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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.''


== This Day in Skepticism <small>()</small> ==
== This Day in Skepticism <small>(0:29)</small> ==
* 1712 - Newcomen Steam Engine
* 1712 - Newcomen Steam Engine


== News Items ==
== News Items ==
=== Water on The Moon and Mars <small>()</small>===
=== Water on The Moon and Mars <small>(5:51)</small>===
* http://www.space.com/16222-moon-water-ice-shackleton-crater.html http://phys.org/news/2012-06-extensive-mars-interior.html
* http://www.space.com/16222-moon-water-ice-shackleton-crater.html http://phys.org/news/2012-06-extensive-mars-interior.html


=== Swiss Report on Homeopathy <small>()</small>===
=== Swiss Report on Homeopathy <small>(13:59)</small>===
* http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/
* http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/


=== Twisted Light <small>()</small>===
=== Twisted Light <small>(25:56)</small>===
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18551284
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18551284


=== Embodied Cognition <small>()</small>===
=== Embodied Cognition <small>(32:17)</small>===
* http://io9.com/5921682/what-finger+counting-says-about-you-and-your-brain
* http://io9.com/5921682/what-finger+counting-says-about-you-and-your-brain


== Who's That Noisy? <small>()</small>==
== Who's That Noisy? <small>(41:23)</small>==
''Answer to last week: gamma ray burst''
''Answer to last week: gamma ray burst''


== News Update - Causeway Cannibal <small>()</small>==
== News Update - Causeway Cannibal <small>(44:17)</small>==
* http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/causeway-killer-mystery/
* http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/causeway-killer-mystery/


== Interview with Jann Bellamy <small>()</small> ==
== Interview with Jann Bellamy <small>(46:45)</small> ==
* [http://www.sciencebasedhealthcare.org Campaign for Science-Based Healthcare]
* [http://www.sciencebasedhealthcare.org Campaign for Science-Based Healthcare]
* [mailto:jbellamy@sciencebasedhealthcare.org jbellamy@sciencebasedhealthcare.org]
* [mailto:jbellamy@sciencebasedhealthcare.org jbellamy@sciencebasedhealthcare.org]
* http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19350-wireless_waste.html
* http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19350-wireless_waste.html


== Science or Fiction <small>()</small> ==
== Science or Fiction <small>(1:01:12)</small> ==


[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120626114322.htm Item number one].  An international team of scientists have discovered that super-sized space tornadoes may explain why the sun's atmosphere is much hotter than its surface.  [http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/astronomers-spy-two-planets-in-tight-quarters-as-they-orbit-a-distant-star/ Item number two].  Astronomers have detected what they believe to be the first trinary planetary system - three exoplanets sharing the same orbit.  And [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-06/uot-ite062512.php item number three].  Astronomers have developed a new method for both accurately weighing exoplanets and detecting the composition of their atmosphere, even those that are non-transiting.  
[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120626114322.htm Item number one].  An international team of scientists have discovered that super-sized space tornadoes may explain why the sun's atmosphere is much hotter than its surface.  [http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/astronomers-spy-two-planets-in-tight-quarters-as-they-orbit-a-distant-star/ Item number two].  Astronomers have detected what they believe to be the first trinary planetary system - three exoplanets sharing the same orbit.  And [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-06/uot-ite062512.php item number three].  Astronomers have developed a new method for both accurately weighing exoplanets and detecting the composition of their atmosphere, even those that are non-transiting.  


== Skeptical Quote of the Week <small>()</small> ==
== Skeptical Quote of the Week <small>(1:16:48)</small> ==
<blockquote>I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.</blockquote>
<blockquote>I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.</blockquote>


J: Prof. Stephen Hawking!
J: Prof. Stephen Hawking!


== Announcements <small>()</small> ==
== Announcements <small>(1:17:30)</small> ==


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Introduction

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

This Day in Skepticism (0:29)

  • 1712 - Newcomen Steam Engine

News Items

Water on The Moon and Mars (5:51)

Swiss Report on Homeopathy (13:59)

Twisted Light (25:56)

Embodied Cognition (32:17)

Who's That Noisy? (41:23)

Answer to last week: gamma ray burst

News Update - Causeway Cannibal (44:17)

Interview with Jann Bellamy (46:45)

Science or Fiction (1:01:12)

Item number one. An international team of scientists have discovered that super-sized space tornadoes may explain why the sun's atmosphere is much hotter than its surface. Item number two. Astronomers have detected what they believe to be the first trinary planetary system - three exoplanets sharing the same orbit. And item number three. Astronomers have developed a new method for both accurately weighing exoplanets and detecting the composition of their atmosphere, even those that are non-transiting.

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:16:48)

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

J: Prof. Stephen Hawking!

Announcements (1:17:30)

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