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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
''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>(1:28)</small> ==
November 3, 1957    Sputnik 2 launched
November 3, 1957    Sputnik 2 launched


== In Memorium <small>()</small>==
== In Memorium ==
* Paul Kurtz    1925-2012
=== Paul Kurtz <small>(3:45)</small> ===
* Leon Jaroff     1926-2012
* 1925-2012
 
=== Leon Jaroff <small>(7:34)</small> ===
* 1926-2012


== News Items ==
== News Items ==
=== Big Bang Conference at CERN <small>()</small>===
=== Big Bang Conference at CERN <small>(9:31)</small>===
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19870036
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19870036


=== Italian Earthquake Scientists Convicted <small>()</small>===
=== Italian Earthquake Scientists Convicted <small>(14:57)</small>===
* http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/22/us-italy-earthquake-court-idUSBRE89L13V20121022
* http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/22/us-italy-earthquake-court-idUSBRE89L13V20121022


=== Whale Makes Human Sounds <small>()</small>===
=== Whale Makes Human Sounds <small>(21:35)</small>===
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20026938
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20026938


=== PANDAS Controversy ===
=== PANDAS Controversy <small>(26:18)</small>===
* http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/a-pandas-story/
* http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/a-pandas-story/


=== Reporting Ghost Stories <small>()</small>===
=== Reporting Ghost Stories <small>(39:44)</small>===
* pnd
* pnd


== Live Q&A <small>()</small> ==
== Live Q&A <small>(51:06)</small> ==
* Questions from the CSICon audience
* Questions from the CSICon audience


== Science or Fiction <small>()</small> ==
== Science or Fiction <small>(55:19)</small> ==


S: Item number one.  A new study finds that astronauts who spent more than one month in microgravity have a 35% increased risk of heart attacks and strokes.  Item number two.  Scientists have discovered the first feathered dinosaur in the western hemisphere, and also adds another dinosaur group known to have feathers.  And item number three.  Researchers find that, at the molecular level, evolutionary changes can be highly predictable.
S: Item number one.  A new study finds that astronauts who spent more than one month in microgravity have a 35% increased risk of heart attacks and strokes.  Item number two.  Scientists have discovered the first feathered dinosaur in the western hemisphere, and also adds another dinosaur group known to have feathers.  And item number three.  Researchers find that, at the molecular level, evolutionary changes can be highly predictable.


== Skeptical Quote of the Week <small>()</small> ==
== Skeptical Quote of the Week <small>(1:08:11)</small> ==
<blockquote>Skepticism is essential to the quest for knowledge, for it is in the seedbed of puzzlement that genuine inquiry takes root. Without skepticism, we may remain mired in unexamined belief systems that are accepted as sacrosanct yet have no factual basis in reality.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Skepticism is essential to the quest for knowledge, for it is in the seedbed of puzzlement that genuine inquiry takes root. Without skepticism, we may remain mired in unexamined belief systems that are accepted as sacrosanct yet have no factual basis in reality.</blockquote>
J: Paul Kurtz!
J: Paul Kurtz!
== Announcements <small>()</small> ==


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SGU Episode 381
3rd November 2012
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SGU 380                      SGU 382

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

R: Rebecca Watson

J: Jay Novella

E: Evan Bernstein

Quote of the Week

Skepticism is essential to the quest for knowledge, for it is in the seedbed of puzzlement that genuine inquiry takes root. Without skepticism, we may remain mired in unexamined belief systems that are accepted as sacrosanct yet have no factual basis in reality.

Paul Kurtz

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Introduction

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

This Day in Skepticism (1:28)

November 3, 1957 Sputnik 2 launched

In Memorium

Paul Kurtz (3:45)

  • 1925-2012

Leon Jaroff (7:34)

  • 1926-2012

News Items

Big Bang Conference at CERN (9:31)

Italian Earthquake Scientists Convicted (14:57)

Whale Makes Human Sounds (21:35)

PANDAS Controversy (26:18)

Reporting Ghost Stories (39:44)

  • pnd

Live Q&A (51:06)

  • Questions from the CSICon audience

Science or Fiction (55:19)

S: Item number one. A new study finds that astronauts who spent more than one month in microgravity have a 35% increased risk of heart attacks and strokes. Item number two. Scientists have discovered the first feathered dinosaur in the western hemisphere, and also adds another dinosaur group known to have feathers. And item number three. Researchers find that, at the molecular level, evolutionary changes can be highly predictable.

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:08:11)

Skepticism is essential to the quest for knowledge, for it is in the seedbed of puzzlement that genuine inquiry takes root. Without skepticism, we may remain mired in unexamined belief systems that are accepted as sacrosanct yet have no factual basis in reality.

J: Paul Kurtz!

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