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Skeptics Guide #962

The Skeptics Guide To The Universe

Release Date: 12/16/2023

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The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #982 May 1st 2024 Segment #1. Quickie with Bob Horizontal Running https://phys.org/news/2024-05-horizontal-lunar-astronauts-retain-physical.html Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Vampire Facials https://apnews.com/article/vampire-facials-hiv-treatments-684681bebfc2c3458779fd5e29ac3c42 News Item #2 – Kava and Liver Toxicity https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/kava-and-liver-damage/ News Item #3 – Chiropractic Strokes...

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The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #981 April 24th 2024 Segment #1. Special Report John Oliver and UFOs https://theness.com/neurologicablog/ufos-and-sgu-on-john-oliver/ Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Voyager Fixed https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/after-months-of-sending-gibberish-to-nasa-voyager-1-is-finally-making-sense-again News Item #2 – NASAs New Solar Sail https://scitechdaily.com/liftoff-nasas-next-generation-solar-sail-boom-technology-launched/ News Item #3 – Bird Flu in Milk...

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The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #980 April 17th 2024 Segment #1. What’s the Word Anhedonia Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – New Scams https://wwhttps://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1165448073/voice-clones-ai-scams-ftcw.npr.org/2023/03/22/1165448073/voice-clones-ai-scams-ftc News Item #2 – Reconductoring https://theness.com/neurologicablog/reconductoring-our-electrical-grid/ News Item #3 – ISS Space Junk Crashed Through Home https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/16/24131804/nasa-confirms-iss-space-station-junk-crashed-into-florida-home News Item #4 – Zombie Cicadas...

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The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #979 April 7th 2024 Live from Dallas With special guest Dustin Bates from Starset https://starset.fandom.com/wiki/Dustin_Bates Segment #1. Science of Eclipses https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/nasa-research/ Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – AI Designed Drugs https://theness.com/neurologicablog/ai-designed-drugs/ News Item #2 – AI Music https://www.shootonline.com/spw/new-study-ai-music-production-pits-human-against-machine https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-ai-music-songwriting-tennessee-eb95c850f13fd78f9e65abce2ee45091...

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The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #978 April 2nd 2024 Segment #1. Quickie with Bob Silicon spikes https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/03/240326103936.htm Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Havana Syndrome https://theness.com/neurologicablog/what-to-make-of-havana-syndrome/ News Item #2 – Robo Taxis in NY https://www.popsci.com/technology/nyc-robotaxis-driverless/ News Item #3 – Rebellions and Cultural Memory chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w29182/w29182.pdf News Item #4 – Gravitational Waves...

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The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #977 March 27th 2024 Segment #1. Special Report Music AI - https://app.suno.ai/create/ Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Sweetened Drinks and Atrial Fibrillation https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/sweetened-drinks-and-risk-of-a-fib/ News Item #2 – One Degree https://phys.org/news/2024-03-difference-degree.html#google_vignette News Item #3 – Birth Control Misinformation https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/03/21/stopping-birth-control-misinformation/ News Item #4 – Iridology...

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The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #976 March 20th 2024 Segment #1. Quickie with Steve https://www.bbc.com/news/health-68609297 Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Starship’s Third Launch https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-third-test-flight-faa-investigation News Item #2 – Extinct Flu Virus https://www.livescience.com/health/flu/a-branch-of-the-flu-family-tree-has-died-and-wont-be-included-in-future-us-vaccines News Item #3 – Keeping Voyager 1 Going https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/03/finally-engineers-have-a-clue-that-could-help-them-save-voyager-1/ News Item #4...

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The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #975 March 13th 2024 Segment #1. Fraud Alert Tax Scams Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Pentagon UFO Report https://theness.com/neurologicablog/pentagon-report-no-ufos/ News Item #2 – Microplastic Risks https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00650-3 News Item #3 – Parasite Cleanse https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/parasite-cleanse/ News Item #4 – Gut Microbe Communication https://today.ucsd.edu/story/molecular-rosetta-stone-reveals-how-our-microbiome-talks-to-us News Item #5 – Interstellar Meteorite...

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The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #974 March 6th 2024 Segment #1. Quickie with Bob Finding new physics in debris from colliding neutron stars https://phys.org/news/2024-03-physics-debris-colliding-neutron-stars.html Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Sinking Cities https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/32-us-cities-including-new-york-and-san-francisco-are-sinking-into-the-ocean-and-face-major-flood-risks-by-2050-new-study-reveals News Item #2 – Hypervaccination https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/hypervaccination/ News Item #3 – Conspiracy Theorists and...

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Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – First Private Landing on the Moon https://theness.com/neurologicablog/odysseus-lands-on-the-moon/ News Item #2 – Sex Difference in the Brain https://news.yahoo.com/men-womens-brains-differently-scientists-204332939.html?guccounter=1 News Item #3 – Bee Venom for Breast Cancer https://www.cureus.com/articles/181839-bee-sting-venom-as-a-viable-therapy-for-breast-cancer-a-review-article#!/ News Item #4 – Learning Empathy https://neurosciencenews.com/empathy-learning-psychology-25657/ News Item #5 – Brightest Object...

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