The Skeptics Guide #607 - Feb 25 2017

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 25 February 2017

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Greg Dash; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Wang Zhenvi; News Items: Restoring Hearing, Smartphone Tricorder, Science of Smoking Bans, Seven Earth-like Exoplanets; Who's That Noisy; What's the Word: Pathology; 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, February 22nd, 2017, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:18.1	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.8	Hey everybody, Cara Santa Maria.
0:21.7	Howdy.
0:22.7	Jane Novella.
0:23.7	Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:25.7	New evening folks.
0:26.7	So I had a fun conversation with my son.
0:29.4	I drive him to school in the morning.
0:32.4	He's going to be school.
0:33.7	And he asks me a lot of questions.
0:36.0	And the questions are getting complicated now.
0:39.0	And it's really fun and challenging to figure out
0:41.7	how the hell do I answer this question.
0:43.2	So today he was asking me about why is he sick?
0:47.3	And where's the cold come from?
0:49.0	And he had a little bit of information.
0:51.0	I think he got some info at school.
0:53.7	So I'm telling him.
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