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Podcast 373 - September 08, 2012

Live from DragonCon 2012
Interview with Billy West
This Day in Skepticism: First Trek
News Items: Blue Moon Lunacy, Bigfoot News, Negative Replication of Psi, Baldness Cure, Little Mass from Higgs, UFO Over Illuminati Castle
Science or Fiction
Your Questions and E-mails: SGU FAQ, Homeopath Pharmacist, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity



Segment:   This Day in Skepticism     
September 8, 1966     First Trek Episode Airs

Segment:   News Items     
Blue Moon Lunacy     http://www.livescience.com/22817-blue-moon-madness-myths.html
Bigfoot News     http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/montana-man-trying-to-create-bigfoot-sighting-in-ghillie-suit-struck-and-killed-by-cars/2012/08/27/a9739d20-f0b5-11e1-b74c-84ed55e0300b_story.html
Negative Replication of Psi     http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/the-power-of-replication-bems-psi-research/
Baldness Cure     http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9485807/Baldness-cure-could-be-on-shelves-in-two-years.html
Little Mass from Higgs     http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2012/08/99-of-the-mass-of-the-visible-universe-not-explained-by-cerns-discovery-of-higgs-boson.html
UFO Over Illuminati Castle     http://beforeitsnews.com/unexplained-phenomena/2012/08/ufo-hovers-over-illuminati-castle-in-germany-3-different-angles-videos-2430254.html

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Billy West     Talented voice actor Billy West, who does the voices of Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Renn and Stimpy, and other.

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     Scientists have discovered Western Scrub Jays performing a funeral-like behavior when they discover one of their members has died. http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2012/09/06/107211/western_scrub_jays_found_to_hold_funerals_for_fellow_jays?category=science
Item #2     A recent study finds that adults are more likely to accept a supernatural explanation than children. http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2012/09/07/Adults-like-supernatural-explanations/UPI-21651347074939/
Item #3     Researchers find that the shape of the glass affects how drunk alcohol-drinkers become. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57504579-10391704/beer-drinkers-speed-tied-to-shape-of-glass/

Segment:   Live Q&A     
SGU FAQ     Frequently asked questions at live events.
Question #2: Homeopath pharmacist.     What to when your pharmacist recommend homeopathy?
Question #3: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity     Is it real?

Segment:   Skeptical Quote of the Week     
Skeptical Quote of the Week     "All superstition is much the same whether it be that of astrology, dreams, omen, retributive judgment, or the like, in all of which the deluded believers observe events which are fulfilled, but neglect and pass over their failure, though it be much more common." - Francis Bacon, Novum Organum, 1620
 
 
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