SGU Episode 196

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

Cassini Pictures

 * http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1172205/Saturn-close-Sensational-cosmic-images-bring-ringed-planet-life.html

Smallest Exoplanet

 * http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_new_planet

Pseudoscience from the Huffington Post

 * http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=463

J.B. Handley from Age of Autism Attacks

 * http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=523

Kelloggs Settles FTC Suit

 * http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/04/kellogg.shtm

Interview with Seth Shostak

 * Sr. Shostak is the Senior Astronomer for the SETI institute. http://www.seti.org

Science or Fiction
Item # 1: New research shows that chewing gum is associated with higher academic performance in teens. Item # 2: Computer scientists have developed a system for automatic lip-reading that is greater than 95% accurate after minimal training. Item # 3: Engineers have developed a medical ultrasound device that works with a smart phone.

Who's That Noisy

 * Answer to last week - Harold Puthoff

Quote of the Week
"There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. - Mark Twain"