Skepticality
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Skepticality #140 - The Earth Moves - Guest: Dan Hofstadter
Eppur si Muove is Italian for "and yet it moves." ...
Eppur si Muove is Italian for "and yet it moves." These are perhaps the most famous words attributed to the Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher Galileo Galilei. While this quote makes for a dramatic climax to the story...
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Skepticality #139 - The Calculus Diaries - Guest: Jennifer Ouellette
In her new book, The Calculus Diaries: How Math Can ...
In her new book, The Calculus Diaries: How Math Can Help you Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse, author and science blogger Jennifer Ouellette reminds us that our stubborn resistance to calculus is not entirely rational,...
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Skepticality #138 - The Universe Verse - Guest: James Lu Dunbar
In keeping with a tradition of highlighting artists, illustrators and ...
In keeping with a tradition of highlighting artists, illustrators and film-makers who are bringing great stories of science to their genres, this week Skepticality is pleased to welcome James Lu Dunbar, author and illustrator of an educational series...
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Skepticality #137 - Packing for Mars - Interview: Mary Roach
Imagine you were talented enough, ambitious enough and lucky enough ...
Imagine you were talented enough, ambitious enough and lucky enough to be chosen to part of a manned mission to another planet. What you might see out there? What you might learn? And, what about going to the bathroom, taking a shower, eating,...
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Skepticality #136 - Voodoo History - Guest: David Aaronovitch
Historical precedent, eyewitnesses, academic experts — these are among the ...
Historical precedent, eyewitnesses, academic experts — these are among the tools that critical thinkers use to verify facts and give credibility to their arguments. And yet, misuse of these same principles provides the foundation for widely...
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Skepticality #135 - Team Skeptic TAM 8 Round Table - Guests: Daniel Loxton, Blake Smith, Tim Farley
This week after returning from The Amazing Meeting 8 - ...
This week after returning from The Amazing Meeting 8 - a conference celebrating skepticism and critical thinking sponsored by the James Randi Educational Foundation, Skepticality is pleased to host a round table discussion with a distinguished group...
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Skepticality #134 - The Price of Altruism - Guest: Oren Harman
From "survival of the fittest" to "the selfish gene," familiar ...
From "survival of the fittest" to "the selfish gene," familiar evolutionary themes advocate an amoral viewpoint that favors the individual. And yet, evolutionary biologists have uncovered countless examples of altruism in animals and humans — which...
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Skepticality #133 - The Arts and Sciences - Guests: George Hrab and Scott Sigler
Over the last five years Skepticality has been pleased to ...
Over the last five years Skepticality has been pleased to interview some of the world's most interesting and noteworthy skeptics and scientists and some of those skeptics and scientists are also gifted artists. This week Swoopy and Derek talk...
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George Hrab's Trebuchet (Full Album)
The new, full length album by George Hrab. Buy a ...
The new, full length album by George Hrab. Buy a physical copy at CDBaby, or download tracks on iTunes.
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Skepticality #132 - Decoding the Language of God - Interview: Dr. George C. Cunningham
This week on Skepticality, Swoopy talks with geneticist Dr. George ...
This week on Skepticality, Swoopy talks with geneticist Dr. George C. Cunningham, author of Decoding the Language of God: Can a Scientist Really Be a Believer? This book serves as a point-by-point rebuttal of the 2006 bestseller The Language of God: A...
