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''You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.'' | ''You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.'' | ||
S: Hello and welcome to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. Today is Wednesday, February 6, 2013, and this is your host Steven Novello. Joining this week are Bob Novella, | |||
B: Hey, everybody. | |||
S: Rebecca Watson, | |||
R: Hello, everyone. | |||
S: And Evan Bernstein. | |||
E: Hello, my friends, how are you? | |||
S: Good. How are you, Evan? | |||
E: I'm doing fine, thank you. | |||
S: Jay is conspicuously absent this week. Jay and his wife, just a couple of days ago had their first child. | |||
E: Yay! | |||
R: Slacker. | |||
B: Baby Dylan. | |||
R: You gonna let a baby get in the way of SGU, come on. | |||
S: He's gotta get his priorities straight. | |||
R: Yeah. | |||
S: So Jay is busy ''not'' sleeping, and taking care of his wife and newborn. | |||
E: Yeah, well. | |||
R: . . . poop. | |||
E: He had to know that was coming. | |||
B: He's been practicing for that for years. | |||
R: I wonder if the baby will have Jay's unique abilities to pee. | |||
''(laughter)'' | |||
R: Long distances. | |||
E: Reference from two Dragon Cons ago. | |||
S: We'll have to see. | |||
== This Day in Skepticism <small>(1:07)</small> == | |||
February 9, 1949 | |||
The first Department of Space Medicine in the world was established at the United States Air Force School of Aviation Medicine at Randolph Field, Texas, and Dr. Hubertus Strughold subsequently became the first professor of Space Medicine. | |||
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== News Items == | == News Items == | ||
=== Russian Lake Monster <small>()</small>=== | === Russian Lake Monster <small>()</small>=== |
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Skeptical Rogues |
S: Steven Novella |
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J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
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GH: George Hrab |
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
S: Hello and welcome to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. Today is Wednesday, February 6, 2013, and this is your host Steven Novello. Joining this week are Bob Novella,
B: Hey, everybody.
S: Rebecca Watson,
R: Hello, everyone.
S: And Evan Bernstein.
E: Hello, my friends, how are you?
S: Good. How are you, Evan?
E: I'm doing fine, thank you.
S: Jay is conspicuously absent this week. Jay and his wife, just a couple of days ago had their first child.
E: Yay!
R: Slacker.
B: Baby Dylan.
R: You gonna let a baby get in the way of SGU, come on.
S: He's gotta get his priorities straight.
R: Yeah.
S: So Jay is busy not sleeping, and taking care of his wife and newborn.
E: Yeah, well.
R: . . . poop.
E: He had to know that was coming.
B: He's been practicing for that for years.
R: I wonder if the baby will have Jay's unique abilities to pee.
(laughter)
R: Long distances.
E: Reference from two Dragon Cons ago.
S: We'll have to see.
This Day in Skepticism (1:07)
February 9, 1949 The first Department of Space Medicine in the world was established at the United States Air Force School of Aviation Medicine at Randolph Field, Texas, and Dr. Hubertus Strughold subsequently became the first professor of Space Medicine.
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News Items
Russian Lake Monster ()
LiveScience: Reports Surface of Monster Lurking in Russian Lake
Bones of Richard III ()
BBC News: Richard III dig: DNA confirms bones are king's
Scientific Genius ()
Scientific American: Is the age of scientific genius over?
Without Fear ()
The Raw Story: Fearless brain-damaged patients are terrified of suffocation
Feathered Dinosaurs ()
Neurologica Blog: Transition Denial and Feathered Dinosaurs
Who's That Noisy? ()
Answer to last week: Carl Sagan, Cosmos
Questions and Emails ()
Question 1: Tuesday Boy ()
Follow up to WTN from last week
Interview with George Hrab ()
Quick chat about NECSS 2013 - http://www.necss.com
Science or Fiction ()
Item #1: A new systematic review concludes that CT scans in young patients may pose a greater increased risk of cancer than the diagnostic benefits they provide. Item #2: New research shows that people have greater happiness and sense of well being as they age, regardless of when they were born. Item #3: A recent review of research involving 122 personality characteristics finds no significant difference in male and female profiles.
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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