The Skeptics Guide #630 - Aug 5 2017

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 5 August 2017

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Mildred Dresselhaus; News Items: Tracking Asteroids, Vaccinating Pets, The Return of Laetrile, Robot Safecrackers; Who's That Noisy; What's the Word: Recursive; Your Questions and E-mails: Sonic Boom; 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.
0:09.3	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:12.8	Today is Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017 and this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:17.8	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.8	Everybody, Kera Santa Maria.
0:21.8	Howdy.
0:22.8	Jane Novella.
0:23.8	Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:25.8	Hey everyone.
0:26.8	So guys, you know what I did this last week?
0:28.6	What did you do?
0:29.6	I built a new computer.
0:31.2	Built a computer.
0:32.2	Oh, neat.
0:33.2	Is it a quantum computer?
0:34.2	Is it a robot computer?
0:35.2	I built it.
0:36.2	I built it.
0:37.2	It's my first time.
0:38.2	I built it from scratch.
0:40.2	You order all the pieces and you put it together.
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