The Skeptics Guide #274 - Oct 13 2010

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

Skepticism, Paranormal, Fringe-science, Psuedoscience, Skeptic, Science

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🗓️ 16 October 2010

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Ben Goldacre; News Items: Dark Matter Strangeness, Vaccine Case in Supreme Court, Gliese 581g Follow Up; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Magic Burgers; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:07.3	Your escape to reality.
0:11.0	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:13.3	Today is Wednesday, October 13, 2010, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:18.8	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:20.3	Hey everybody, Rebecca Watson.
0:22.5	Hello everyone.
0:24.1	And Jane Novella.
0:25.1	Yo.
0:26.1	Evan Bernstein is out of town so we have the night off.
0:29.3	In 1773 the world pool galaxy was discovered by Charles Messier.
0:33.4	Have you guys ever seen a picture of the world pool galaxy?
0:37.0	Yeah, yeah.
0:38.0	Yeah, it's awesome.
0:39.0	Nice year.
0:40.0	He came up with the naming conventions for astronomical objects, right?
0:43.5	Isn't there a catalog named after him?
0:45.2	Yeah, I guess that's not where the M comes from.
0:48.0	Galaxies and galaxy names.
0:50.1	Like M31.
0:51.1	I think yes.
0:52.5	Yes, Messier objects came up with the looking at deep sky objects.
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