SGU Episode 261

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

Roswell Remembered

 * Anniversary of the Roswell incident

Nuclear Explosion in Space

 * http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128170775

Pepsigate

 * http://trueslant.com/daviddisalvo/2010/07/08/pepsigate-rocks-the-science-blogging-world/

Energy Vampires

 * http://www.hayhouseradio.com/show_details.php?show_id=148&episode_type=6046

Gravitons and BlackHoles

 * Listener Question

Inactivity and Obesity

 * http://www.physorg.com/news197726539.html

Climategate Follow Up

 * http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/07/07/climategate.email.review/index.html

Planck Image of the Universe

 * http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/07/05/the-sky-according-to-planck/

Live Q&amp;A Questions
"Question #1: NESS Activities Question #2: Do Skeptics Ever Win? Question #3: Positive Attitude and Healing Question #4: Science of Love Question #5: SGU Editing Question #6: Art in Skepticism Question #7: True Believer Interviews Question #8: Live Million Dollar Challenge"

Science or Fiction
Item #1: Physicists have recently measured the radius of a proton and found it to be 4% less than previously predicted by the theory of quantum electrodynamics. Item #2: Biologists have discovered a new mechanism of evolutionary adaptation that does not involve genetic change. Item #3: A new study finds, contrary to common stereotype, school yard bullies tend to be overachievers.

Quote of the Week
"“Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own.” ~Bertrand Russell, What I Believe, 1925"