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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 322 - 9/17/2011

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Podcast 322 - September 17, 2011

Interview with Sara Mayhew
This Day in Skepticism
New Items: Chinese Scientists Plan to Capture Asteroid, Acupuncture and Acoustic Waves
Science or Fiction



Segment:   This Day in Skepticism     
Sept 17, 1822     Presentation of Rosetta Stone

Segment:   News Items     
Chinese Scientists Plan to Capture Asteroid     http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-chinese-possibility-capturing-asteroids-earth.html
Acupuncture and Acoustic Waves     http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/acupuncture-and-acoustic-waves/

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Sara Mayhew     http://saramayhew.com/wordpress/index.php/published-work/

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     A recent study has found that pregnant women exposed to magnetic fields may increase the baby’s risk of developing asthma. http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2011/080111emf.html
Item #2     A top astronomer was recently quoted as having said: "The genesis of life is as inevitable as the formation of atoms. Life exists on other planets and we will find it within 20 years” http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/jun/27/alien-encounters-twenty-years-russian-astronomer
Item #3     A species of manatee, thought to have been extinct, has been caught on video off the coast of Alaska. [9/7/2011 8:58:39 PM] Evan: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43801173/ns/technology_and_science-science/
 
 
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