SGU Episode 267

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

Phil Plait's Bad Universe

 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3GLjpz5x1k&feature=player_embedded

Solar Flares and Radioactive Decay

 * http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/august/sun-082310.html

Competition in Evolution

 * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/24/darwin-wrong-evolution_n_692502.html http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/6/4/544.abstract

The Science of Zombies

 * http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly_p1.html

Kurzweil Responds to Myers

 * http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=2238

Kaku and UFOs

 * http://sguforums.com/index.php/topic,30211.0.html

Who's That Noisy

 * Answer to last week: Dr. Banjo from Futurama

Science or Fiction
Item #1: Researchers create 'dry water', a powdered form of water with many potential commercial applications. Item #2: Researchers confirm common belief that spouses do grow more alike over time. Item #3: Electricity collected from the air could become the newest alternative energy source.

Quote of the Week
"'The correspondence between reality and my beliefs comes from reality controlling my beliefs, not the other way around.' -- Eliezer S. Yudkowsky"