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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 379 - 10/20/2012
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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe

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Podcast 379 - October 20, 2012

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Interview with Jamy Ian Swiss
This Day in Skepticism: Norman Borlaug
News Items: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, DNA Half Life, The Simulated Universe, Supersonic Jump, Geoglyph
Who's That Noisy
Science or Fiction



Segment:   This Day in Skepticism     
October 20, 1970     Norman Borlaug wins Nobel Peace prize for Green Revolution

Segment:   News Items     
Nobel Prize in Chemistry     http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/year/?year=2012
DNA Half Life     http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=dinos-dna-demise-genetic-material-512-year-half-life
Simulated Universe     http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429561/the-measurement-that-would-reveal-the-universe-as/
Supersonic Jump     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19943590
Russian Geoglyph     http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49389775/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UHvrLMVX1SA

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     Answer to last week: Hulda Clarke

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Jamy Ian Swiss     http://www.jamyianswiss.com/index.htm

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     The 1926 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Johannes Fibiger for his discovery of "a cure for cancer."http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1926/
Item #2     The New York Times announced that the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics was to be shared by Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison, but they never received the award, it is rumored because neither man would consent to share the award with the other. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F03E7D91239E333A25755C0A9679D946496D6CF
Item #3     The 1949 Nobel Prize in Medicine was shared by Antonio Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz for the development of the frontal lobotomy. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1949/

Segment:   Skeptical Quote of the Week     
Skeptical Quote of the Week     "You can do magic with science, but you can't do science with magic." - Erica Dunning (Brian Dunning's daughter)
 
 
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