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== News Items ==
== News Items ==
=== Sun Myung Moon Dies <small>()</small>===
=== Sun Myung Moon Dies <small>()</small>===
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Myung_Moon Wikipedia: Sun Myung Moon]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Myung_Moon Wikipedia: Sun Myung Moon]


=== Company Apologizes for Thalidomide <small>()</small>===
=== Company Apologizes for Thalidomide <small>()</small>===
* [http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/09/01/thalidomide-apology.html Thalidomide maker apologizes 50 years after drug pulled]
[http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/09/01/thalidomide-apology.html CBC news: Thalidomide maker apologizes 50 years after drug pulled]


=== Super WiFi <small>()</small> ===
=== Super WiFi <small>()</small> ===
* [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hpxSQZWcdqlrE_YJ81yuFCcfNBkw?docId=CNG.2a44f2fb3ae0a208ff5becf0d944b3a5.171 'Super Wi-Fi' poised for growth in US, elsewhere]
[http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hpxSQZWcdqlrE_YJ81yuFCcfNBkw?docId=CNG.2a44f2fb3ae0a208ff5becf0d944b3a5.171 AFP: 'Super Wi-Fi' poised for growth in US, elsewhere]


=== Calorie Restriction and Longevity <small>()</small> ===
=== Calorie Restriction and Longevity <small>()</small> ===
* [http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2012/08/calorie_restriction_and_longevity_monkey_study_shows_hunger_doesn_t_increase_longevity_but_type_of_food_does_.html Will Starving Yourself Help You Live Longer?]
[http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2012/08/calorie_restriction_and_longevity_monkey_study_shows_hunger_doesn_t_increase_longevity_but_type_of_food_does_.html Slate: Will Starving Yourself Help You Live Longer?]


== Special Report <small>()</small> ==
== Special Report <small>()</small> ==

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Introduction

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

This Day in Skepticism ()

  • September 15, 1929: Birthday of physicist Murray Gell-Mann; Alexander Flemming discovers penicillin in 1928

News Items

Sun Myung Moon Dies ()

Wikipedia: Sun Myung Moon

Company Apologizes for Thalidomide ()

CBC news: Thalidomide maker apologizes 50 years after drug pulled

Super WiFi ()

AFP: 'Super Wi-Fi' poised for growth in US, elsewhere

Calorie Restriction and Longevity ()

Slate: Will Starving Yourself Help You Live Longer?

Special Report ()

Skeptical 12-Step Program with George Hrab

Science or Fiction ()

Item #1: A new study has shown that carbon nanotubes can kill some species of aquatic organisms. Item #2: Studies show waste produced by coal plants is more radioactive than waste generated by their nuclear counterparts. Item #3: Studies show that the death of two men suffering from tick bites are the result of having contracted Rinderpest, a virus once thought eradicated over a decade ago.

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.

Edward O. Wilson

Announcements ()

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References


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