The Skeptics Guide #550 - Jan 23 2016

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2016

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Craig Good; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Stephanie Louise Kwolek; News Items: Motorcycle Helmet Laws, Charlie Sheen HIV, Arctic Humans, Geckos and Spiderman; What's the Word: Agnatology; 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.
0:10.0	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe today is Wednesday, January 20,
0:14.5	2016.
0:15.8	And this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:17.8	Joining me this week are Bob Novella, everybody.
0:20.3	Karris and Maria, and Evan Bernstein.
0:23.5	Good evening, folks.
0:24.7	Jay is out of the country actually on business, so he'll be away this week.
0:30.4	And we do have an interview coming up later in the show.
0:33.4	It's more of a conversation with Craig Good, who is in the film industry.
0:38.0	So follow up to our film discussion from last week.
0:42.0	But what's interesting is as we're recording the show, where we were getting ready to record
0:46.1	the show, a potentially huge science news item hit.
0:52.0	And I know you guys have all heard about it.
0:54.6	Bob, do the honors.
0:56.3	What's going on here?
0:57.3	Scientists, astronomers may have discovered a planet, a big planet, the ninth planet in
1:03.3	our solar system in the Kuiper Belt, ten times the mass of the Earth.
1:07.9	Just a blows my socks off.
1:10.2	I hope it's true.
1:11.2	Yeah.
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