- Date – December 13th 2011
- You can send in your cool Science Shoutout to hosts@skepticality.com
Skeptic History Notes
- Comet Kohoutek reach perihelion on December 28, 1973 and did not destroy the earth.
- When Prophecy Fails is Leon Festinger’s account of the failed doomsday prediction of December 21, 1954.
- Kitzmiller v. Dover was decided on December 20, 2005.
- Astrologer Evangeline Adams convinced a judge to rule in her favor via a reading about his son on Dec. 11, 1914.
- Geller v. Randi was finally decided on appeal December 9, 1994.
- The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ruled against Power Balance on December 22, 2010.
- Skeptic History facts are posted daily on social media find out where on this page at the Skeptools blog.
Show Content
- Michael Marshall of the Mercyside Skeptics.
- Manchester Skeptics.
- QED aims for a festival feel.
- Features Joe Nickell, D.J. Grothe and Richard Saunders.
- Sarah Angliss doing music with robots.
- Ticket prices are %10 cheaper than last year.
- Get all the details at http://www.qedcon.org/.
- Skeptic parents are always asking for books and other materials for kids
- Michael Rubino Artist, Writer, and Evolution Lover.
- His first book is ‘BANG! How We Came To Be‘.
- Used ideas from ‘The Ancestors Tale‘ by Richard Dawkins.
- See Michael’s cool artwork at his online gallery.
- Dr. Scott Hannahs the facility director for the national magnet laboratory.
- Magnet strength is measured in ‘Teslas‘.
- Gotta keep magnets very cold to get to superconductive properties.
- The Magnet Lab holds the record for the highest power magnet.
- Many researchers come to use the lab to publish scientific papers.
- You can see all published research papers on their website.
- Learn lots about magnets on their website with lessons.
- Dr. Hannahs specializes in Frustrated Spin Systems.
- Blood cells ‘can’ change their alignment, but it won’t hurt you.
- Haliburton attempted to sell scam magnetic oil business equipment.
- Cell Phones have no real way of causing cancer by all known science due to frequency.
- XKCD Comic did an item which showed that cancer causes cell phones.
- Research on cool magnetic launching for next-gen space flight.
- Looking for better, and cheaper mag-lev trains and vehicles.
- The 3rd Saturday in February the Magnet Lab does a free science expo and they do tours each month.
- The Richard Dawkins Foundation is giving away a trip to the Reason Rally.
- Learn all about the Reason Rally and why you should go.
- Our good friend, George Hrab, released one of my favorite Christmas Presents ever, a new song.
- Send in your own SCIENCE! shout out to hosts @ skepticality.com.