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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 375 - 9/22/2012

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Podcast 375 - September 22, 2012

This Day in Skepticism: Golden Tablets and Hobbit Day
News Items: Warp Drive, Bad Science Reporting, Dark Energy Camera, Crowdsourcing Science, Spheres on Mars, CSICon 2012
Who's That Noisy
Your Questions and E-mails: Blue Moon and Frances
Science or Fiction



Segment:   This Day in Skepticism     
September 22, 1823     Joseph Smith supposedly finds the Golden plates that eventually become the Book of Mormon. Also: Hobbit Day.

Segment:   News Items     
Warp Drive     http://nbcu.mo2do.net/s/18488/29?itemId=tag:dvice.com,2012://3.91332&fullPageURL=/archives/2012/09/nasa-warp-drive.php
Bad Science Reporting     http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/whos-to-blame-for-bad-science-news-reporting/
Dark Energy Camera     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19634700
Crowdsourcing Science     https://http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4354207552
Spheres on Mars     http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/mars-rover-discovers-mysterious-blueberries-20120915-25ykn.html
CSICon 2012     http://www.csiconference.org/

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     answer to last week: being human

Segment:   Questions and Emails     
Question #1: Corrections     - Blue Moon - Frances Kelsey

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     A new study finds that more than 30% of patients who meet strict criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome are infected with the XMRV virus. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120918083907.htm
Item #2     Russian scientists announce an earlier discovery of a massive deposit of diamonds, estimated at trillions of carats or 10 times existing world reserves, in a large Siberian meteor crater. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10834789
Item #3     A large study of SAT scores find that they are good predictors of later college performance across socioeconomic status. http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/do-sat-scores-help-or-hurt-in-decisions-about-who-will-do-well-in-college.html

Segment:   Skeptical Quote of the Week     
Skeptical Quote of the Week     "The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust." - Samuel Butler
 
 
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