio.com/

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     X-ray studies of an ancient snake fossil reveal a hidden vestigial leg, and support the hypothesis that modern snakes evolved from lizard ancestors. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110207142619.htm
Item #2     A newly discovered fossil reveals a 100 million year old carnivorous cricket that was as large as a domestic cat. http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-139520.html
Item #3     Scientists report that the animal with the most genes discovered so far is a tiny, almost microscopic, crustacean - the water flea, with 31,000 genes. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-crustacean-genome-sequenced.html

Segment:   Quote of the Week     
Quote of the Week     "The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him." -Leo Tolstoy from 'The Kingdom of God is Within You' (1894)
 
 
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