SGU Episode 182

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

Methane on Mars

 * http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/news/marsmethane.html

Solar Storms

 * http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,478024,00.html

Mega MRI

 * http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Extreme-HD-IBM-Makes-MRI-Tech-100-Million-Times-Sharper-65812.html

Question #1 Young Skeptics
"Dear SGU, Hello I am Rob Manges. I am a young skeptic in ninth grade. I am new to skepticism and would really appreciate general advice or knowledge you could impart on me. My Dad is a practicing physician (MD not DO if your familiar with that little argument) so i am familiar with the scientific method and all that Jazz. As a younger person i find it really hard to be taken seriously by older people when I try to identify myself as a skeptic. Do you have any advice for all the young skeptics of the world? Sincerely, Robert Manges USA P.S. I love the show, it really has made me a true skeptic! (i doubt this will even be considered but you have my permission to read this on the show)"

Interview with Michio Kaku

 * Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist, author of may popular books, including his latest book, The Physics of the Impossible, which will be the basis of a new Science Channel series. http://mkaku.org/

Science or Fiction
Item #1: A new survey links caffeine use to hallucinations. Item #2: Physicists have discovered a way to measure properties of quantum systems, such as the location of photons, without interfering with them. Item #3: NASA plans to deliver a silk-worm farm to the international space station next month to begin an experiment using silk worms as a sustainable food for long space missions.

Who's That Noisy

 * Answer to last week: http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/marsmic/sound.html

Quote of the Week
"'No, our science is no illusion. But an illusion it would be to suppose that what science cannot give us we can get elsewhere.' - Sigmund Freud"