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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

The Skeptics Guide #1037 - May 24 2025

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.77.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Live from NotACon with Guest Rogue Adam Russell; News Items: New Cambrian Fossil, Best Archaeopteryx Specimen, Chimps Using First Aid, Treatment for Baldness, New Color - Olo, The Next Theranos, Bespoke Genetic Therapy; 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.

0:16.5

Today is Friday, May 16th, 2025, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.

0:28.3

We are live from the second Noticon, the conference that's not a conference, but it is a conference because it's awesome.

0:35.9

I am joined today by Bob Novella.

0:39.3

Hello everybody. Hey, hey everybody.

0:42.3

Kara Santa Maria. Howdy.

0:45.3

Jay Novella.

0:48.3

Hey guys.

0:49.3

Evan Bernstein. Beautiful White Plains, New York.

0:56.7

And we have a special guest, Adam Russell.

0:59.5

I'm welcome to the FSU to you.

1:01.1

Hello there.

1:04.0

Adam, you are two things that I love.

1:06.9

You're a musician and a big fan of Star Wars.

1:10.7

Tell me about that.

1:11.8

Yes, I'm a bass player in a band called Story of the Year. We've been around for

1:16.1

almost 25 years now.

1:18.7

So you started when you were five?

1:20.1

Yeah, I was only five. You should have seen me play bass at five. It was sick.

1:25.4

No, I'm aging rapidly.

1:28.8

And are we all? I sure you are. My other job, my like paid hobby is my podcast, thank

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