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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 390 - 1/5/2013
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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 390 - January 05, 2013

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Interview with Massimo Pigliucci
This Day in Skepticism: FM Radio
News Items: Psychic Predictions 2012, Cosmic Rays and Dementia
Who's That Noisy
Science or Fiction



Segment:   This Day in Skepticism     
January 5, 1940     FM radio first commercial broadcast

Segment:   News Items     
Psychic Predictions for 2012     The Rogues review prediction for last year and make some new ones for 2013
Cosmic Rays and Dementia     http://m.phys.org/news/2012-12-houston-problem-space-brain.html

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Whale Makes Human Sounds     Answer to last week: Glass Harp playing Fur Elise

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Massimo Pigliucci     Author, Answers for Aristotle http://www.amazon.com/Answers-Aristotle-Science-Philosophy-Meaningful/dp/0465021387/ref=la_B001IU0D3K_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1343828923&sr=1-6

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     A study finds that maternal use of anti-depressants during pregnancy is associated with a greater risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130101182012.htm
Item #2     A new study concludes that babies start learning language in the womb. http://www.plu.edu/news/2012/12/infant-language/
Item #3     New research finds that for most babies it is better to leave them alone when they cry at night rather than comforting them. http://news.temple.edu/news/2012-12-13/let-crying-babes-lie-study-supports-notion-leaving-infants-cry-themselves-back-sleep

Segment:   Skeptical Quote of the Week     
Skeptical Quote of the Week     "Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend things which are there." - Richard Feynman
 
 
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