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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 395 - 2/9/2013

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Podcast 395 - February 09, 2013

This Day in Skepticism: Space Medicine
News Items: Russian Lake Monster, Bones of Richard III, Scientific Genius, Without Fear, Feathered Dinosaurs
Who's That Noisy
Your Questions and E-mails: Tuesday Boy
Interview with George Hrab
Science or Fiction



Segment:   This Day in Skepticism     
February 9, 1949     The first Department of Space Medicine in the world was established at the United States Air Force School of Aviation Medicine at Randolph Field, Texas, and Dr. Hubertus Strughold subsequently became the first professor of Space Medicine.

Segment:   News Items     
Russian Lake Monster     http://www.livescience.com/26836-lake-labynkyr-devil-vorota-monster.html
Bones of Richard III     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21063882
Scientific Genius     http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction/2013/02/03/is-the-age-of-scientific-genius-over/
Without Fear     http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/03/fearless-brain-damaged-patients-are-terrified-of-suffocation-study/
Feathered Dinosaurs     http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/transition-denial-and-feathered-dinosaurs/

Segment:   Who's That Noisy     
Who's That Noisy     Answer to last week: Carl Sagan, Cosmos

Segment:   Questions and Emails     
Question #1: Tuesday Boy     Follow up to WTN from last week

Segment:   Interview     
Interview with George Hrab     Quick chat about NECSS 2013 - http://www.necss.com

Segment:   Science or Fiction     [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
Item #1     A new systematic review concludes that CT scans in young patients may pose a greater increased risk of cancer than the diagnostic benefits they provide. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130205083052.htm
Item #2     New research shows that people have greater happiness and sense of well being as they age, regardless of when they were born. http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/happier-with-age.html
Item #3     A recent review of research involving 122 personality characteristics finds no significant difference in male and female profiles. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130204094518.htm

Segment:   Skeptical Quote of the Week     
Skeptical Quote of the Week     "Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion." - Democritus
 
 
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