The Skeptics Guide #379 - Oct 20 2012

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 20 October 2012

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Jamy Ian Swiss; This Day in Skepticism: Norman Borlaug; News Items: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, DNA Half Life, The Simulated Universe, Supersonic Jump, Geoglyph; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:06.5	You're escape to reality.
0:09.1	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:12.6	Today is Monday, October 15th, 2012, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:18.1	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.9	Hey everybody, Rebecca Watson.
0:21.9	Hello everyone.
0:22.9	Jane Novella.
0:23.9	Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:25.9	Oh, good evening my friends.
0:27.5	How are all of you?
0:28.5	Good, good.
0:29.5	Good evening, Robert.
0:30.5	Quite well.
0:31.5	So the day that this podcast goes out, October 20th, marks a very important date in science
0:38.9	history.
0:39.9	So in 1970, a scientist received the Nobel Peace Prize.
0:44.7	Can any of you guess who it was?
0:48.3	Scientists received the Nobel Peace Prize.
0:50.3	It was the lightest polling, right?
0:52.4	Nope.
0:53.4	You got the big prize.
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