SGU Episode 136

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

McFung Sui

 * biz.yahoo.com/ap/080224/zen_fast_food.html

Anti-Science-Based Medicine in South Africa

 * www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=57

ET Creates Galaxy

 * www.theskepticsguide.org/sgublog/?p=148

Killer Robots

 * www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080227111811.y9syyq8p&show_article=1

Skeptical Required Reading
"I would like to know what books you would recommend for a beginning skeptic. I have had 'The Demon-Haunted World' since it first came out, but would like to expand my library. What magazines would you recommend for one to subscribe to. Thank you Michael Shrode Evansville, U.S.A."

Science or Fiction
Question #1: For the first time scientists have filmed a single electron. Question #2: A new study finds that some species of bats have internal magnetic fields that aid them in locating prey. Question #3: Forensic scientists have discovered how to track a person's travel by examining their hair.

Quote of the Week
"'Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.' - Isaac Asimov (originally misattributed to James Randi)"

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