The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is a weekly science podcast discussing the latest science news, critical thinking, bad science, conspiracies and controversies. -The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: Your escape to reality - Produced by SGU Productions, LLC: https://www.theskepticsguide.org

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The Skeptics Guide #926 - Apr 8 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

04/08/23 • 6 min

Quickie with Bob: Quantum Random Numbers; News Items: Treating Infections Without Antibiotics, The Science of Clogging, New Kind of Black Hole, First Cell Phone; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Feedback on AI; Science or Fiction

4 Listeners

The Skeptics Guide #985 - May 25 2024

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

05/25/24 • 50 min

What's the Word: Zooxanthellae; News Items: Blue Origin Update, Human Predator, Escaped GMOs, Solar Storm, Crypto Astrology; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: AI; Science or Fiction

3 Listeners

The Skeptics Guide #956 - Nov 4 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

11/04/23 • 60 min

Special Guest: Christian Hubicki; DragonCon Panels: Skepticism and Gaming, Government Coverup of UAPs, Generation Ships; News Items: Augmented Reality Social Reaction, How Stars Become Magnetars, Recent Mission to the Moon, Different Types of Mass; Special Report: Global Warming Policy; Science or Fiction

3 Listeners

The Skeptics Guide #1004 - Oct 5 2024

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

10/05/24 • 1 min

Check out Surfshark https://surfshark.com/sgu, Quickie with Bob: Lunar Mantle Partially Molten; News Items: Heart Function in Space, Schizophrenia Drug, Wood Vaulting, AI Finds Nazca Lines, LISA Gravitational Telescope; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Religious Skepticism; Science or Fiction

3 Listeners

The Skeptics Guide #933 - May 27 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

05/27/23 • 1 min

Live Recording with special guest George Hrab; Quickie with Cara: New York is Sinking; News Items: Fourth Meal, Artemis Update, Making Fuel from Sunlight, Most Dangerous Toy, The Science of Reading, Urban Evolution; AI Voice Simulator, Science or Fiction

2 Listeners

The Skeptics Guide #960 - Dec 2 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

12/02/23 • 45 min

News Items: Internet Use and Mental Health, Methane Capture, Bitter Revenge, Underground Microbes, PopSci Magazine Closes; Quickie with Steve: LK-99 Debunked; Who's That Noisy, Question and E-mails: Dr. GPT; Science or Fiction

2 Listeners

The Skeptics Guide #957 - Nov 11 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

11/11/23 • 69 min

Interview with James Burke; Dumbest Thing of the Week; News Items: ESA Plans Space Capsule, Oldest Evidence of Projective Weapons, Vaccine for Cocaine Addiction, Ancient Planet Buried in Earth's Mantle, Bankman-Fried Guilty; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

2 Listeners

The Skeptics Guide #1010 - Nov 16 2024

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

11/16/24 • 35 min

Interview with Michael Mann; Quickie with Evan: Banning Magic; News Items: Armed Police in Schools, Training Surgical Robots, New Imaging Technique, Physician Misinformation; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Follow Up Mid-Atlantic Accent; Science or Fiction

2 Listeners

The Skeptics Guide #952 - Oct 4 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

10/07/23 • 103 min

Interview with Physicist Lars Martin; News Items: Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Physics; Radio Telescope on the Moon; FEMA Alert Conspiracy; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Red Dye and ADHD; Science or Fiction

2 Listeners

The Skeptics Guide #966 - Jan 13 2024

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

01/13/24 • 98 min

Dumbest Thing of the Week; News Items: Dual Sympathetic Response, Peregrine Moon Mission, Solar Eclipse, Boy Beats Tetris; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Dimensional Weight; Science or Fiction

2 Listeners

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