Summary: <p><span class="caps">ENCORE</span> “I feel your vibe!” Well, that describes a number of fabled locales that claim to pulse with mysterious energy – perhaps prompting books to fly across the room or airplanes to vanish into thin air. But what’s the science behind it?</p> <p>We examine spots marked with an X, for “extraordinary” – from a haunted house to the Bermuda Triangle – to sort out natural from supernatural phenomena.</p> <p>Plus, what causes the aurora borealis… a haywire Russian space probe… and just what the heck is an “energy vortex,” anyway? </p> <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html"> Phil Plait</a></strong> – Skeptic and keeper of Discover Magazine’s blog: <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/">badastronomy</a> </li> <li> <strong>Mike Borg</strong> – Group Sales Coordinator, <a href="http://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/%20">Winchester Mystery House</a> </li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.cfiwest.org/contact.htm">Jim Underdown</a></strong> – Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, Los Angeles</li> <li> <strong>Peter Williams</strong> – Hydrodynamicist at <a href="http://www.agilent.com">Agilent Technologies</a> </li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.guypharrison.com/">Guy P. Harrison</a></strong> – Writer and business owner in Southern California, author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616144955/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616144955">50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1616144955" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style=""></i> </li> <li> <strong>Rob Lillis</strong> – Space and Planetary Physicist, <a href="http://www.ssl.berkeley.edu/index.php">Space Sciences Laboratory</a>, University of California, Berkeley</li> </ul><p><strong><a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-revision-esceptica-vertice-de-energia/">Descripción en español</a></strong></p> <p>First released January 25, 2012</p>
