The Skeptics Guide #754 - Dec 21 2019

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2019

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Live from Melbourne Australia; Your Number's Up: Hubble's Constant; News Items: Does wearing a face mask prevent disease?, Perineum Sunbathing, Redacting Animal Sex, The SCAN Scam, Horizontal Gene Transfer and Plants, Measles Update, Tracking Meteors; Australian Pseudoscience: Chiropractors, Clean Coal, and Supplementation; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the skeptic's guide to the universe.
0:06.4	Your escape to reality.
0:10.1	Hello and welcome to the skeptic's guide to the universe.
0:12.6	Today is Sunday, December 7th, 2019 and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:32.2	You're on your miss week or Bob Novella.
0:34.0	Hey everybody.
0:37.0	Harris, Santa Maria.
0:38.2	Eddie.
0:41.2	Jane Novella.
0:42.0	Hey guys.
0:43.0	And Evan Bernstein.
0:45.0	Hello, Melbourne.
0:49.0	Yes, we are in Melbourne, Australia.
0:53.1	This is our first time in Melbourne.
0:54.9	We were our third time in Australia as the SGU.
0:58.9	First time with Canada, right?
1:00.4	Yeah, first together.
1:01.4	Yeah.
1:02.4	So of course, we've been to Sydney twice and now this is our first time in Melbourne.
1:06.1	So we couldn't help compare the two cities and think about which one might be better.
1:17.0	I know there aren't any strong opinions about this in the audience.
1:21.0	So we had some time to do some walking tours of the city.
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