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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 3 - 6/7/2005
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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.
SGU Podcasting Awards: SGU on XM: You can listen to the SGU on America's Talk XM 166 every Saturday night from 8-9pm Eastern.
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June 07, 2005
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Interview with Massimo Pigliucci, Science or Fiction, Update on ID film in the Smithsonian Institution
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Segment: News Items
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Segment: Science or Fiction [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
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Item #1  Science
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Dolphins have been observed not only using tools, but also teaching tool use to their children. This is the first example of cultural tool use in a non-primate species.
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Item #2  Fiction
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Astronomers have discovered an earth-like planet orbiting a nearby star, 50 light years from earth. This is the first earth-sized planet discovered around another star, and astronomers say there are indications that the planet has an atmosphere. This is the best candidate so far for extraterrestrial life.
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Item #3 Science
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French scientists have discovered a way to keep water from freezing even at hundreds of degrees below zero – near absolute zero.
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Segment: Interview
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Interview with Massimo Pigliucci
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Dr. Pigliucci is an Associate Professor of Evolutionary Biology at SUNY-Stony Brook in LI. He has published 72 technical papers in evolution, botony. Written 7 books, 2 technical books (Phenotypic Evolution and Phenotypic Plasticity), and most recently Denying Evolution. Author of Column in Skeptical Inquirer magazine – Thinking about Science. Frequent contributor to Skeptical Inquirer, Skeptic, Free Inquiry, Philosophy Now and the Pholosopher’s magazine.
- Doctorate in Genetics from University of Ferrarra
- PhD in Botany from UCONN
- PhD in Philosophy from University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Dr. Pigliucci’s website: http://RationallySpeaking.org
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