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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 393 - 1/26/2013
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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 393 - January 26, 2013

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Interview with Zack Kopplin
This Day in Skepticism: Brachistochrone curve
News Items: Manti Te'o Hox, River on Mars, Neanderthal Baby
Special Report: Nikola Tesla
Who's That Noisy
Your questions and E-mails: Vomitorium
Skeptoid Chinese
Science or Fiction



Segment:   This Day in Skepticism     
Jan 26, 1697     Isaac Newton took one day to solve the Brachistochrone curve

Segment:   News Items     
Manti Te'o Hoax     http://deadspin.com/5976517/manti-teos-dead-girlfriend-the-most-heartbreaking-and-inspirational-story-of-the-college-football-season-is-a-hoax
River on Mars     http://www.slashgear.com/scientists-uncover-massive-river-on-mars-19265944/
Neanderthal Baby     http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/1/25/church-clone-neanderthal-rumors/

Segment:   Special Report     
Nikola Tesla     Brain Dunning reports on the mysterious Tesla

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     Answer to last week: Knife on glass

Segment:   Questions and Emails     
Question #1: Corrections     Vomitorium

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with Zack Kopplin     Louisiana student who is fighting back against creationism in his home state.
Interview with Lizzie Li Taylor     The translator and voice of Skeptoid Chinese

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     Scientists have found functional quadruple helix DNA in humans. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21091066
Item #2     In a 15-year follow up study of laparoscopic gastric banding for obesity, the longest study to date, the procedure was found to produce no significant long-term weight loss. http://www.monash.edu.au/news/show/gastric-banding-an-effective-long-term-solution-to-obesity
Item #3     A new analysis finds that, as a source of electricity, current photovoltaics are about 30 times more land-use efficient than even the highest yield biofuel crops. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23268715

Segment:   Skeptical Quote of the Week     
Skeptical Quote of the Week     "By doubting we all come at truth." - Cicero
 
 
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