The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Weekly science podcast on latest news, critical thinking and conspiracies AI summary

Dr. Steven Novella Visit website › Science · EN · 1114 episodes · latest 2026-11-07

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is a weekly science podcast discussing the latest science news, critical thinking, bad science, conspiracies and controversies. -The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: Your escape to reality - Produced by SGU Productions, LLC: https://www.theskepticsguide.org

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The Skeptics Guide #1113 - Nov 7 2026

2026-11-07

Interview with Brian Wecht: The Mathpocalypse; News Items: Does AI Have Feelings, CDC Hep B Vaccine Guidance, Potassium Enriched Salt for High Blood Pressure; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
The Skeptics Guide #1112 - Oct 31 2026

2026-10-31

Interview with Andrea Jones Rooy on the Election; News Items: Red Flags for Bad Journals, Comets and the Origin of Life, Schooling and Dementia, Trapping Antimatter; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: CT…
The Skeptics Guide #1111 - Oct 24 2026

2026-10-24

Guest Rogue: Alice Howarth; What's the Word: Centripetal-Centrifugal; News Items: Christina Applegate's MS Diagnosis, Ultraprocessed Food and Cancer Risk, Superworms Clean Skeletons, Goodbye Leap Second, Wellness and…
The Skeptics Guide #1110 - Oct 17 2026

2026-10-17

Flu Season; News Items: Future Forests, Carbon Nanotube Product, Rethinking Normal, Smart Clothing; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; Your Questions and E-mails: Lab Leak Theory; Science or Fiction
The Skeptics Guide #1109 - Oct 10 2026

2026-10-10

AI Update; News Items: 2026 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine, Physics, and Chemistry, Reading Fiction; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Sleep and Consciousness; Science or Fiction
The Skeptics Guide #1108 - Oct 3 2026

2026-10-03

Special Guests: Christian Hubicki and Julia Novella; Designing Your Dream Costume; Conspiracy Theories; News Items: Stellar Streams and Dark Matter, Possible Cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, IgNobels 2026, Pet Bird…
The Skeptics Guide #1107 - Sep 26 2026

2026-09-26

Interview with Adam Kall and Troy Morris; What's the Word: Application; Whatever Happened to Lab Grown Meat; News Items: The Brain is a Composite Organ, Independence of Science Grants, NYT Shills for Fake Psychics;…
The Skeptics Guide #1106 - Sep 19 2026

2026-09-19

News Items: How Dangerous is AI, Memories of 9-11, Solar is Booming, GPT-6 Astra, Frisson; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Educating Children; Science or Fiction
The Skeptics Guide #1105 - Sep 12 2026

2026-09-12

With Special Guest Christian Hubicki; Updating the Matrix; News Items: Nancy Grace Roman Telescope, Training Baby Robots, Testing Gravity in Space; Science or Fiction
The Skeptics Guide #1104 - Sep 5 2026

2026-09-05

Live from LA with guests Andrea Jones Rooy and Brian Wecht; Living in LA; What Ever Happened To: Breakthrough Starshot, Fen-phen, The Coming Hydrogen Economy, String Theory, The Segway, Going to Mars; Science or Fiction

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Owner: Dr. Steven Novella MD
Oldest episode in feed: 05/2005 · over 21 years
Keywords: skeptic, skepticism, science, paranormal, psuedoscience, fringe-science

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