Episode #177

Episode #177

News Items

• Age of the Sphinx
• Second Look at Supernova
• Milky Way Black Hole
• Searching for Alien Engineering

Question #1 Skeptical Authority

• I can’t verify everything SGU covers, end up trusting most as fact. How doesn’t it makes us skeps just another true believer? Avsa

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  Scientists present research showing that sugar can be an addictive substance similar to cocaine or morphine.

• Item #2 Fiction

  Geologists have discovered evidence for the existence of a previously unknown minor continent that previously existed between southern African and South America.

• Item #3 Science

  For only the second time in history (the first being Neptune) astronomers have discovered a planet of the size and orbit where it was predicted one should be.

Skeptical Quote of the Week.