SGU Episode 179
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| SGU Episode 179 |
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| December 23rd 2008 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
R: Rebecca Watson |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Quote of the Week |
“The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.” |
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| Forum Discussion |
Introduction[edit]
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
News Items ()[edit]
Jeremy Piven’s Mercury Poisoning ()[edit]
- http://www.momlogic.com/2008/12/jeremy_piven_abandons_broadway.php
http://www.nature.com/ncpgasthep/journal/v5/n4/full/ncpgasthep1067.html
What’s the Harm ()[edit]
- Father Convicted for CAM Abuse
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/fathers-mannatech-mania-hurts-girl/2008/12/16/1229189611237.html
LA Wins Suit Against Airborne
http://laist.com/2008/12/16/california_sues_wins_airborne_doesn.php
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24755186-1702,00.html?from=public_rss
Chinese Face Transplant Recipient Dies After Rejecting Drugs in Favor of Herbs
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24829166-23109,00.html
Man Dies from Foot Infection
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Healer_dies_after_letting_cut_foot_rot&in_article_id=405720&in_page_id=34
Da Vinci Sketches Revealed ()[edit]
Medium Experiments Follow up ()[edit]
Questions and E-mails ()[edit]
Question #1 ET Life ()[edit]
We frequently hear from scientists that life on other planets would require the presence of water or carbon or a particular range in temperature. This may be true if they are looking for life as we find it on Earth. But is this a parochial bias? Are there reasons why life, which would require molecules with the ability to replicate themselves, cannot be fundamentally differently organized from what we find locally, and exist in radically different conditions?
Daniel Robbins
New York City
Question #2 Winter Myths ()[edit]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7789302.stm
Hi,
This news article talks about commonly held beliefs which the study says are wrong. I wondered if you had seen it and what your thoughts on it were.
Regards
Sion Hughes
UK
Science or Fiction ()[edit]
Item #1: In a recent study researchers find that the children of first cousins have an overall lower risk of genetic disease than the general population. Item #2: Researchers have developed a new kind of laser from a device one-tenth the thickness of a human hair. Item #3: Scientists have documented a case of a blind man who can flawlessly navigate an obstacle course without relying upon any other senses.
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()[edit]
“The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.”- Leonardo da Vinci
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