SGU Episode 300

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

Gayveman

 * http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/04/07/archaeologists-find-worlds-first-gay-caveman-near-prague/

Cosmic Engineering

 * http://astrobites.com/2011/02/03/avi-loeb-and-freeman-dyson-on-the-future-of-the-universe/

Homeopathy for Radiation

 * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-ullman/homeopathy-for-radiation-poisioning_b_842664.html

Evidence and Radiation Risk

 * http://www.monbiot.com/2011/04/04/evidence-meltdown/

You Know You're a Skeptic If
You Know you're a Skeptic If... The best submission from listeners.

Science or Fiction
Item #1: Astronomers have discovered a binary pair of white dwarf dead stars, that will one day merge into a new active star. Item #2: Scientists find that deep space travel is likely to cause vascular disease in astronauts. Item #3: Astronomers have recently discovered a near-earth asteroid in a rare horseshoe orbit – it reverses its course around the sun, traveling in a “C” or horseshoe path due to Earth’s gravity.

Question #1 - Time Travel
"If the rogues traveled back in time, what could we change."

Question #2 - Fecal Transplants
"The science and fiction of fecal tranplants."

Question #3 - Skeptical Obligations
"Are skeptics obligated morally to oppose irrationality."

Skeptical Quote of the Week
"'You can't believe everything you read on the internet.' - Abraham Lincoln"