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Mike's Multiverse

Episode 204 - Blue blockers, Germs on Mars, and the Science of Cults

Mike's Multiverse

Mike McHargue

Leisure, Science, Games, Society & Culture

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

This week on Ask Science Mike, we covered the following questions: 1. Is the soil on Mars sterile? 2. Do blue-blockers really work? Are Computer Glasses Worth It? The effect of blue-light blocking spectacle lenses on visual performance, macular health and the sleep-wake cycle: a systematic review of the literature. 3. What's the science behind cults? Cult Education Institute FAQ This episode was made possible by these amazing sponsors: KiwiCo: send the gift of learning to a child in your life this holiday season. Learn more at https://kiwico.com/science Biologos: check out my conversation Jim Stump on the podcast The Language of God.

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Blue Blockers, Germs on Mars, and the Science of Cults.

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All that and more on this week's episode of Ask Science Mike.

0:08.0

You've got questions, he's got answers,

0:12.0

even though we may not understand.

0:14.0

He'll talk anyway.

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He got problems.

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He won't solve them.

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But he'll talk and talking

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and talking till it's blue in the face.

0:22.0

Science, faith faith in life. Ask Science Mike!

0:27.0

Welcome to Ask Science Mike, the weekly podcast where we believe that every sincere question

0:34.4

deserves a non-judgmental and honest response I'm your host Mike McCarick the

0:39.6

Internet calls me Science Mike and well hell that's a long story for now we're just going

0:44.6

to answer a bunch of science questions with a focus on honoring questions and

0:49.0

giving them good responses so what do you say friends? Let's get it started.

0:53.0

Well if you listen to ask science Mike, you know this is a show about your questions and your questions being responded to in a sincere way.

1:09.0

But did you know how to get your questions on the show. It's very simple. Just go to ask science mic

1:15.9

dot com and once you go to that website that's where the podcast is hosted if you

1:20.9

scroll toward the bottom of the page you'll see that there's two ways to send a question.

1:25.3

First, you can record a voicemail and you can hear your voice on the show.

1:30.3

And second, especially if you want to send a question that is maybe anonymous, you can email me a question.

1:37.0

Using either of those systems, we'll get a question into the team behind Ask Science Mike, where they are reviewed and collated and I literally don't even

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