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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novellawww.theskepticsguide.org
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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Episodes

The Skeptics Guide #507 - Mar 28 2015

Interview with Chris Patil of Mars One; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Women of ENIAC; News Items: Titius-Bode Law and Exoplanets, Largest Asteroid Impact, Gold from Crap, FDA and Homeopathy; Your Questions and E-mails: Composting Follow Up; Dumbest Thing of the Week: Ted Cruz; Science or Fiction

Mar 28, 2015

The Skeptics Guide #506 - Mar 21 2015

Special Guest: Richard Saunders; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Irene Joliot-Curie; News Items: Australia Pans Homeopathy, NYT and Wearable Tech, LHC Computer Grid, Naturopathy; Your Questions and E-mails: Composting; Dumbest Thing of the Week; Science or Fiction

Mar 21, 2015

The Skeptics Guide #505 - Mar 14 2015

Interview with Kevin Folta; Interview with Marc Randazza-Libel Reform; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Emmy Noether; News Items: Bright Spots on Ceres, Clinical Science, Gravity Lensing, Edison's Plans to Record the Dead; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Mar 14, 2015

The Skeptics Guide #504 - Mar 7 2015

Guest Rogue: Alan Melikdjanian aka Captain Disillusion; Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Oswald Avery; News Items: Dress Color Hubbub, Ranking Websites by Factual Accuracy, Reverse Eyeball Evolution, Dawn at Ceres; Who's That Noisy; Dumbest Thing of the Week; Science or Fiction

Mar 07, 2015

The Skeptics Guide #503 - Feb 28 2015

Interview with Timothy Caulfield; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Mary Anning; News Items: Marijuana Safety, Phantom Acupuncture, Liberal and Conservative Biases, Bladderwort Genome; Who's That Noisy; Dumbest Thing of the Week; Science or Fiction

Feb 28, 2015

The Skeptics Guide #502 - Feb 21 2015

Guest Rogue: Jennifer Dixon; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Katherine Johnson; News Items: Mammals vs Dinosaurs, Scott Adams on Science, METI Controversy, Anderson Cooper vs Dan Burton, DNA Barcoding of Herbs; Who's That Noisy; Dumbest Thing of the Week; Science or Fiction

Feb 21, 2015

The Skeptics Guide #501 - Feb 14 2015

SGU 500 House Party; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Ada Lovelace; News Items: Making Better Steel, Lars Anderson Archery, Did Williams Lie?; Dumbest Thing of the Week: V-Steam; Jewie or Fiction; Science or Fiction

Feb 14, 2015

The Skeptics Guide #500 - Feb 7 2015

Guest Rogue: George Hrab; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Charles Drew; News Items: Scientific vs Public Opinion, Ghost Gadgets, Conservapedia Disproves E=MC2, FDA Cracks Down on Supplements, Gravity Waves Update; Who's That Noisy; The Dumbest Thing I Heard This Week; Science or Fiction

Feb 07, 2015

The Skeptics Guide #499 - Jan 31 2015

Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Jocelyn Bell Burnel; News Items: Green Coffee Bean Hoax, Disneyland Measles Outbreak, Galaxy-Sized Wormhole, Fail-Safe for Artificial Life; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Comparing DNA; Name That Logical Fallacy; Crazy Stuff I Heard this Week; Science or Fiction

Jan 31, 2015

The Skeptics Guide #498 - Jan 24 2015

Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Rosalind Franklin; Edge Question: Artificial Intelligence; News Items: The Boy Who Didn't Go to Heaven, Biofortified GMO, Omniprocessor; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Deep Web Follow Up; Science or Fiction

Jan 24, 2015

The Skeptics Guide #497 - Jan 17 2015

Guest Rogue: Cara Santa Maria; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Edward Lorenz; Movie Review: The Imitation Game; News Items: Younger Dryas Extinction, Robot Poker, New Antibiotics; Special Report: Suicide and Depression; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Jan 17, 2015

The Skeptics Guide #496 - Jan 10 2015

Interview with Tim Farley; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Annie Jump Cannon; Psychic Prediction 2014; News Items: The Science of God, Expected Science in 2015; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Jan 10, 2015

The Skeptics Guide #495 - Jan 3 2015

SGU Live from Auckland with guest rogue George Hrab; This Day in Skepticism: Lick Observatory; News Items: Alternative Cancer Treatments, ESPN Twitter Kerfuffle, The Deep Web, Jet lag Pseudoscience, Gender in Education, Orion Capsule Test, Seeing Infrared; Science or Fiction

Jan 03, 2015

The Skeptics Guide #494 - Dec 27 2014

SGU 2014 Year in Review; SGU in 2014, Best and Worst of 2014, 2014 Mashups, Year in Science, In Memoriam; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Dec 27, 2014

The Skeptics Guide #493 - Dec 20 2014

Guest Rogue: George Hrab; This Day in Skepticism: First Electronic Instrument; Special Reports: Bertrand Russell's 10 Commandments; News Items: DNA Survives Spaceflight, Hong Kong Pillows, Discovering New Particles, Graphene Armor, Survey on Apathy; Science or Fiction

Dec 20, 2014

The Skeptics Guide #492 - Dec 13 2014

Interview with James Randi; Special Guests George Hrab and Richard Saunders; This Day in Skepticism: Last person on the Moon; News Items: Lunar Mission One, Ginkgo Biloba, Psychic Predicts Airline Crash, Politics vs Science, Nanosculpture, Saving Christmas, Teen Brains; Special Report: Wind Power; Science or Fiction

Dec 13, 2014

The Skeptics Guide #489 - Nov 22 2014

This Day in Skepticism: JFK Assassination; Review of Interstellar; News Items: Landing on a Comet, Feeling of Presence, Doubting the Higgs, Food Babe Nonsense; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Nov 19, 2014

The Skeptics Guide #488 - Nov 15 2014

Interviews with Sheldon Helms and Siouxsie Wiles; This Day in Skepticism: Sara Josephine Baker; News Items: New Antibacterial, The Primeval Code, Curiosity Discovery, HAARP Closing, GMO Labeling; Science or Fiction

Nov 15, 2014

The Skeptics Guide #487 - Nov 8 2014

Guest Rogue: David Young; This Day in Skepticism: X-Rays; News Items: Virgin Galactic Crash, Homeopathy for Ebola, Fanged Deer, Time Undone, Center of our Galaxy, Feng Shui; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Nov 08, 2014

The Skeptics Guide #486 - Nov 1 2014

Guest Rogue: Richard Saunders; This Day in Skepticism: First Women's Medical School; News Items: Stem Cell Cancer Treatment, Skydiving Record, The Pope and Evolution, Dowsing in Australia; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

Nov 01, 2014

The Skeptics Guide #485 - Oct 25 2014

Interview with David Gorski; This Day in Skepticism: Accutron; News Items: A TCM Challenge, Stem Cells for Spinal Cord injury, Giants of Arkansas; Who's That Noisy; Questions and E-mails: BICEP 2 and Inflation, Jack the Ripper Follow Up; Science or Fiction

Oct 25, 2014

The Skeptics Guide #484 - Oct 18 2014

This Day in Skepticism: Venera 4; News Items: AWARE NDE Study, Living on Mars, E-Cat Cold Fusion, Crocodilians, Sciencey, Sally Morgan Follow Up; Who's That Noisy, Your Questions and E-mails: Ebola Hysteria; Science or Fiction

Oct 18, 2014

The Skeptics Guide #483 - Oct 11 2014

Guest Rogue: Andy Wilson; This Day in Skepticism: Meriwether Lewis; News Items: Nobel Prizes 2014, Rupert Sheldrake, Pumpkin Spice Latte, Sally Morgan's Thugs; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Oct 11, 2014

The Skeptics Guide #482 - Oct 4 2014

This Day in Skepticism: Alice Stewart; News Items: Bending iPhones, Martial Arts Nonsense, Doubting Black Holes, Organic Molecules in Space, Recognizing Faces; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: 432 Hz Tuning; Science or Fiction

Oct 04, 2014

The Skeptics Guide #481 - Sep 27 2014

Interview with Daniel Dennett; This Day in Skepticism: Answering Machine; News Items: Nvidia Debunks Moon Hoax, GMO Feeding Trial, Touch Pareidolia, Betavoltaics; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Sep 27, 2014

The Skeptics Guide #480 - Sep 20 2014

This Day in Skepticism: Hershey-Chase Experiment; News Items: NASA Crew Capsules, Universe Ending Bubble, Genetics of Schizophrenia, NAS Biotech Counsel, Artificial Sweeteners and Diabetes

Sep 20, 2014

The Skeptics Guide #479 - Sep 13 2014

This Day in Skepticism: Phineas Gage; News Items: Jack the Ripper Claim, Common Core, Canada's War on Science, Dreadnaughtus, Supplement Company Sues over Criticism, Brian Dunning; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Correction; Science or Fiction

Sep 13, 2014

The Skeptics Guide #478 - Sep 6 2014

This Day in Skepticism: First Heart Surgery; News Items: Neanderthal Shot by Time Traveler, Barreleye Fish, Eating Insects, Victor Stenger Dies, The Local Bubble, UN Warns of Killer Robots, Qualcomm Tricorder X-Prize; Special Report: Review of ESP Panel; Science or Fiction; Live Q&A: Imagination in Science, Teaching Scientific Methodology

Sep 06, 2014
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