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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

The Skeptics Guide #707 - Jan 26 2019

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.77.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2019

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Whaddya Know: Periodic Table; News Items: Measles Hotspot, New Atom Smasher, Mapping the Brain, Animals in Winter; Who's That Noisy; Dumbest Thing of the Week; 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.

0:09.3

Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.

0:12.7

Today is Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019, and this is your host, Steven Novella.

0:18.4

Joining me this week are Bob Novella.

0:19.9

Hey everybody, Cara Santa Maria.

0:22.0

Howdy.

0:23.0

Jane Novella, hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.

0:25.8

Good evening folks.

0:27.3

So Cara, did you get that picture I texted to you over the weekend?

0:30.5

I did, it looked snowy.

0:32.5

Yeah, so every now and yet an ice storm, you know, which actually scuttled my plans to

0:37.6

go to Arizona because the airport was closed down on Sunday.

0:41.2

Yeah, I was unfortunate.

0:42.6

So I apologized to all those Arizona Skeptics who were planning on seeing me on Saturday

0:47.4

night.

0:48.4

I couldn't make it.

0:49.4

But it's a good thing, it's a good thing because the airport was hit hard and also we

0:54.1

lost power on Sunday.

0:56.8

That's the worst.

0:57.8

For about 24 hours.

0:58.8

Well, it's worse when it's like negative 10 degrees Fahrenheit.

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