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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 325 - 10/8/2011
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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe

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Podcast 325 - October 08, 2011

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This Day in Skepticism
News Items: Steve Jobs Dies, Nobel Prizes 2011 for Physics, Medicine, and Chemistry, IgNobels for 2011
Who's That Noisy
Name That Logical Fallacy
Science or Fiction



Segment:   This Day in Skepticism     
October 8th, 1604,     The supernova now called "Kepler's nova" was first sighted in the constellation Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer. Johannes Kepler observed it from the time of its appearance as an apparently new star. It encouraged him to write The New Star in 1606.

Segment:   News Items     
Steve Jobs Dies     http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304447804576410753210811910.html
Nobel Physics: Accelerating Universe     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15165371
Nobel Medicine: Immune System     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15149257 Related story about Nobel winner who died: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15155642
Nobel Chemistry: Quasicrystals     http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2011/press.html
IgNobels 2011     http://improbable.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2011

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

Segment:   Questions and Emails     
Best Foreign Podcast Sweden     Congratulations you have been named Best Foreign podcast in Sweden Best Foreign podcast 1. The Skeptics Guide – 470 votes 2. This Week in Tech – 97 votes 3. Tiesto Club Life – 79 votes 4. NY Times Music Popcast – 58 votes 5. RebelFM – 41 votestes 6. The B&B Podcast – 18 votes 7. Starbase 66 – 1“ 17 votes 8. TuxRadar – 11 votes http://www.daytona.se/podradioopriset/2011?utm_campaign=podradiopriset&utm_medium=email&utm_source=daytona.se&utm_content=voters Congratulations and thank you for letting us listen to your pod cast. Henric Ã¥kesson Sweden

Segment:   Name That Logical Fallacy     
Ad Hominems from Dana Ullman     http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-ullman/disinformation-homeopathy_b_969627.html

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     A study of basketball free throws, using the largest data set to date, supports the "hot hands" phenomenon as real rather than illusory. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0024532
Item #2     A review of research indicates that physically washing one's hands can reduce guilt and doubt through the power of metaphor. http://tinyurl.com/689e4sz
Item #3     Researchers demonstrate that alleged triple rainbows are optically impossible, and unsubstantiated reports are likely misperceptions.http://tinyurl.com/5sa9hf3

Segment:   Skeptical Quote of the Week     
Skeptical Quote of the Week     “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” - Galileo Galilei
 
 
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