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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.77.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2026

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

I Learned Today: How Toilets Flush; News Items: Autism Clinics, Errors in Climate Change Database, Weekly Exercise, Why Birds Fear Women, Latest Ebola Outbreak; Who's That Noisy; 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.

0:12.5

Today is Monday, May 25th, 26, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.

0:16.9

Joining me this week, Bob Novella.

0:18.7

Hey, everybody.

0:19.5

Kara Santa Maria.

0:20.9

Howdy? Jay Novella. Hey, everybody. Kara Santa Maria. Howdy.

0:21.5

Jay Novella.

0:22.5

Hey, guys.

0:23.1

And Evan Bernstein.

0:24.8

Happy Monday.

0:26.3

Yeah, rare Monday recording for us.

0:28.6

What the hell?

0:29.2

Monday.

0:29.8

What are we doing here on Monday?

0:30.7

On you.

0:31.6

Well, we're going to Wisconsin this weekend.

0:33.3

This is the only night we could record early enough to get the show done before the weekend.

0:37.4

Correct. Wisconsin. Here we are. Oh, we're actually here already if you're listening. If you're listening to it, yeah. Time travel. Yeah, so have any of you guys been specifically been to Wisconsin before? Nobody's had their cheese. I don't think so. I've been only when it was winter, so it was cold. Oh, gosh, that had to be freezing. I've never seen summer in Wisconsin. I don't, you know how I remember sometimes where I've been is I go to my photo app and my phone and I search for the place. Uh-huh. And I see how many pictures I took there. Yep, there's some. Yeah, I've been to Milwaukee, Chicago, Minneapolis.

1:11.7

I've been to Madison.

1:12.4

Well, Chicago's in Illinois. Yeah. Well, I'm just saying in that area. The region, yeah. I got you. In the Midwest. But I've never been on any of the lakes. I've never been on them. I've only flown over there. Yeah, I haven't either. I don't even remember flying over anything.

1:26.5

When would you even go?

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