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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

Episodes

The Skeptics Guide #282 - Dec 8 2010

SGU Live in Sydney Australia; News Items: New Crystal Skull, Roger Penrose Before the Big Bang, Chimps Outwit Human Traps, Anti-Antivax Activism; Special Report: Masonic Conspiracy Theories; Science or Fiction; Live Q&A: Scientists Baffled, Size of Quantum Effects, Sympathectomy, Future of Skepticism, Pseudo-Experts

Dec 11, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #282 - Dec 8 2010

SGU Live in Sydney Australia; News Items: New Crystal Skull, Roger Penrose Before the Big Bang, Chimps Outwit Human Traps, Anti-Antivax Activism; Special Report: Masonic Conspiracy Theories; Science or Fiction; Live Q&A: Scientists Baffled, Size of Quantum Effects, Sympathectomy, Future of Skepticism, Pseudo-Experts

Dec 11, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #281 - Dec 1 2010

SGU Live in Vancouver with Special Guest: George Hrab; News Items: SETI 50th Anniversary, Antimatter Breakthrough, Nanoparticles and Glowing Trees, Oprah Promotes Psychic Surgeon, Latest PSI Research, Bending Time and Space; Live Q&A: Neurology of Belief, Coincidence, Multi-Level Marketing; Science or Fiction with Special Guest Fraser Cain

Dec 03, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #281 - Dec 1 2010

SGU Live in Vancouver with Special Guest: George Hrab; News Items: SETI 50th Anniversary, Antimatter Breakthrough, Nanoparticles and Glowing Trees, Oprah Promotes Psychic Surgeon, Latest PSI Research, Bending Time and Space; Live Q&A: Neurology of Belief, Coincidence, Multi-Level Marketing; Science or Fiction with Special Guest Fraser Cain

Dec 03, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #280 - Nov 24 2010

Special Guest: Richard Saunders; News Items: Eken Power Bands; Your Questions and E-mails: Frozen Stiff, Cockroach Brains, Deal or No Deal; Name That Logical Fallacy: Argument from Silence; Special Topic: Religious Skeptics; Science or Fiction

Nov 27, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #280 - Nov 24 2010

Special Guest: Richard Saunders; News Items: Eken Power Bands; Your Questions and E-mails: Frozen Stiff, Cockroach Brains, Deal or No Deal; Name That Logical Fallacy: Argument from Silence; Special Topic: Religious Skeptics; Science or Fiction

Nov 27, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #279 - Nov 15 2010

Interview with D.J. Grothe; News Items: NASA Discovers Mysterious Bubbles, Exploiting "Psychic" Kids, More Homeopathy Spin; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Lunar Weather Predicting, Caffeine and Sperm Count; Science or Fiction

Nov 19, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #279 - Nov 15 2010

Interview with D.J. Grothe; News Items: NASA Discovers Mysterious Bubbles, Exploiting "Psychic" Kids, More Homeopathy Spin; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Lunar Weather Predicting, Caffeine and Sperm Count; Science or Fiction

Nov 19, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #278 - Nov 10 2010

News Items: Carl Sagan Day, Mystery Missile, LHC Big Bang, The Twinkie Diet, Hamburger Experiments Redux; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Spinning Spaceship, Ear Light; Science or Fiction

Nov 13, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #278 - Nov 10 2010

News Items: Carl Sagan Day, Mystery Missile, LHC Big Bang, The Twinkie Diet, Hamburger Experiments Redux; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Spinning Spaceship, Ear Light; Science or Fiction

Nov 13, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #277 - Nov 3 2010

Interview with Jamy Ian Swiss; News Items: Psychic Cat, 100 Year Starship Project, Cure for Common Cold, Life on the Moon, Alien Ballot Defeated; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Banana Ripening; Science or Fiction

Nov 06, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #277 - Nov 3 2010

Interview with Jamy Ian Swiss; News Items: Psychic Cat, 100 Year Starship Project, Cure for Common Cold, Life on the Moon, Alien Ballot Defeated; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Banana Ripening; Science or Fiction

Nov 06, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #276 - Sep 27 2010

News Items: Ghosts Calling Cellphones, Hawking Radiation, More On Radioactive Decay Rates, The Science of Medicine, NECSS 2011, Physics.org Award Nomination; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Time Traveling Cell Phone User; Interview with SGU Forums Moderators; Science or Fiction

Oct 30, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #276 - Sep 27 2010

News Items: Ghosts Calling Cellphones, Hawking Radiation, More On Radioactive Decay Rates, The Science of Medicine, NECSS 2011, Physics.org Award Nomination; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Time Traveling Cell Phone User; Interview with SGU Forums Moderators; Science or Fiction

Oct 30, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #275 - Oct 19 2010

Guest Rogue: Brian Trent; News Items: Benoit Mandlebrot 1924-2010, Stem Cell Funding, Do Mummies Get Cancer, Asteroids Buzz Earth; Your Questions and E-mails: Whale Poop Correction, T-Rex Blood Cells, Help - My Friend is a Pseudoscientist; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Oct 23, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #275 - Oct 19 2010

Guest Rogue: Brian Trent; News Items: Benoit Mandlebrot 1924-2010, Stem Cell Funding, Do Mummies Get Cancer, Asteroids Buzz Earth; Your Questions and E-mails: Whale Poop Correction, T-Rex Blood Cells, Help - My Friend is a Pseudoscientist; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Oct 23, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #274 - Oct 13 2010

Interview with Ben Goldacre; News Items: Dark Matter Strangeness, Vaccine Case in Supreme Court, Gliese 581g Follow Up; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Magic Burgers; Science or Fiction

Oct 16, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #274 - Oct 13 2010

Interview with Ben Goldacre; News Items: Dark Matter Strangeness, Vaccine Case in Supreme Court, Gliese 581g Follow Up; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Magic Burgers; Science or Fiction

Oct 16, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #273 - Oct 6 2010

News Items: 2010 Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Chemistry and Physics, 2010 IgNobels, Diesel from a Stone; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Mass and Gravity, Science Education, Laughing Hyenas; Science or Fiction

Oct 08, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #273 - Oct 6 2010

News Items: 2010 Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Chemistry and Physics, 2010 IgNobels, Diesel from a Stone; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Mass and Gravity, Science Education, Laughing Hyenas; Science or Fiction

Oct 08, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #272 - Sep 30 2010

Interview with Bug Girl; News Items: New Moonlanding Footage, UN Alien Ambassador, Poor Science Education, New Force of Nature?, Goldilocks Planet; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

Oct 02, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #272 - Sep 30 2010

Interview with Bug Girl; News Items: New Moonlanding Footage, UN Alien Ambassador, Poor Science Education, New Force of Nature?, Goldilocks Planet; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

Oct 02, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #271 - Sep 22 2010

Interview with Simon Singh; News Items: Losing Your Religion, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Dirty Electricity, Origins of Moons, Halfalogue; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Sep 25, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #271 - Sep 22 2010

Interview with Simon Singh; News Items: Losing Your Religion, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Dirty Electricity, Origins of Moons, Halfalogue; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Sep 25, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #270 - Sep 15 2010

Interview with Ben Radford, Joe Nickell, and Karen Stollznow; News Items: Modern Geocentrism, Irish Minister of Science Scandal, Robot Skin, No Link between Thimerosal and Autism, Canadian Government Muzzles Scientists, Crop Circle Sting; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Sep 18, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #270 - Sep 15 2010

Interview with Ben Radford, Joe Nickell, and Karen Stollznow; News Items: Modern Geocentrism, Irish Minister of Science Scandal, Robot Skin, No Link between Thimerosal and Autism, Canadian Government Muzzles Scientists, Crop Circle Sting; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Sep 18, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #269 - Sep 8 2010

Interview with Carol Tavris; News Items: Stephen Hawking on God, Magnetic Mom, Organic Strawberries, Burning the Quran, Pyschic Incites Mob; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Sep 11, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #269 - Sep 8 2010

Interview with Carol Tavris; News Items: Stephen Hawking on God, Magnetic Mom, Organic Strawberries, Burning the Quran, Pyschic Incites Mob; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Sep 11, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #268 - Sep 1 2010

Interview with Donald Prothero; News Items: Thorium Power, Impacts and Extinction, Spontaneous Combustion, Enfield Poltergeist, Ghost Train; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Mitochondrial Eve Follow Up; Science or Fiction

Sep 04, 2010

The Skeptics Guide #268 - Sep 1 2010

Interview with Donald Prothero; News Items: Thorium Power, Impacts and Extinction, Spontaneous Combustion, Enfield Poltergeist, Ghost Train; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Mitochondrial Eve Follow Up; Science or Fiction

Sep 04, 2010
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