The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #989 June 19th 2024 Segment #1. Juneteenth https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/historical-legacy-juneteenth Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Sun’s Magnetic Field About to Flip https://www.livescience.com/space/the-sun/the-suns-magnetic-field-is-about-to-flip-heres-what-to-expect News Item #2 – K…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #988 June 12th 2024 Segment #1. Quickie with Evan https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-baffled-by-mysterious-53-minute-signal-from-space/ar-BB1nR77V?item=flightsprg-tipsubsc-v1a?season Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Ultraprocessed Foods https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/ultraproce…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #987 June 5th 2024 Segment #1. Quickie with Bob https://gizmodo.com/drake-equation-update-fermi-paradox-intelligent-life-1851503974 Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Change-6 Lifts Off from Moon https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/chinas-change-6-probe-lifts-off-far-side-moon-2024-06-04/ News …

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #986 May 29th 2024 Segment #1. Quickie with Steve https://theness.com/neurologicablog/mobe-a-new-gene-editing-system/ Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – 3D Printed Superalloy https://www.space.com/us-economy-nasa-3d-printed-superalloy News Item #2 – Lacking an Inner Voice https://www.livescience.com…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #985 May 22nd 2024 Segment #1. What’s the Word Zooxanthellae Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Blue Origin Update https://www.blueorigin.com/news/ns-25-mission-updates https://www.space.com/blue-origin-ns-25-space-tourism-mission News Item #2 – Human Predator https://phys.org/news/2024-05-australia…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #984 May 15th 2024 Segment #1. 5-10 Years - Steorn Free Energy Company Implodes https://m.independent.ie/business/irish/steorn-finally-goes-supernova-as-company-that-promised-free-energy-completes-liquidation-process/a202323699.html Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Chat GPT 4o https://ai-pro.org/s…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #983 May 8th 2024 Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – Electric Propulsion https://scitechdaily.com/nasa-unveils-game-changing-electric-propulsion-technology-for-future-space-missions/ News Item #2 – Blowing Off Steam https://www-sciencedirect-com.fgul.idm.oclc.org/science/article/pii/S027273582400035…

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 …

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-ma…

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/neurologica…

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-…

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.co…

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-d…

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-…

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://scie…

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…

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/1818…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #972 February 21st 2024 Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – Pesticides in Oats https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/pesticide-in-oat-products-should-you-worry/ News Item #2 – AI Video https://openai.com/sora News Item #3 – University Rankings Flawed https://phys.org/news/2024-02-university-unscientific-b…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #971 February 13th 2024 Segment #1. Quickie with Bob Metalenses https://phys.org/news/2024-02-optical-mirrors-image-power-human.html Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Flow Batteries https://theness.com/neurologicablog/flow-batteries-now-with-nanofluids/ News Item #2 – Green Roofs https://techxplore…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #970 February 7th 2024 Segment #1. What’s the Word Cardinal Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – New Class of Microbes Found https://www.sciencealert.com/obelisks-entirely-new-class-of-life-has-been-found-in-the-human-digestive-system News Item #2 – SLIM Lunar Tech https://www.space.com/slim-lunar-lan…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #968 January 31st 2024 Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – Neuralink Implants Chip in Human https://theness.com/neurologicablog/neuralink-implants-chip-in-human/ News Item #2 – Love on the Brain https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240112114712.htm News Item #3 – Amelia Earhart Plane May Be …

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #967 January 25th 2024 Segment #1. Swindler’s List AI Fakes Joe Biden Robocall https://apnews.com/article/f3469ceb6dd613079092287994663db5 Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Oxygen Bottleneck https://www.iflscience.com/the-oxygen-bottleneck-astronomers-find-huge-new-problem-for-alien-civilizations-7…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #967 January 17th 2024 Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – Betavolt 50 Year Battery https://theness.com/neurologicablog/betavoltaic-batteries/ News Item #2 – Moon Landing Delayed https://apnews.com/article/nasa-moon-landings-artemis-delay-23e425d490c0c9e65ae774ec2e00f090 News Item #3 – Cloned Monkeys…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #966 January 11th 2024 Segment #1. Dumbest Thing of the Week https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/17/king-charles-has-appointed-homeopath-why-do-elite-put-faith-in-snake-oil Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Dual Sympathetic Reset https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/dual-sympathetic-rese…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #965 January 3rd 2024 Segment #1. Psychic Predictions 2023 Rogue Predictions for 2023 Rogue Predictions for 2024 Segment #2. Science in 2024 Segment #3. News Items News Item #1 – Dosing Gene Expression https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-023-01989-0 News Item #2 – Solar Tower https://interestingengi…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #964 December 20th 2023 SGU Year in Review 2023 Segment #1. Best Science News of 2023 Leqembi for Alzheimer’s disease Osiris Rex Sickle Cell treatment Weight loss drugs Artificial Intelligence India Moon Landing First successful transplant of cryopreserved rat kidney Global Warming – hottest year on re…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #956 November 3rd 2023 Live from NotaCon With special guest, Eli Bosnick Segment #1. Quickie with Steve Micro-meteoric spherules contaminated with anthropogenic ash. Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Making Lunar Roads with Sunlight https://www.space.com/blasting-lunar-soil-with-sunlight-could-crea…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #962 December 13th 2023 Segment #1. Scams Zelle Scam Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Human Brain Supercomputer https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/human-brain-supercomputer-coming-in-2024 News Item #2 – Sodium Ion Batteries https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/05/11/1072865/how-sodium-…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #961 December 6th 2023 Segment #1. Quickie with Bob Ceramic Storage https://www.techradar.com/pro/video-of-ceramic-storage-system-prototype-surfaces-online-10000tb-cartridges-bombarded-with-laser-rays-could-become-mainstream-by-2030-making-slow-hard-drives-and-tapes-obsolete Segment #1. News Items News…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #960 November 29th 2023 Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – Internet Use and Mental Health https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/internet-use-and-mental-well-being/ News Item #2 – Methane Capture https://www.sciencenews.org/article/methane-capture-air-global-warming-climate News Item #3 – Bitter Revenge h…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #959 November 22nd 2023 Segment #1. What’s the Word Rugae Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – 3D Printing Soft Robots https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231115113428.htm News Item #2 – First CRISPR Treatment Approved https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/first-crispr-treatment-approval/ News It…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #958 November 15th 2023 Segment #1. Swindler’s List Romance Scam Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Whole Eye Transplant https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/first-whole-eye-transplant/ News Item #2 – Hottest Year on Record https://www.sciencenews.org/article/last-12-months-hottest-record-climate News I…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #957 November 8th 2023 Segment #1. Dumbest Thing of the Week https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/angels-demons-spirits-souls-do-exist-exorcist-priest-warns-ouija-board-use Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – ESA Plans Space Capsule https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67339057 News Item #2 – Ol…

Dragoncon 2023 Private Show With special guest: Christian Hubicki Segment 1. DragonCon Panels 1 - Skepticism and Gaming 2 - Government Coverup of UAPs 3 - Generation Ships Segment 2. News Items News Item #1 – Augmented Reality Interactions https://neurosciencenews.com/ar-social-behavior-23847/ News Item #2 – Star May Become a Magnetar Bizarre star …

Segment #1. What’s the Word benthic vs pelagic Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Age of the Moon https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/age-of-the-moon-revised/ News Item #2 – CVS and Homeopathy https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/10/cvs-ditches-useless-cold-meds-but-not-bogus-homeopathic-products/ News Item #3 – Black Holes Do Spin http…

Segment #1. Swindler’s List The IT Scam Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Driverless Cars https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/update-on-self-driving-cars/ News Item #2 – Dead Whale Mystery https://www.sciencealert.com/unusual-mystery-of-dead-whales-washing-up-on-us-coast-may-be-solved News Item #3 – Filtering Wildfire Air https://arst…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #953 October 11th 2023 Segment #1. Quickie with Bob https://phys.org/news/2023-10-solar-panels-proxima-centauri.html Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Oldest Evidence of Humans in Americas https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/oldest-evidence-of-humans-in-americas/ News Item #2 – Addictive …

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #952 October 4th 2023 Segment #1. What’s the Word Fulguration Segment #2. News Items Nobel Prizes 2023 News Item #1 – Nobel Prize in Chemistry https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2023/press-release/ News Item #2 – Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #951 September 27th 2023 Segment #1. Special Report Misinformation Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Zoom Backgrounds https://phys.org/news/2023-09-background.html News Item #2 – Manifesting Fails https://www.sciencealert.com/manifesting-more-money-is-linked-to-worse-financial-outcomes News Item #3…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #950 September 21st 2023 Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – CAR-T Therapy https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/immune-cells-to-fight-cancer/ News Item #2 – Martian Life https://www.space.com/nasa-may-have-unknowingly-found-and-killed-alien-life-on-mars-50-years-ago-scientist-claims News Ite…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #949 September 3rd 2023 Dragoncon 2023 Live Show Guest Christian Hubicki, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Segment #1. DragonCon Highlights Segment #2. Robots of the Future Segment #3. News Items News Item #1 – Exploding Batteries to Deorbi…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #948 August 29th 2023 Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – ChatGPT Performs at University Level https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/chatgpt-performs-at-university-level/ News Item #2 – Geothermal Energy https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/climate/geothermal-energy-projects.html News Item #3 –…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #947 Recorded December 17th 2022 Live in Tucson Segment #1. Special Report Death of P22 Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Toughest Metal https://www.sciencealert.com/this-alloy-is-the-toughest-known-material-on-earth-and-it-gets-tougher-in-the-cold News Item #2 – Eyewear from Coffee Grounds https:/…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #946 August 24th 2023 Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – Releasing Fukushima Radioactive Water https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/should-japan-release-radioactive-water-into-the-pacific/ News Item #2 – Online Gaming and Mental Health https://theconversation.com/online-gaming-communities-c…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #945 August 16th 2023 Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – Deep Space Network https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2023/08/15/talking-with-webb-using-the-deep-space-network/ News Item #2 – Identifying Misinformation https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/young-people-tell-us-they-need-help-identifying-misi…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #944 August 10th 2023 Segment #1. Special Report 5-10 Years – Loch Ness Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Depression Does Not Cause Cancer https://neurosciencenews.com/depression-anxiety-cancer-23769/ News Item #2 – Hidden Undersea World https://www.livescience.com/animals/hidden-underworld-filled-…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #943 August 3rd 2023 Segment #1. What’s the Word Mereology Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Glass-Coated DNA https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/glass-coated-dna-stronger-but-lower-density-than-steel News Item #2 – Why Heat is Deadly https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-extreme…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #942 July 27th 2023 Segment #1. Quickie with Steve https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/yet-another-alzheimers-drug/ Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Can AI Learn Like Humans https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230720124956.htm News Item #2 – Room Temperature Superconductor https://www.iflsc…

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #941 July 20th 2023 Segment #1. News Items News Item #1 – Early Woodworking https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230719145940.htm News Item #2 – Genetic Engineering to Fight Malaria https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/using-genetic-engineering-to-fight-malaria/ News Item #3 – How We …

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #940 July 12th 2023 Guest Rogues George Hrab and Andrea Jones Roy Segment #1. Dumbest Thing of the Week Alien Spheres https://theconversation.com/physicist-who-found-spherical-meteor-fragments-claims-they-may-come-from-an-alien-spaceship-heres-what-to-make-of-it-209101 Segment #2. News Items News Item …