The Skeptics Guide #599 - Dec 31 2016

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 31 December 2016

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

SGU 2016 Year in Review; Favorite Science News of 2016; Best and Worst of 2016; Skeptical Heroes and Skeptical Jackass of 2016, In Memorium; 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.
0:12.8	Today is Saturday, December 17, 2016, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:18.7	Joining me this week are Bob Novella, everybody.
0:21.5	Kara Santa Maria, Jane Novella, and Evan Bernstein.
0:26.3	Good afternoon everyone.
0:28.3	This is our year in review show that we're doing.
0:32.0	So we're going to take a look back at 2016 in science and skepticism in the SGU, everything
0:38.3	good, everything bad.
0:40.0	And then hopefully if we get everything working, you'll be able to join us in the Facebook
0:45.3	comments and we'll take your live comments to participate in the discussion.
0:50.3	So we're going to start as we usually do with our year end wrap-up shows with this year
0:54.8	in science, 2016 in science.
0:57.7	So guys, what were the big science news stories?
1:01.1	That's the guys.
1:02.1	There's only one.
1:03.1	There's only one.
1:04.1	And this is my quote from when I mentioned this earlier this year, February, I said, this
1:08.9	news is just dependant.
1:10.2	We are witnessing an immense milestone in astronomy that is certain to be the science news of the
1:15.6	year, which it was.
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