SGU Episode 161

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

Remembering Perry

 * http://www.theskepticsguide.org/sgublog/?p=310

Monkey Eludes Dragnet

 * http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5in4dvXJ6FYdl9JebM9uaIiauUHBQD92M7P0G0

Bigfoot Body Follow Up

 * http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,406101,00.html

Robot with Biological Brain

 * http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=356

Doping

 * http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/news/2008/08/olympic_doping?currentPage=1

Special Report

 * The JREF (http://www.randi.org/)evaluates the claims of Colin Ross for the Million Dollar Challenge, and SGU host Steven Novella reports on his involvement with the evaluation.

Interview with Adam Savage

 * Interview with Adam Savage of Mythbusters at TAM 6 in Las Vegas

Science or Fiction
Item # 1: By making an alloy of iron, silicon, and manganese, researchers have created a practical superconductor at temperatures just under zero degrees celcius, just short of the holy grail of a “room-temperature” superconductor. Item # 2: A new study shows that lining endotracheal tubes used for patients on a ventilator with silver reduces the incidence of pneumonia by 36%. Item # 3: Scientists have developed a thin film that can radically change its absorption or emittance of light and heat, which can be used to insulate so-called micro-satellites.

Quote of the Week
"'To defy the authority of empirical evidence is to disqualify oneself as someone worthy of critical engagement in a dialogue' - The 14th Dalai Lama"

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