The Skeptics Guide #597 - Dec 17 2016

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2016

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Barbara Liskov; News Items: Trust of Scientists and GMOs, Cryogenic Energy Storage, Deorbiting Space Junk; What's the Word: In Situ; Your Questions and E-mails: Premium Gas, Porn Follow Up; 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.
0:10.1	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:12.7	Today is Wednesday, December 14, 2016, and this is your host, Steve with Novella.
0:17.3	Join me this week, our Bob DeVella.
0:19.2	Hey everybody, Karrus, Anta Maria, and Evan Bernstein.
0:23.9	Good evening folks.
0:25.1	Jay is unavailable, but he may join us later in the show.
0:28.6	He'll see.
0:29.6	Depends on when he gets home.
0:31.5	So guys, we lost John Glenn this week.
0:33.7	He actually died right after we recorded the show last week.
0:37.5	The last of the seven.
0:39.0	Yeah.
0:40.0	You're a curious seven, right?
0:41.4	Yeah man.
0:42.4	He had a hell of a run now.
0:43.4	And the most famous.
0:44.4	In the most famous.
0:45.4	Yeah, 95.
0:46.4	Amazing, amazing life, amazing career.
0:49.1	One thing I never really figured out about him, that was why he only went up once during
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