The Skeptics Guide #1051 - Aug 30 2025

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2025

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Why Didn't I Know This: First Portable Computer; News Items: Brightest Fast Radio Burst, Trash into Biochar, Declining Reading Rates, Most Americans Skeptical of Paranormal, Quantum Alternative to GPS; Who's That Noisy; From TikTok: Mammograms; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:06.4	Your escape to reality.
0:09.7	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:12.7	Today is Wednesday, August 27th, 2025, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:17.9	Joining me this week, or Bob Novella.
0:19.7	Hey, everybody.
0:20.4	Kara Santa Maria. Howdy? Jane Novella. Hey, everybody. Kara Santa Maria.
0:21.5	Howdy?
0:22.0	Jane Novella. Hey, guys. And Evan Bernstein. Good evening, everyone. How's everyone doing? Quite well, so. Quite well, so. So, Uranus has a new moon. Oh, congratulations. How did you say that? Way to go, Uranus. Uranus? It's new?
0:17.9	Yeah, it's brand new.
0:18.8	Well, newly discovered.
0:20.2	I see.
0:21.4	Newly discovered. Congratulations. How did you say that? Way to go, Uranus. Uranus. It's new? Yeah, it's brand.
0:38.0	Well, newly discovered moon.
0:39.4	I see.
0:40.8	This is the first moon discovered around Uranus in 40 years.
0:46.5	Oh, wow.
0:47.3	Which brings the total count up to 29.
0:49.9	29.
0:50.7	Does not have a name yet, just a designation.
0:52.9	S-2025U1. It's what, six miles wide? Six miles, yep. Very dim, which is why it wasn't seen by previous probes and telescopes. They were looking for, I think, like for shepherd moons, because, you know, Uranus has rings, and the rings are tidy. They're not spreading out. So there must be some shepherd moons, gravitationally keeping them penned in. I see. So that's how they found this moon. But it's actually not a shepherd moon, though. It's not where it would need to be. It's a little bit too far out. But still, they were able to see it. These ring particles will never de-orbit and land on the planet? I was thinking that too.
1:28.7	Is that the Roche limit?
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