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Skeptoid #740: Student Questions: Yellow Glasses and Nuclear Waste for Tomorrow

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

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

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.

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0:00.0

Today we've got some Skeptoidy questions sent in by students from all around the world.

0:09.3

Questions like whether special glasses can protect your eyes from computer screens,

0:14.2

and whether we'll really be able to warn future humans not to open our canisters of nuclear

0:19.9

waste.

0:21.0

At the end of the episode, our instructions for how you can send in a question of your

0:25.2

own, or if you're a teacher, how your whole class can.

0:29.4

It's coming up next, Un Skeptoid.

0:36.7

You're listening to Skeptoid, I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

0:42.4

Student questions, yellow glasses, and nuclear waste for tomorrow.

0:48.9

Once again it's time to open up our mail bag for students.

0:52.2

Today we're going to answer questions from students of all ages from all walks of life,

0:56.8

sent in from all over the world.

0:58.9

And if you're a student yourself, you can do this too, just listen until the end to

1:02.8

find out how.

1:04.5

Today's questions cover infrasound to enhance horror movies, the miraculous claims attributed

1:10.4

to Padre Pio.

1:12.2

Whether oysters are vegan, how we can protect people thousands of years in the future from

1:17.1

today's nuclear waste.

1:19.2

And finally, whether wearing yellow tinted glasses can protect your eyes from damage

1:24.3

from using screens.

1:26.4

Let's get started.

1:29.7

My name is AJ Rodriguez from Bake or SoCalifornia.

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