The Skeptics Guide #1067 - Dec 20 2025

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 20 December 2025

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

News Items: Animals Adapting to Humans, Pig Organ Transplants, Japan Plans to Beam Energy from Space, Ant Yogurt, First Evidence of Fire Making; Your Questions and E-mails: Mercury in Fish, Compounding Pharmacies; From TikTok: Inventor of the Diesel Engine; 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.
0:12.5	Today is Monday, December 15th, 2025, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:17.1	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:18.8	Hey, everybody.
0:19.5	Kara Santa Maria.
0:21.2	Howdy? And Evan Bernstein
0:22.7	Good evening folks
0:23.8	Jay is sick this week
0:26.4	He thinks he has the flu
0:27.6	Could just be a bad cold
0:28.9	But his daughter was sick
0:30.3	And you know
0:31.0	Kids are basically petri dishes
0:32.7	They're just vectors for communicable disease
0:35.1	I hope Jay got his flu shot already.
0:37.8	He didn't.
0:39.4	Which I dressed him down about.
0:41.9	But, you know, he said he went to get his flu shot.
0:45.9	Okay.
0:46.2	And it was not available.
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