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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 326 - 10/15/2011

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Podcast 326 - October 15, 2011

Interview with Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde
This day in Skepticism
News Items: Vitamins and Mortality, Megavirus, NDEs, More UFOs, Electrosense, Airborne Petition
Who's That Noisy
Science or Fiction



Segment:   This Day in Skepticism     
October 15     Global Handwashing Day! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Handwashing_Day

Segment:   News Items     
Vitamins and Mortality     http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/vitamins-and-mortality/
Megavirus     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15242386
NDEs     http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/science/near-death-experiences-30-years-of-research-part-1-61547.html
More UFOs     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-15165928 and UFB - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2047746/The-proof-UFOs-exist-picture-taken-Cornish-coast.html
Electrosense     http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111011163057.htm
Airborne Petition     http://skepchick.org/2011/10/the-airborne-identity/

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     Answer to last week: Zaphod Beeblebrox IV

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Stephen L. Macknik, Ph.D. and Susana Martinez-Conde, Ph.D.     http://www.sleightsofmind.com/

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     Astronomers discover that the intergalactic fog that was present in the early universe was likely cleared away by rogue black holes. http://ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=8611
Item #2     Scientists discover that communication among bacteria plays an important role in global climate change. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111012151718.htm
Item #3     A research team has created a new form (or allotrope) of carbon that has the hardness of diamond but is amorphous. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-superhard-carbon.html

Segment:   Skeptical Quote of the Week     
Skeptical Quote of the Week     "Imagination should give wings to our thoughts but we always need decisive experimental proof, and when the moment comes to draw conclusions and to interpret the gathered observations, imagination must be checked and documented by the factual results of the experiment." Louis Pasteur

Segment:   Announcements     
CSIcon     http://www.centerforinquiry.net/events/csicon_2011/
Podcast Awards     http://podcastawards.com/
 
 
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