The Skeptics Guide #1036 - May 17 2025

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 17 May 2025

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

Dumbest Word of the Week: Moxibustion; News Items: Cold Plunges, The End of Life, Floating Nuclear Power, Visualizing Special Relativity, Brainspotting Pseudoscience; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Ethics of Pig Hearts, Are Flat Earthers Real; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
0:09.6	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:12.8	Today is Monday, May 12th, 2025, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:17.5	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.4	Hey, everybody.
0:20.1	Kara Santa Maria. Howdy? Jay Novella. Hey, this week are Bob Novella. Hey, everybody. Kara Santa Maria.
0:21.4	Howdy.
0:22.0	Jay Novella.
0:22.8	Hey, guys.
0:23.4	And Evan Bernstein.
0:24.9	Good evening, everyone.
0:26.1	So, guys, actually, I think we forgot to mention last week.
0:30.2	What happened last week?
0:31.1	But we have now completed, fully completed, 20 years of podcasting.
0:36.7	Oh, my gosh.
0:39.1	What was the date of the very first episode?
0:41.5	So, we recorded that first episode on May 5th, 2005, which kind of fell between weeks this time.
0:51.7	When did it air?
0:52.6	That Saturday.
0:54.5	We'd have to go back to it.
0:55.7	Eighth, the eighth.
0:57.1	Yeah, that makes sense.
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