SGU Episode 428

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

This Day in Skepticism

 * September 28, 1836: Baptism Date of Thomas Crapper

GMO OK

 * http://www.psmag.com/health/scientific-debate-gm-foods-theyre-safe-66711/

Angry Internet

 * http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/24/anger-internet-most-powerful-emotion/2863869/http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-09/why-were-shutting-our-comments

Warning Labels

 * http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/warning-of-potential-side-effects-of-a-product-can-increase-its-sales.html

When Black Holes Explode

 * http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130924091317.htm

Carbon Nanotube Computers

 * http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130925132314.htm

Who's That Noisy

 * Answer to last week: Verner Von Braun

Interview with Jamie Williams

 * http://badsciencewatch.com

Science or Fiction
Item #1: For the first time scientists have created “photonic molecules” – coaxing photons of light to interact with each other to form a new state of matter. Item #2: A recently published study of deep brain stimulation finds it effective for increasing empathy in subjects who rate highly on the psychopath scale. Item #3: Astronomers have discovered a new type of pulsar that regularly switches between radio and X-ray emissions.

Skeptical Quote of the Week
"The grand aim of all science [is] to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest possible number of hypotheses or axioms." J: Dr. Einstein!