The Skeptics Guide #356 - May 12 2012

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 12 May 2012

⏱️ 78 minutes

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This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Dinosaur Farts, Aura Reading, 48 Frames per Second, Baby Powder, Killing Bigfoot, TAM2012; Who's That Noisy ; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:06.4	Your escape to reality.
0:10.1	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:12.7	Today is Tuesday, May 8, 2012, and this is your host, Steven Nevella.
0:17.9	Joining me to speak our Bob Nevella.
0:19.7	Hey everybody, Rebecca Watson.
0:21.5	Hello everyone.
0:22.5	Jane Nevella, hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:25.6	Uh, did you do everyone?
0:27.0	Hey Evan.
0:28.0	How's everyone tonight?
0:29.2	We know we're all celebrating the 102nd birthday of Dorothy and Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin.
0:34.8	Sure, absolutely.
0:36.6	On May 12, 1910, Dorothy and Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin was born.
0:41.6	And in case you don't know who she was, allow me to give you a quick synopsis.
0:47.0	She was a chemist who won the Nobel Prize in 1964, and she's best known for discovering
0:52.2	three-dimensional bio-molecular structures.
0:55.9	In fact, she won the Nobel Prize for her discovery of vitamin B12, but she also figured out the
1:01.6	structures of penicillin and insulin.
1:05.0	And for insulin, she actually had to help develop the entire field of x-ray crystallography.
1:12.5	And she did it.
1:13.5	It was amazing.
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