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== News Items ==
== News Items ==
=== Nobel Prize in Chemistry <small>(2:48)</small>===
=== Nobel Prize in Chemistry <small>(2:48)</small>===
* http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/year/?year=2012
* [http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/year/?year=2012 Nobel Prizes 2012]


=== DNA Half Life <small>(5:39)</small>===
=== DNA Half Life <small>(5:39)</small>===
* http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=dinos-dna-demise-genetic-material-512-year-half-life
* [http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=dinos-dna-demise-genetic-material-512-year-half-life Dinos' DNA Demise: Genetic Material Has a 521-Year Half-Life]


=== Simulated Universe <small>(12:15)</small>===
=== Simulated Universe <small>(12:15)</small>===
* http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429561/the-measurement-that-would-reveal-the-universe-as/
* [http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429561/the-measurement-that-would-reveal-the-universe-as/ The Measurement That Would Reveal The Universe As A Computer Simulation]


=== Supersonic Jump <small>(27:41)</small>===
=== Supersonic Jump <small>(27:41)</small>===
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19943590
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19943590 Skydiver Felix Baumgartner breaks sound barrier]


=== Russian Geoglyph <small>(36:10)</small>===
=== Russian Geoglyph <small>(36:10)</small>===
* http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49389775/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UHvrLMVX1SA
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49389775/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UHvrLMVX1SA Mysterious elk-shaped structure discovered in Russia]


== Who's That Noisy? <small>(41:38)</small>==
== Who's That Noisy? <small>(41:38)</small>==
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== Interview with Jamy Ian Swiss <small>(44:37)</small> ==
== Interview with Jamy Ian Swiss <small>(44:37)</small> ==
* http://www.jamyianswiss.com/index.htm
* [http://www.jamyianswiss.com/index.htm Jamy Ian Swiss]


== Science or Fiction <small>(1:02:15)</small> ==
== Science or Fiction <small>(1:02:15)</small> ==

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SGU Episode 379
20th October 2012
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SGU 378                      SGU 380

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

R: Rebecca Watson

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Guest

JIS: Jamy Ian Swiss

Quote of the Week

You can do magic with science, but you can't do science with magic." -

Erica Dunning (Brian Dunning's daughter)

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Introduction

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

This Day in Skepticism (0:31)

  • October 20, 1970: Norman Borlaug wins Nobel Peace prize for Green Revolution

News Items

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2:48)

DNA Half Life (5:39)

Simulated Universe (12:15)

Supersonic Jump (27:41)

Russian Geoglyph (36:10)

Who's That Noisy? (41:38)

  • Answer to last week: Hulda Clarke

Interview with Jamy Ian Swiss (44:37)

Science or Fiction (1:02:15)

S: Item number one. The 1926 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Johannes Fibiger for his discovery of "a cure for cancer." Item number two. The New York Times announced that the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics was to be shared by Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison, but they never received the award, it is rumored because neither man would consent to share the award with the other. And item number three. The 1949 Nobel Prize in Medicine was shared by Antonio Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz for the development of the frontal lobotomy.

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:15:07)

You can do magic with science, but you can't do science with magic.

Erica Dunning (Brian Dunning's daughter)

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