SGU Episode 408

Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

This Day in Skepticism (00:47)

 * May 11, 1960: FDA announced its approval of the use of Enovid, the first commercial oral contraceptive.

Sylvia Browne Wrong Again (04:02)

 * deathandtaxes: Psychic Sylvia Browne told Amanda Berry’s mother she was dead

Cosmic Rays and Lightning (13:12)

 * Phys.org: Russian researchers find more evidence to support notion that lightning is caused by cosmic rays

Cicadas Return (18:20)

 * Associated Press: East about to be overrun by billions of cicadas

Who's That Noisy? (28:10)

 * Answer to last week: Alexander Graham Bell

Interview with Don McLeroy (32:26)

 * http://www.therevisionariesmovie.com/

Science or Fiction (1:04:41)
Item #1: A new study finds that men who marry younger women are less intelligent, less attractive, and less wealthy than men who marry women closer in age. Item #2: Researchers have developed an intelligent nano-network drug release system that can effectively control blood sugar in diabetics for one week from a single injection. And item #3: New evidence suggests that toothbrushes are a major source of outbreaks of strep throat and other respiratory infections.

Announcements (1:19:56)
Rebecca at Women in Atheism conference

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:20:26)
"For all its beauty, honesty, and effectiveness at improving the human condition, science demands a terrible price—that we accept what experiments tell us about the universe, whether we like it or not. It’s about consensus and teamwork and respectful critical argument, working with, and through, natural law. It requires that we utter, frequently, those hateful words—'I might be wrong.'" J: David Brin!