SGU Episode 214

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

Surviving a Cataclysm

 * Darkness - http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327222.800-survival-in-a-postapocalypse-blackout.html

Zombie Apocalypse

 * http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/zombies/

WHO Says No to Homeopathy

 * http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=814

Itako Fading

 * http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/world/asia/21japan.html?_r=5

Dinochicken

 * http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.60b96f71bf4ba4781f8a5d3a49a22a0e.5f1&show_article=1

Interview with Jamy Ian Swiss

 * Jamy Ian Swiss is a magician and skeptic, co-founder of the New York City Skeptics. http://jamyianswiss.com/index.htm

Science or Fiction
Item # 1: A new study shows that women tend to be more tentative and uncertain in their social interactions than men. Item # 2: A recent study finds that, when lost, people really do walk in circles. Item #: Recent evidence shows that obese people have 8% less brain tissue than those of normal weight.

Who's That Noisy

 * Answer to last week - a sonic boom

Quote of the Week
"“In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.” Galileo Galilei"