A Ration of Reason Podcast (a science podcast)
By Matt Johnson
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Podcast Description
Science Nature and Skepticism podcast
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CleanEp. 27: New Dwarf Planets, Newly Found Living Fossil, Sunspot Predictions | Three Potential New Dwarf Planets Discovered Near Pluto By Alasdair Wilkins Iio9.com - 'Fossil eel' squirms into the record books PhysOrg.com - Sunspot predictions now as accurate as your local weather report By Tim Barribeau io9.com | 8/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 26: Spacecraft Juno, Greek Myths, Benjamin Franklin Wasn’t A Big Jerk, Astronauts to Asteroids, Symphony Of Science | NASA launches spacecraft on 5-year trip to Jupiter Physorg.com - The huge rhino fossil that inspired Ancient Greek myths by Alasdair Wilkins io9.com - Tree DNA tests prove that Benjamin Franklin isn’t ruining the Gulf Coast by Alasdair Wilkins io9. | 8/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 25: Your Brain On Androids, Bird Grammar, Our Spinning Universe, Dino Body Temp, Zombified Cockroaches, Carl Sagan Music | This is your brain on androids by Kate Melville ScienceAGoGo.com - Birds are the first non-human animals to use grammar by Alasdair Wilkins i09.com - The Universe may have been born spinning. PhysOrg.com - Big dinos were about as warm as people, | 7/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 24: Cosmic Pluralism | Cosmic Pluralism: How Christianity briefly conquered the solar system by Alasdair Wilkins i09.com | 7/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 23: Starless Planets, The Supernova Sonata, Bacteria Make Rain, Earth’s Core Melts And Freezes, More Water Than We Though | Episode 23 - Astronomer discovers strange new planets that don’t orbit stars by Esther Inglis-Arkell io9.com - Supernova Sonata - Music of the (Exploding) Spheres YouTube.com - Bacteria make rain, bioprecipitation researchers say by Kate Melville | 5/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 22: Animal Myths, Shuttle Q&A, How Flies Land On Ceilings, Science of the Painfully Obvious | 8 Animal Myths Dispelled MisconceptionJunction.com - Why space shuttle fleet is retiring, what's next By SETH BORENSTEIN , AP Science Writer PhysOrg.com - How flies land on ceilings TodayIFoundOut.com - | 5/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 21: Comet Elenin, Early Electric Cars, Lake Superior Wolves, Smelly Medieval Europeans, Ivory Billed Woodpecker | Comet Elenin: Preview of a coming attraction PhysOrg.com - In 1899 Ninety Percent of New York City’s Taxi Cabs Were Electric Vehicles TodayIFoundOut.com - Why Bathing Was Uncommon in Medieval Europe TodayIFoundOut.com - Meet "Old Gray Guy, | 5/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 20: The Weirdest Animal Expert Who Ever Lived | The Weirdest Animal Expert Who Ever Lived by Alasdair Wilkins - i09.com | 4/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 19: Mystery Of The Rockies, Drilling Into The Mantle, Evolution Of The Human Hand, The Kessler Syndrome | Were the Rocky Mountains sucked out of the ground? by Alasdair Wilkins i09.com - Scientists plan to drill all the way down to the Earth's mantle PhysOrg.com - Stone tools shaped the evolution of our hands. by Alasdair Wilkins i09.com - | 3/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 18: Zombie Ants, Coconut Trees Attack, Stupid Survival Strategy, 22 Foot Long Worms | New parasitic fungi found that turn ants into zombies PhysOrg.com - When coconut trees attack . . . other trees by Annalee Newitz io9.com Why stupidity can be the smartest survival strategy by Alasdair Wilkins io9.com - | 3/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 17: Deadliest Plant Carnivore, Kuril Islanders, Ada Lovelace, World’s Oldest Water | Meet the fastest, deadliest carnivore in the plant kingdom by Alasdair Wilkins io9.com - Bladderwort Video: Bladderwort - How humanity survived for 8000 years on the most extreme islands on Earth by Alasdair Wilkins io9.com - In 1842, | 2/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 16: TNT Eating Sheep, 7 Scientific Accidents, Neurons, Phil Plait on Pole Shifts, Pliny The Elder | I had some difficulties with posting the mp3 file. Sorry if you had two Ep 16s show up. The second one is correct. The first one was missing the music track, doh! - Scientists are using sheep to decontaminate TNT-tainted land io9.com - | 2/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 15: Mammoths, Space Mission Tragedies, Biggest Extinction, Dark Matter, Coriolis Effect | Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia, and those who sacrifice for the stars by Phil Plait Bad Astronomy - Scientists aim to bring mammoth back to life PhysOrg.com - Researchers find smoking gun of world's biggest extinction PhysOrg.com - | 1/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 14: Ghost of Carl Sagan, 2500 year old beer recipe, Galaxy X, Shackleton’s whiskey found | Ghost of Carl Sagan, 2500 year old beer recipe, Galaxy X, Shackleton's Whiskey - Carl Sagan's Ghost roryandcraig of Youtube - Galaxy X by Alastair Wilkins io9.com - 2500 year old beer physorg.com - | 1/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 13.5: Glass domes on the moon – Richard C Hoagland | A POINT FIVE episode - Matt analyzes extraordinary claims - Richard C Hoagland's glass domes on the moon - Video Link | 1/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 13: Doomsday 2012 spaceships spotted? …Not! A brief history of our genus | Phil Plait examines the claim that alien spacecrafts are due to arrive in December 2012 - Alasdair Wilkins gives us a brief history of the Homo genus while examining the claim that 400,000 year old modern human teeth have been found in a cave in Israel. | 1/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 12: An Unsung Genius, Asteroid Fields, Visual Perception | Happy Holidays! - Consider writing a review on iTunes or send Matt feedback and let him know you're listening. Feedback - Ep. 12: An Unsung Genius, Asteroid Fields, Visual Perception - Show Notes | 12/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 11: Dung Twigs: A Holiday Tradition? How to Catch A Runaway Astronaut, Mega-Mammals | Consider writing a review on iTunes or send Matt feedback and let him know you're listening Feedback - Ep. 11: Dung Twigs: A Christmas Tradition? How to Catch A Runaway Astronaut, Mega-Mammals Show Notes | 12/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 10: An Astronomer With A Fake Nose And A Drunken Elk, Mono Lake’s Strange Bacteria, Cockroaches Won’t Survive A… | The crazy life and death of astronomer Tycho Brahe, Mono Lake's strange bacteria, cockroaches won't survive an extreme nuclear war - Show Notes | 12/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 9: Elegant Physics Of Cat Lapping, Carl Sagan And Nuking The Moon, A Squidworm? | Ep. 9: Elegant Physics Of Cat Lapping, Carl Sagan And Nuking The Moon, A Squidworm? - Show Notes | 11/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 8: A Few Dozen Lemmings On A Lazy Susan, Cats Have A Low Terminal Velocity, Microbes Battle With Poison-Tipped Swords, Wolf | If you enjoy the show please help promote it by sharing links on your favorite social website or by posting a review in iTunes. You can also send me feedback through rationofreason.com and share your thoughts. - Thank you, Matt Show Notes Ep. | 11/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 7: Narwhals, Berzerker Terror Bird, A Banana Equivalent Dose, Bubbles In The Milky Way | Ep. 7: Narwhals, Berzerker Terror Bird, A Banana Equivalent Dose, Bubbles In The Milky Way Support The Show - Get A Free Audiobook - Show Notes | 11/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 6: Ancient Aliens? Ancient Robot Pigeons! Turkey Alone Doesn’t Make You Drowsy | Ep. 6: Ancient Aliens? Ancient Robot Pigeons! Turkey Alone Doesn’t Make You Drowsy Support The Show - Get A Free Audiobook Show Notes | 11/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 5: Philosoraptor? Arctic Shipping Impacts, Dogs Go Round and Round, Dead Zone Predator | Ep. 5: Philosoraptor? Arctic Shipping Impacts, Dogs Go Round and Round, Dead Zone Predator - Show Notes | 10/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 4: Ostriches Don’t… Most Important Human Adaptation and One-Way Mars Missions | Ep. 4: Ostriches Don't... Most Important Human Adaptation and One-Way Mars Missions - Try Audible Now and Get A Free Audiobook Download with a 14 Day Trial. Choose from over 75,000 Titles. - Show Notes | 10/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 3: Why lobsters turn red when cooked, cooking up life may not require a soup recipe and societal evolution | Ep. 3: Why lobsters turn red when cooked, cooking up life may not require a soup recipe and societal evolution Show Notes | 10/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 2: Woodpecker Tongues, Turtles in Decline and Psychological myths | Ep. 2: Woodpecker Tongues, Turtles in Decline and Psychological myths - Limited Time Offer - Get Your First 3 Months at Audible.com for $7.49/month! Show Notes | 10/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEp. 1: Carl Sagan, Pistol Shrimp and HAARP | Ep. 1: Carl Sagan, Pistol Shrimp and HAARP Show Notes | 9/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 28 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
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