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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 392 - 1/19/2013

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Podcast 392 - January 19, 2013

Interview with Massimo Polidoro
This Day in Skepticism: Neon Signs
News Items: Predicting Murders, Lead and Crime, Biggest Thing in the Universe, Defending the Million Dollar Challenge, Turkey Bans Evolution Books, Apophis Update
Who's That Noisy
Science or Fiction



Segment:   This Day in Skepticism     
Jan 19, 1915     The electric neon sign was patented in the United States by George Claude of Paris, France.

Segment:   News Items     
Predicting Murders     http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2260609/Maryland-Pennsylvania-using-Minority-Report-style-computers-predict-crimes-Washington-D-C-next.html
Lead and Crime     http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline
Biggest Thing in the Universe     http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/01/130111-quasar-biggest-thing-universe-science-space-evolution/
Million Dollar Challenge     http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/defending-the-million-dollar-challenge/
Turkey Bans Evolution Books     http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-science-state-council-halts-publication-of-evolution-books.aspx?pageID=238&nID=39047&NewsCatID=374
Apophis Update     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20986464

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     Answer to last week: John of God

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Massimo Polidoro     Director of the Italian Skeptics

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     A recent study finds that subject's memory for Facebook posts were significantly greater than for book entries or faces. http://www..warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/never_forget_a
Item #2     New research finds that some children diagnosed at a young age with autism may outgrow the diagnosis entirely. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2013/study-documents-that-some-children-lose-autism-diagnosis.shtml
Item #3     A new study finds that graphic cigarette warnings have minimal effect, and are no more effective than text-only warnings. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0052206

Segment:   Skeptical Quote of the Week     
Skeptical Quote of the Week     "No facts are to me sacred; none are profane; I simply experiment, an endless seeker with no past at my back." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
 
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