The Skeptics Guide #823 - Apr 17 2021

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2021

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

COVID Vaccine Update; News Items: Possible New Force, CRISPRoff, US Power Half Way to Zero Carbon, Sea Meadows Carbon Sink, Pharoah's Curse; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; 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.
0:12.4	Today is Wednesday, April 14, 2021, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:17.4	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.1	Hey everybody, Karris Santa Maria.
0:21.1	Howdy.
0:22.1	Jenovella.
0:23.1	Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:24.7	Hello everyone.
0:25.7	This was one of those heavy news weeks.
0:28.9	Heavy science news week.
0:29.9	I suspect that two of the news items we're going to talk about this week are going to
0:34.3	be two of the biggest science news items of the year.
0:37.8	If not one and two, I think they'll both be in the top five.
0:41.8	They're big.
0:42.8	We'll get to them in a minute.
0:43.8	But first there's another sort of big item that's a follow up to last week.
0:47.2	Now last week I gave the follow up to the AstraZeneca blood clot issue.
0:53.6	This is the European, main European vaccine AstraZeneca for COVID.
0:58.8	And there has been some reported blood clots.
1:02.0	Most of them are probably not above background.
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