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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 364 - 7/7/2012
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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 364 - July 07, 2012

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Interview with Jann Bellamy
This Day in Skepticism: Newcomen Engine
News Items: Water on The Moon and Mars, Swiss Report on Homeopathy, Twisted Light, Embodied Cognition
Who's That Noisy
News Update: Causeway Cannibal
Science or Fiction



Segment:   This Day in Skepticism     
1712     Newcomen Steam Engine

Segment:   News Items     
Water on The Moon and Mars     http://www.space.com/16222-moon-water-ice-shackleton-crater.html http://phys.org/news/2012-06-extensive-mars-interior.html
Swiss Report on Homeopathy     http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/
Twisted Light     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18551284
Embodied Cognition     http://io9.com/5921682/what-finger+counting-says-about-you-and-your-brain

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     Answer to last week: gamma ray burst

Segment:   News Update     
Causeway Cannibal Update     http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/causeway-killer-mystery/

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Jann Bellamy     Campaign for Science-Based Healthcare http://www.sciencebasedhealthcare.org jbellamy@sciencebasedhealthcare.org http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19350-wireless_waste.html

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     An international team of scientists have discovered that super-sized space tornadoes may explain why the sun's atmosphere is much hotter than its surface. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120626114322.htm
Item #2     Astronomers have detected what they believe to be the first trinary planetary system - three exoplanets sharing the same orbit. http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/astronomers-spy-two-planets-in-tight-quarters-as-they-orbit-a-distant-star/
Item #3     Astronomers have developed a new method for both accurately weighing exoplanets and detecting the composition of their atmosphere, even those that are non-transiting. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-06/uot-ite062512.php

Segment:   Skeptical Quote of the Week     
Skeptical Quote of the Week     "I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road." - Prof. Stephen Hawking
 
 
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