SGU Episode 265

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

Evolving Simulated Intelligence

 * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/evolution/7928804/Computer-simulated-life-forms-evolve-intelligence.html

Proximal Intercessory Prayer

 * http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=2188

Bermuda Triangle Solved

 * http://www.neatorama.com/2010/08/08/bermuda-triangle-mystery-solved/

Booty Enhancement Spell

 * http://cgi.ebay.com/BOOTY-ENHANCEMENT-Spell-Cast-Powerful-Wiccan-Witch-/220496575102#ht_6665wt_1112

Censoring CAM Skepticism

 * Featuring an interview with Rhys Morgan http://thewelshboyo.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/bleachgate/

Who's That Noisy

 * Answer to last week:

Interview with Aubrey de Grey

 * http://www.sens.org/ English author and theoretician in the field of gerontology, and the Chief Science Officer of the SENS Foundation.

Science or Fiction
Item #1: French scientists report the first scientific evidence to prove that it is better to serve champagne chilled and to pour it down the side of a tilted glass, rather than straight into a glass. Item #2: A new study finds that weight-lifting with lighter weights is as or more effective in muscle building as lifting with heavier weights. Item #3: New research finds that a popular blood thinning drug used to prevent heart attacks actually increases the risk of stroke.

Quote of the Week
"'There are, in fact, two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.' --Hippocrates"