The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Live from Tucson with special guest George Hrab; Topics include toughest metal, eyewear from coffee grounds, water worlds, psychic fraud, cancelling celebrities, finding a therapist, and exploring Arizona's natural wonders.

Topics discussed in the podcast include the release of Fukushima's radioactive water, the impact of online gaming on mental health, Russia's lunar probe launch, debunking misconceptions about gender-affirming surgeries, interesting facts about proteins, beliefs about professional wrestling and the moon landing, and a discussion about a groundbreaking Netflix interview show.

Topics discussed in the podcast include deep space network, identifying misinformation, regret and gender affirming care, localizing hidden consciousness, ice baths, metazoan correction, science or fiction. They also talk about the devastating fire in Hawaii, young Canadians' attitudes towards science, the erosion of public confidence in science, the financial burden on teachers, cognitive motor dissociation, the influence of influencers, a mysterious noise, snapping shrimp, medieval gestures, a TV show, and the discomfort of perplexity.

5-10 Year: Loch Ness; News Items: Depression Does Not Cause Cancer, Hidden Undersea World, AI vs Robo Calls, Cement Supercapacitor; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: More on EVs, RFK Jr on Tik Tok; Science or Fiction

What's the Word: Mereology; News Items: Glass Coated DNA, How Deadly in Heat, Australian Psychics, Speech Deepfake,s; Special Report: Electric Vehicle Myths; Quickie with Bob: Heaviest Animal; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Quickie With Steve: Another Alzheimer Drug; News Items: Can AI Learn Like Humans, Room Temperature Superconductor, A Galaxy Without Dark Matter, Men Convicted for Mineral Solution; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Talent vs Skill; Science or Fiction

News Items: Early Woodworking, Genetic Engineering to Fight Malaria, How We Determine What's True, Killing Bacteria, Nanopatch Pseudoscience; Your Questions and E-mails: Fishercat vs Red Fox, Thorium Reactors; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Special Guests: George Hrab and Andrea Jones Roy; Dumbest Thing of the Week: Meteors and Alien Craft; News Items: Leqembi for Alzheimer's, Jeffrey Epstein Not Murdered, When Will Betelgeuse Explode, Can AI Solve Math Problems; Science or Fiction

Quickie with Bob: The Impossible Planet; News Items: Activity Late in Life, Hominid Cannibals, Aspartame and Cancer, FAA Approves Flying Car, Neutrino Image of Galaxy; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Homelessness, Titan Failure, Canadian Forests; Science or Fiction

What's The Word: Decussate; News Items: Ripples in Spacetime, Mars Simulation, Multimillion Dollar Psychic Scam, Who Is Most Susceptible to Misinformation, Malaria in Flroida; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Existential Dread; Science or Fiction