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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 300 - 4/9/2011

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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 300 - April 09, 2011

SGU Live from NECSS 2011
Special Guest Rogue: John Rennie
News Items: Gayveman, Cosmic Engineering, Homeopathy for Radiation and Vertigo, Evidence and Radiation Risk
You Know You're a Skeptic If
Science or Fiction
Live Q&A: Time Travel, Fecal Transplants, Skeptical Obligation



Segment:   News Items     
Gayveman     http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/04/07/archaeologists-find-worlds-first-gay-caveman-near-prague/
Cosmic Engineering     http://astrobites.com/2011/02/03/avi-loeb-and-freeman-dyson-on-the-future-of-the-universe/
Homeopathy for Radiation     http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-ullman/homeopathy-for-radiation-poisioning_b_842664.html
Evidence and Radiation Risk     http://www.monbiot.com/2011/04/04/evidence-meltdown/

Segment:   You Know You're a Skeptic If     
You Know you're a Skeptic If...     The best submission from listeners.

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     Astronomers have discovered a binary pair of white dwarf dead stars, that will one day merge into a new active star. http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2011/04/rare-binary-dead-white-dwarfs-will-resurrect-as-a-new-star.html
Item #2     Scientists find that deep space travel is likely to cause vascular disease in astronauts. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/221721.php
Item #3     Astronomers have recently discovered a near-earth asteroid in a rare horseshoe orbit – it reverses its course around the sun, traveling in a “C” or horseshoe path due to Earth’s gravity. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-horseshoe-orbit-earth-companion-asteroid.html

Segment:   Live Q&A     
Question #1 - Time Travel     If the rogues traveled back in time, what could we change.
Question #2 - Fecal Transplants     The science and fiction of fecal tranplants.
Question #3 - Skeptical Obligations     Are skeptics obligated morally to oppose irrationality.

Segment:   Skeptical Quote of the Week     
Skeptical Quote of the Week     "You can't believe everything you read on the internet." - Abraham Lincoln
 
 
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