The Skeptics Guide #544 - Dec 12 2015

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2015

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Michael Shermer; Forgotten Superheroes of Science-Caroline Herschel; News Items: More Free Energy, Storing Nuclear Waste, Gene Editing Ethics; Who's That Noisy; What's the Word: Consilience; Your Questions and E-mails: Frame Dragging; Dumbest Thing of the Week: Thimerosal Revisited; 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 Wednesday, December 9th, 2015, and this is your host, Steven novella.
0:17.9	Joining me this week are Bob novella.
0:19.6	Hey everybody, Cara Santa Maria.
0:21.6	Howdy.
0:22.6	Jane novella.
0:23.6	Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:25.6	Good evening folks.
0:26.9	So guys the year is almost over.
0:29.2	I can't leave it.
0:30.2	I can't leave it.
0:31.2	More importantly, star wars is almost here.
0:34.0	Fast.
0:35.0	When people are able to download this episode, we will be one week away.
0:40.5	That's one minute look at it.
0:43.3	And also coming up, we're doing the first year and wrap up with Cara.
0:47.8	Yay!
0:48.8	I won't really understand the first 50% of the year in wrap up.
0:53.2	Yeah.
0:54.2	That's right.
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