The Skeptic Wire Episode 069

What this episode covers

00:04:48 Birthday 00:12:45 Curiosity gets to Mars on Sunday at 10:30PM Pacific Daylight Time Seven Minutes of Terror http://youtu.be/Ki_Af_o9Q9s Watch it on NASA http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html 00:16:45 WOT Website of the Week: get the plugin here: http://www.mywot.com/ rate as you see it (we dislike this one): http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/saynotovaccines.org 00:21:28 Gore Vidal dies 00:24:00 Olympic athlete sexual objectification Zoe Smith, weightlifter, calls out the trolls 00:32:00 People view men as whole and women as parts http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120725150215.htm 00:39:28 Ancient sex in Africa http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2018783144_humans27.html 00:51:05 Sex before sports does not hurt sports performance 00:59:35 Lightning Round 01:09:00 Algebra should not be taught in school http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/opinion/sunday/is-algebra-necessary.html CDC Vaccine link http://www.cdc.gov/Features/AdultVaccines/ And the dogs do their best to match feats of past canine Olympiads, but are unable to match the record for Times Gone Through the Dog Door While Recording. Maybe next week. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: [email protected] Subscribe via Feedburner http://feeds.feedburner.com/SkepticWire Friend us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SkepticWire Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 Check out the music on Soundcloud http://www.soundcloud.com/skepticwire ...leave a review, if you are so inclined!

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