The Skeptics Guide #1054 - Sep 20 2025

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

News Items: Conspiracy Physics, Cancer Misinformation, Improved Nuclear Thermal Propulsion, Oldest Mummies, Not The Screwworms; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Ethics in Research; Name That Logical Fallacy; 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.
0:09.6	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:12.8	Today is Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:17.7	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.4	Hey, everybody.
0:20.0	Kara Santa Maria. Howdy? Jay Novella. Hey, this week are Bob Novella. Hey, everybody. Kara Santa Maria.
0:21.3	Howdy.
0:21.9	Jay Novella.
0:22.8	Hey, guys.
0:23.5	And Evan Bernstein.
0:25.3	Good evening, folks.
0:26.5	So what's new, everyone?
0:28.1	We're going to Kansas this weekend.
0:30.1	Well, I think if you're hearing this now, we are in Kansas.
0:33.3	We are there.
0:34.5	Yeah.
0:34.7	We're probably like starting the private show as this comes out. Oh, fascinating. Time travel is so weird. And chances are we're going to run into a traveling potion salesman on the road. And then a tornado will come. I thought it in a movie once, I think. Oh, I had no idea where you were going with that. Yeah. What's happening? And we'll all be in black and white?
0:54.7	Yes, the world will be black and white once again. And you know, something we missed last week,
1:00.3	I'm not sure if you guys saw, but on September 6th, we lost a scientific great. David Baltimore
1:07.8	died. I think we've talked about him before on this show.
1:12.2	He, I think most recently was at Caltech, which is how I knew of him.
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