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=== Question #1 - Tin Foil and Credit Cards <small>()</small> ===
=== Question #1 - Tin Foil and Credit Cards <small>()</small> ===
<blockquote>atomsk359 christopher short got handed a creditcard after the woman unwraped it from tinfoil, stops people from reading it she said, plausible or nosible</blockquote>
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== Swindler's List <small>()</small> ==
== Swindler's List: Functional Medicine <small>()</small> ==
<span class="podcast-item-label">Functional Medicine</span><span class="podcast-item-value">http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/28731977/detail.html</span>
<span class="podcast-item-label">Functional Medicine</span><span class="podcast-item-value">http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/28731977/detail.html</span>
== Science or Fiction <small>()</small> ==
== Science or Fiction <small>()</small> ==
[http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110803/full/news.2011.456.html Item #1]: Planetary scientists have produced a computer model that suggests that the early earth had two moons.
[http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110803/full/news.2011.456.html Item #1]: Planetary scientists have produced a computer model that suggests that the early earth had two moons.

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SGU Episode 319
August 24th 2011
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SGU 318                      SGU 320

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

R: Rebecca Watson

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

'Science is like a blabbermouth that ruins the end of a movie. Well I say there are things we don't want the answers to. Important things.'

Ned Flanders

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Introduction[edit]

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

This Day in Skepticism ()[edit]

  • August 27, 2003: The world's biggest battery was connected to provide emergency power to Fairbanks, Alaska's second-largest city.

News Items ()[edit]

Earthquake in Virginia ()[edit]

Brand Loyalty ()[edit]

Who's That Noisy ()[edit]

  • Answer to last week: the video game Archon

Questions and Emails ()[edit]

Question #1 - Tin Foil and Credit Cards ()[edit]

atomsk359 christopher short got handed a creditcard after the woman unwraped it from tinfoil, stops people from reading it she said, plausible or nosible

Swindler's List: Functional Medicine ()[edit]

Functional Medicinehttp://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/28731977/detail.html

Science or Fiction ()[edit]

Item #1: Planetary scientists have produced a computer model that suggests that the early earth had two moons. Item #2: Scientists discover antibodies that may explain chronic symptoms that persist following Lyme disease. Item #3: New research supports the claims that some bacteria can feed off arsenic instead of phosphorous.

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()[edit]

'Science is like a blabbermouth that ruins the end of a movie. Well I say there are things we don't want the answers to. Important things.' Ned Flanders

Voice-over: The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is produced by SGU Productions, dedicated to promoting science and critical thinking. For more information on this and other episodes, please visit our website at www.theskepticsguide.org. You can also check out our other podcast, The SGU 5x5, as well as find links to our blogs and the SGU forums. For questions, suggestions, and other feedback, please use the "Contact Us" form on the website or send an email to info@theskepticsguide.org. If you enjoyed this episode, then please help us spread the word by leaving us a review on iTunes, Zune, or your portal of choice.

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