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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 338 - 1/7/2012
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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 338 - January 07, 2012

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Interview with Martin Rundkvist
This Day in Skepticism
News Items: Psychic Predictions 2011, Hacker Satellite, Testing Violins
Quickie with Bob - Lost World of Antarctica
Who's That Noisy
Science or Fiction



Segment:   This Day in Skepticism     
January 7th 1610     1610 - Galileo dated his first letter describing telescopic observations in which he saw the moon's cratered surface using his twenty-powered spyglass. also ... 1610 – Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able distinguish the last two until the following day.

Segment:   News Items     
Psychic Predictions 2011     How did the psychics do in their predictions for 2011?
Hacker Satellite System     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16367042
Testing Violins     http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/testing-violins/
Quickie with Bob     Lost World discovered around Antarctic vents.

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

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Martin Rundkvist     Chairman Swedish Skeptics Society Author of Aardvarchaelogy blog http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/ Topic: http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/electromagnetic-sensitivity-in-sweden/

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     Study of butterfly mimics finds that Heliconius species are often tricked into mating with mimic species. http://www.jstor.org/pss/10.1086/663192
Item #2     A new thorough examination of poisonous frogs finds that their color accurately signals their poisonousness to birds. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/663197
Item #3     A scientist has described a case of a fish mimicking an octopus that in turn was mimicking another fish. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-paradox-gift.html

Segment:   Skeptical Quote of the Week     
Skeptical Quote of the Week     “Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.” David Suzuki
 
 
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