SGU Episode 441

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

This Day in Skepticism

 * December 28 1895: The Lumière brothers hold their first public film screening.

Year in Review

 * Best and Worst of 2013: The SGU discusses Listener picks and their own

2013 Year in Science

 * Best and Worst science news of 2013

Who's That Noisy

 * Grand Prize Winner: iPuppy

In Memoriam

 * Dr. Narendra Dabholkar
 * Frederick Sanger August 13, 1918 - November 19, 2013 Age 95 Double Nobel winner
 * Scott Carpenter May 1, 1925 - October 10, 2013 Age 88 Second US astronaut in orbit
 * Aaron Swartz: Internet innovator & activist (Died Jan. 11, age 26) – hand in RSS
 * Andre Cassagnes: Etch A Sketch inventor (Died Jan. 16, age 86)
 * Douglas Engelbart: Father of the computer mouse (Died July 2, age 88)
 * Amar Bose: Founder of Bose (Died July 12, age 83)
 * Ray Dolby: sound pioneer (Died Sept. 12, age 80)
 * Nelson Mandela
 * Tom Clancy
 * Frederik Pohl
 * Michael Ansara – Star Trek’s Kang
 * Virginia Johnson – of Masters and Johnson
 * Jim Kelly – age 67, Enter the Dragon
 * Duane Gish
 * Sylvia Browne
 * Lloyd Pye
 * Harold Camping
 * Dr. Jesse Marcel, Jr. August 24, 2013 Physician who told of handling Roswell debris
 * Paul Crouch Televangelist and founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network
 * Augusto Odone father of Lorenzo

Science or Fiction
Item #1: Scientists discover quadruple helix DNA in human cells. Item #2: Researchers find that bilingual children have a significantly higher IQ score compared to matched monolingual controls. Item #3: Scientists discover the mechanism by which the single-celled organism, Tetrahymena thermophile, has seven sexes.

Announcements

 * SGU Conferences 2014: NECSS – April 11-13, New YorkAustralia – Nov 28-30, SydneyNew Zealand- Dec 5-7, Aukland

Skeptical Quote of the Week
"“Not wrong, there is just more to learn.”- The Doctor"