The Skeptics Guide #29 - Feb 8 2006

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 8 February 2006

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

News Items, Featured Website: Two sites on Science Myths, Feynman on Education and Textbooks, Your E-mail and Questions, Science or Fiction, Going Beyond Science?

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:07.3	Your escape to reality.
0:16.8	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:20.0	Today is Wednesday, February 8, 2006.
0:24.0	This is your host, Steven Novella, President of the New England Skeptical Society.
0:28.2	With me today are Bob Novella.
0:30.4	Hello.
0:31.6	Evan Bernstein.
0:33.2	Hello everyone.
0:34.4	Perry DeAngelis.
0:36.0	Right out.
0:37.0	And joining us again is Jane Novella.
0:39.4	I'm back, my brothers.
0:41.4	Hi Jane.
0:42.0	Welcome everyone.
0:43.6	Good evening.
0:44.8	Welcome.
0:45.8	So a couple of interesting news items this week.
0:48.7	Scientists have discovered the earliest ancestor of tyrannosaurus rex.
0:54.2	Tyrxes, obviously the most famous dinosaurs, the one that kids love.
1:00.4	So they found a T-rex ancestor, unearthed in China.
1:05.2	The Chinese have dubbed this species guanlong, which means crowned dragon.
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