SGU Episode 498

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SGU Episode 498
January 24th 2015
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SGU 497                      SGU 499
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Quote of the Week
From my experience let me say this: in today's world it is no bad thing for a politician to have had the benefit of a scientific background. And not only politicians. Those who work in industry, in commerce, in investment. Indeed, so important has it become that I believe we are right to make science a compulsory subject for all schoolchildren.
Margaret Thatcher
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Introduction

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

Forgotten Superheroes of Science ()

• Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) Pioneering Molecular Biologist

Special Report ()

• Artificial Intelligence

News Items

The Boy Who Didn’t Go to Heaven ()

• http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/01/15/boy-who-came-back-from-heaven-going-back-to-publisher/

Marketing Biofortified GMO ()

• http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/marketing-biofortified-gmos/

Omniprocessor ()

• http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/that-bill-gates-shit-water-machine-might-actually-change-the-world-185

Who's That Noisy

• Answer to last week: Space Shuttle landing gear

Questions and Emails

Question #1: Deep Web Follow Up ()

Jay answers multiple questions about the deep/dark web

Science or Fiction ()

Item #1: Scientists have developed a smart keyboard that is self-powered and can identify users by their typing pattern. Item #2: Analysis of the oldest fossil primate species indicates that the earliest primates lived underground. Item #3: New research finds that wolves have as much social skill with their own species and with humans as do domestic dogs.

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

'From my experience let me say this: in today's world it is no bad thing for a politician to have had the benefit of a scientific background. And not only politicians. Those who work in industry, in commerce, in investment. Indeed, so important has it become that I believe we are right to make science a compulsory subject for all schoolchildren.' - Margaret Thatcher

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