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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 308 - 6/8/2011
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Podcast 308 - June 08, 2011

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Special Guest: Phil Plait
This Day in Skepticism
News Items: SGU-24, Psychic Tip, Explosion on Sun, Moon Origin, UFO Nazis
Who's That Noisy
Science or Fiction



Segment:   This Day in Skepticism     
June 11, 1854     G.F. Bernhard Riemann proposed that space is curved in a lecture titled Über die Hypothesen welche der Geometrie zu Grunde liegen.

Segment:   News Items     
SGU-24     Announces the first 24 hour Live SGU event. September 23, 2011, starting at 8:00pm
Psychic Tipster     http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/08/usa-crime-bodies-idUSN0717557520110608
Explosion on the Sun     http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/06/07/the-sun-lets-loose-a-huge-explosion/
How Common is the Moon?     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13609153
UFO Nazi Connection     http://weirdnews.aol.com/2011/06/07/area-51-ufos-aliens-annie-jacobsen-nazi-soviet_n_869706.html#s285846&title=Area_51_Warning

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     Answer to last week: Cryo Pump

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     Astronomers find evidence that some or perhaps all of the large moons of Jupiter were proto-planets captured from the inner solar system in the early days of the solar system when Jupiter was much closer to the sun. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606171416.htm
Item #2     Research finds that citizens from so-called "blue" states are just as likely to hold liberal or conservative views on specific issues as citizens from "red" states. http://news.byu.edu/archive11-jun-redbluestates.aspx
Item #3     Scientists discover that dolphins actually project two beams of ultrasound for use in echolocation. http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=24890&news_item=5619

Segment:   Skeptical Quote of the Week     
Skeptical Quote of the Week     "Seeing is not believing; believing is seeing! You see things, not as they are, but as you are." - Eric Butterworth
 
 
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