Skeptics Guide #207 - Jul 1 2009

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

Paranormal, Fringe-science, Psuedoscience, Skeptic, Science, Skepticism

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🗓️ 11 July 2009

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Phil Plait; News Items: Steorn Fail, BCA Responds to Singh, Salt Water in Enceladus, Uranium on the Moon, Apollo 11 Video, Impact Bad Astronomy; Science or Fiction; Whos That Noisy

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:07.3	Your escape to reality.
0:12.2	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:14.6	Today is Wednesday, July 1st, 2009.
0:18.1	And this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:20.8	Joining me this week are Bob Novella, Dave Everybody, Jane Novella, Hey guys, and Evan
0:26.6	Bernstein.
0:27.6	Hello everybody.
0:29.4	Becca has the night off and next week we are all departing for a tan, which will be
0:35.7	going on by the time this episode goes live.
0:39.8	If you're downloading this and listening to it on Saturday, we'll be at tan while you're
0:43.1	listening to this.
0:44.1	How exciting.
0:45.1	I'm excited.
0:46.1	You're talking about it, yeah.
0:47.1	Evan, what's special about today?
0:49.8	Yeah, so it was 1796 when the first experiment with smallpox inoculation was made by Dr. Edward
0:59.3	Jenner of Berkeley, England.
1:02.3	What year?
1:03.7	1796.
1:04.7	So first experiment with smallpox inoculation.
1:08.5	Not that workout.
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