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Skeptoid #195: Student Questions: Mosquito Repellent and Einstein's Gestation

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Science, History, Paranormal, Urban Legends, Skeptic, Skepticism, Conspiracy Theories, Social Sciences

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2010

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Skeptoid answers more questions sent in by students all around the world.

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0:00.0

It is time for another delightfully fun episode where we answer student questions.

0:09.1

This is a show about urban legends and strange beliefs that contradict the science, so it's

0:13.8

important that we cover such things that people are actually thinking about and wondering

0:18.6

about, and most particularly that we do so for tomorrow's generation.

0:25.5

Some questions are right now unskeptoid.

0:29.8

Hey everyone, Brian here.

0:36.8

A quick favor, we are conducting an audience survey.

0:40.6

We'd be really grateful if you could take just a few minutes and answer our survey.

0:45.0

This is the kind of thing that's sort of an engineering and marketing necessity to make

0:48.3

the whole free podcast ecosystem flourish, so please check it out.

0:53.6

So surveys are fun.

0:54.8

You get to talk about yourself.

0:56.6

Please visit survey.prx.org slash skeptoid to take the survey today.

1:03.9

That's survey.prx.org slash SKEPTOID.

1:11.8

Thanks.

1:17.6

You're listening to Skeptoid.

1:19.0

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

1:22.4

Student questions, mosquito repellent, and Einstein's gestation.

1:29.3

Today we have some really cool questions sent in by students.

1:32.9

First we're going to look at electronic mosquito repellents.

1:36.2

Then at the validity of the petition project signed by over 30,000 scientists who say anthropogenic

1:42.2

climate change, meaning caused by humans, isn't happening.

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