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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 337 - 12/31/2011

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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 337 - December 31, 2011

SGU 2011 Year in Review
Special Guest Mike Lacelle
Best and Worst of 2011
Who's That Noisy
Science or Fiction



Segment:   SGU 2011 Review     
2011 Year in Review     With Special Guest: Mike Lacelle The Rogues review the year in science, skepticism, and the SGU

Segment:   In Memorium     
In Memorium     A review of those we lost over the past year

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     Evan replays some favorites from this segment

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     While the other shuttles will end their days in various museums now that the shuttle program is over, NASA plans to dismantle the shuttle Endeavor to study the effects of space travel on its components. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/13/where-the-shuttles-will-come-to-rest/
Item #2     Japan's space agency has joined forces with a fishing company to build a giant net several kilometres in size to collect debris littering space. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-02-03/japans-giant-net-to-trawl-for-space-junk/1928048
Item #3     New research shows that genetically modified cells can be made to communicate with each other as if they were electronic circuits. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16217303

Segment:   Skeptical Quote of the Week     
Skeptical Quote of the Week     "To a clear eye the smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen." - Thomas Henry Huxley
 
 
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