The Skeptics Guide #520 - Jun 27 2015

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2015

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Vera Rubin; Movie Review: Jurassic World; News Items: Breast Milk Snake Oil, Volocopter, Kennewick Man Follow Up, Sixth Extinction; Who's That Noisy; Dumbest Thing of the Week: Kim Jung-un; Your Questions and E-mails: IT Rant; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:06.5	Your escape to reality.
0:10.1	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:12.5	Today is Monday, June 22nd, 2015, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:17.0	Joining him in this week are Bob Novella.
0:18.9	Hey everybody.
0:19.9	Jane Novella, hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:23.0	Hi everyone.
0:24.0	Hi.
0:25.0	We're recording a bit early.
0:26.6	This time of year we got lots of stuff going on, including we're getting ready for
0:29.8	the amazing meeting coming up in just a few weeks.
0:32.4	We're all going to be excited about that.
0:34.0	So yes, our recording schedule is going to be a little bit off, but we have a great
0:37.2	show for you this week.
0:38.2	We're going to be reviewing the movie Jurassic World.
0:41.2	Oh, okay.
0:42.2	Don't get too psyched.
0:44.2	But first, Bob forgotten superhero of science this week.
0:49.8	This week's forgotten superhero is of science.
0:51.5	I'm covering Vera Rubin, who was instrumental in conclusively showing that not only was galactic
0:57.4	rotation anomalous, it was also the first solid evidence for the decades-old dark matter
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