SGU Episode 177

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

Age of the Sphinx

 * http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1092827/The-Great-Sphinx-Giza-reborn-lion-desert.html with James P Allen - http://research.brown.edu/research/profile.php?id=1170774357

Second Look at Supernova

 * http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7762939.stm

Milky Way Black Hole

 * http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7774287.stm With Special Guest Phil Plait – http://www.badastronomy.com

Searching for Alien Engineering

 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16210-search-for-alien-engineering-comes-up-dry--so-far.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

Question #1 Skeptical Authority
"I can't verify everything SGU covers, end up trusting most as fact. How doesn't it makes us skeps just another true believer? Avsa"

Randi Speaks

 * Cold Reading

Science or Fiction
Item #1: Scientists present research showing that sugar can be an addictive substance similar to cocaine or morphine. Item #2: Geologists have discovered evidence for the existence of a previously unknown minor continent that previously existed between southern African and South America. Item #3: For only the second time in history (the first being Neptune) astronomers have discovered a planet of the size and orbit where it was predicted one should be.

Quote of the Week
"'Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get them, get them right, or they will get you wrong.' - Dr. Thomas Fuller"

Announcements

 * Announcements: There is a new skeptical group near Norfolk Virginia. Here is the URL for the groups website: http://www.physics.odu.edu/~weinstei/srhr.html