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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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May 18, 2024 • 0sec

The Skeptics Guide #984 - May 18 2024

Updates on Steorn Free Energy and AI advancements; Unprecedented heat in Summer 2023; Combating online misinformation; Training robots with language models; Controversy of Nong Nice, alleged Buddha reincarnation; Animal sounds guessing; 1000th episode celebration plans; Lithium and copper debate for green transition; Advantages of lithium-iron batteries and Alan Sandage's contributions to cosmology.
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May 11, 2024 • 0sec

The Skeptics Guide #983 - May 11 2024

Interview with skeptic Robert Bartholomew on topics like electric propulsion, programmable living matter, and fighting Holocaust denial. They also discuss anger management, deep fakes for emotional healing, Havana Syndrome controversy, and myths about animal eyes.
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May 4, 2024 • 0sec

The Skeptics Guide #982 - May 4 2024

Topics discussed include vampire facials and the dangers of unsanitary spa practices, the controversy of Kava and liver toxicity, risks of chiropractic strokes, merging lifeforms through endosymbiosis, and the challenges of rocket stage recovery for reusability. The episode also features a science or fiction segment and a fun guessing game involving the sound of nature.
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Apr 27, 2024 • 0sec

The Skeptics Guide #981 - Apr 27 2024

Comedian John Oliver discusses UFOs with a critical analysis debunking false equivalency in UFO investigations. Topics include Voyager 1's repair, NASA's solar sail, bird flu protection for turkeys, dark energy evolution, after-death communications, and the mystery of Havana Syndrome. The podcast also explores embracing failure as a learning tool.
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Apr 20, 2024 • 0sec

The Skeptics Guide #980 - Apr 20 2024

Topics include voice mimicry scams, innovative power line materials, strange space debris, zombie cicadas, wellness center tragedy, guessing game on mysterious noises, unique babakato lemurs, Chicago event update, and a climate change fiction game.
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Apr 12, 2024 • 0sec

The Skeptics Guide #979 - Apr 13 2024

Live from Dallas, Dustin Bates of Starset talks about their immersive sci-fi themed tour and novel release. AI designing drugs, music getting simpler, aphantasia spectrum, and battling adverse weather for celestial events are discussed. AI in music creation, the evolving music industry, and the challenges of content creation in social media are explored. From AI impacting art to the intersection of AI and music, the podcast covers a wide range of engaging topics.
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Apr 6, 2024 • 0sec

The Skeptics Guide #978 - Apr 6 2024

Guest Rogue Andrea Jones Roy joins the hosts to discuss Havana Syndrome, Robo Taxis in New York, cultural rebellions tied to eclipses, gravitational waves and human life connections, and the evolution of gullibility. The episode also features 'Who's That Noisy' and 'Science or Fiction' segments.
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Mar 30, 2024 • 0sec

The Skeptics Guide #977 - Mar 30 2024

AI-generated music and ethical considerations, climate change impact on snowpack in boreal forests, unraveling the pseudoscience of iridology, exploration of aerodology pseudoscience, discussion on phrenology and podcast milestones, the legend of Mel's Hole, coping strategies in challenging circumstances, technological advancements in solar and battery technologies, promoting humility in knowledge
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Mar 23, 2024 • 0sec

The Skeptics Guide #976 - Mar 23 2024

Interview with Dante Lauretta of the Osiris Rex mission, treating HIV with CRISPR, Starship's third launch, extinct flu virus, Voyager 1's glitches, death by exorcism, increasing energy demand, fighting lions, asteroids sampling, organic diversity, collaborations in science, innovative wood construction, dealing with bad science and pseudoscience
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Mar 16, 2024 • 0sec

The Skeptics Guide #975 - Mar 16 2024

Exploring tax scams, Pentagon UFO report, microplastic risks, parasite cleanse, gut microbe communication, interstellar meteorite findings. Mystery noise identified as manualist trick, evolution of pronouns 'thou' to 'you', mock effect drive, lion strength comparisons.

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