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Episode #961

12/09/2023

Quickie with Bob: Ceramic StorageNews Items: Quantum Gravity, X-Prize for Health Span, ECT Effects on the Brain, Building New Materials with AI and RobotsFrom Tik Tok: Electric Car Without ChargingWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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  • 2023
    913 - 961
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    Episode #961 - December 9th, 2023

    Quickie with Bob: Ceramic StorageNews Items: Quantum Gravity, X-Prize for Health Span, ECT Effects on the Brain, Building New Materials with AI and RobotsFrom Tik Tok: Electric Car Without ChargingWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #960 - December 2nd, 2023

    News Items: Internet Use and Mental Health, Methane Capture, Bitter Revenge, Underground Microbes, PopSci Magazine ClosesQuickie with Steve: LK-99 DebunkedWho's That Noisy, Question and E-mails: Dr. GPTScience or Fiction

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    Episode #959 - November 25th, 2023

    What's the Word: RugaeNews Items: 3D Printing Soft Robots, First CRISPR Treatment Approved, Omicron Update, Lunar LibraryWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Trust in Science, FashionScience or Fiction

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    Episode #958 - November 18th, 2023

    Special Guest: George HrabSwindler's List: Romance ScamNews Items: Whole Eye Transplant, Hottest Year on Record, Neutron Thickness, Hydrogen Deposit in France, Trust in Science DecliningWho's That NoisyQuestions and E-mails: Oldest PhotoScience or Fiction

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    Episode #957 - November 11th, 2023

    Interview with James BurkeDumbest Thing of the WeekNews Items: ESA Plans Space Capsule, Oldest Evidence of Projective Weapons, Vaccine for Cocaine Addiction, Ancient Planet Buried in Earth's Mantle, Bankman-Fried GuiltyWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #956 - November 4th, 2023

    Special Guest: Christian HubickiDragonCon Panels: Skepticism and Gaming, Government Coverup of UAPs, Generation ShipsNews Items: Augmented Reality Social Reaction, How Stars Become Magnetars, Recent Mission to the Moon, Different Types of MassSpecial Report: Global Warming PolicyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #955 - October 28th, 2023

    What's the Word: Benthic vs PelagicNews Items: Age of the Moon, CVS and Homeopathy, Black Holes Do Spin, Paranormal Investigators and Police, Human EpochWho's That NoisyYou Questions and E-mails: Driverless Cars, Home Air FiltersScience or Fiction

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    Episode #954 - October 21st, 2023

    Swindler's List: The IT ScamNews Items: Driverless Cars, Dead Whale Mystery, Filtering Wildfire Air, New Law of Nature Proposed, The Real Count DraculaWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Last After the Big BangScience or Fiction

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    Episode #953 - October 14th, 2023

    Interview with Dan Friesen and Jordan Holmes from the Knowledge Fight podcastQuickie with Bob: Solar Panels at Proxima CentauriNews Items: Oldest Evidence of Humans in Americas, Addictive Foods, Using CRISPR to Make Chickens Flu Resistant, Superheavy Elements, Prehistoric Solar StormsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Nobel Peace PrizeScience or Fiction

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    Episode #952 - October 4th, 2023

    Interview with Physicist Lars MartinNews Items: Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Physics; Radio Telescope on the Moon; FEMA Alert ConspiracyWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Red Dye and ADHDScience or Fiction

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    Episode #951 - September 30th, 2023

    Discussion about MisinformationNews Items: Zoom Backgrounds, Manifesting Fails, Tong Test of AGI, Looking for Service Worlds, NASA Recovers Asteroid SampleWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Natural Gas vs CoalScience or Fiction

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    Episode #950 - September 23rd, 2023

    News Items: CAR-T Therapy, Martian Life, Oldest Wooden Structure, Mexican Alien Bodies, Signature of Life Found on ExoplanetWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #949 - September 16th, 2023

    Special Guest: Christian HubickiDragonCon 2023 HighlightsRobots of the FutureNews Items: Exploding Batteries and Deorbiting Satellites, Dark Stars, AI Drone Racing, Settling Mars, Stress PatchesScience or Fiction

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    Episode #948 - September 9th, 2023

    Interview with Anna BlakneyNews Items: ChatGPT University Performance, Geothermal Energy, Failed Star, Doctor and NDEsWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #947 - September 2nd, 2023

    Live from Tucson with special guest George HrabSpecial Report: Death of P22News Items: Toughest Metal, Eyewear from Coffee Grounds, Water Worlds, Psychic FraudDiscussion Topic: Cancelling CelebritiesExperts AdviceScience or Fiction

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    Episode #946 - August 26th, 2023

    News Items: Releasing Fukushima Radioactive Water, Online Gaming and Mental Health, Gradient Nanostructured Steel, Supernova and Neutrinos, Recent Lunar MissionsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Gender Affirming Care and RegretScience or Fiction

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    Episode #945 - August 19th, 2023

    News Items: Deep Space Network, Identifying Misinformation, Regret and Gender Affirming Care, Localizing Hidden Consciousness, Ice BathsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Metazoan CorrectionScience or Fiction

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    Episode #944 - August 12th, 2023

    5-10 Year: Loch NessNews Items: Depression Does Not Cause Cancer, Hidden Undersea World, AI vs Robo Calls, Cement SupercapacitorWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: More on EVs, RFK Jr on Tik TokScience or Fiction

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    Episode #943 - August 5th, 2023

    What's the Word: MereologyNews Items: Glass Coated DNA, How Deadly in Heat, Australian Psychics, Speech Deepfake,sSpecial Report: Electric Vehicle MythsQuickie with Bob: Heaviest AnimalWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #942 - July 29th, 2023

    Quickie With Steve: Another Alzheimer DrugNews Items: Can AI Learn Like Humans, Room Temperature Superconductor, A Galaxy Without Dark Matter, Men Convicted for Mineral SolutionWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Talent vs SkillScience or Fiction

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    Episode #941 - July 22nd, 2023

    News Items: Early Woodworking, Genetic Engineering to Fight Malaria, How We Determine What's True, Killing Bacteria, Nanopatch PseudoscienceYour Questions and E-mails: Fishercat vs Red Fox, Thorium ReactorsWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #940 - July 15th, 2023

    Special Guests: George Hrab and Andrea Jones RoyDumbest Thing of the Week: Meteors and Alien CraftNews Items: Leqembi for Alzheimer's, Jeffrey Epstein Not Murdered, When Will Betelgeuse Explode, Can AI Solve Math ProblemsScience or Fiction

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    Episode #939 - July 8th, 2023

    Quickie with Bob: The Impossible PlanetNews Items: Activity Late in Life, Hominid Cannibals, Aspartame and Cancer, FAA Approves Flying Car, Neutrino Image of GalaxyWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Homelessness, Titan Failure, Canadian ForestsScience or Fiction

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    Episode #938 - July 1st, 2023

    What's The Word: DecussateNews Items: Ripples in Spacetime, Mars Simulation, Multimillion Dollar Psychic Scam, Who Is Most Susceptible to Misinformation, Malaria in FlroidaWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Existential DreadScience or Fiction

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    Episode #937 - June 24th, 2023

    News Items: Neuroforecasting, Coastal Erosion, Milky Way's Supermassive Blackhole, Aliens in Vegas, Alcohol Use DisorderWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Latitude and Daylight, Debating RFK Jr.Science or Fiction

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    Episode #936 - June 17th, 2023

    Interview with David Kyle JohnsonNews Items: Schizophrenia and Autoimmune Disease, 3D Printing Glass, Smoke Blocks Solar Power, Retooling Ribosome Translation, Ivory Billed Woodpecker AgainWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: UFO SightingScience or Fiction

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    Episode #935 - June 10th, 2023

    Special Report: Canadian Fires and Global WarmingNews Items: The Coming of AR, The Causes of Cultural Differences, Space Travel and Brain Health, UFO WhistleblowerYour Questions and E-mails: Corrections, Breaking Placebo EffectsScience or Fiction

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    Episode #934 - June 3rd, 2023

    Quickie with Bob: Brain StimulationNews Items: Harvesting Energy from Air, Breakups and Hindsight Bias, AI Seance, Monster StarsYour Questions and E-mails: Attenboroughs, Trees and CO2Science or Fiction

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    Episode #933 - May 27th, 2023

    Live Recording with special guest George HrabQuickie with Cara: New York is SinkingNews Items: Fourth Meal, Artemis Update, Making Fuel from Sunlight, Most Dangerous Toy, The Science of Reading, Urban EvolutionAI Voice Simulator, Science or Fiction

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    Episode #932 - May 20th, 2023

    News Items: Microsoft Signs Up For Fusion, Robot Helpers, DNA Everywhere, The Evolution of Butterflies, CO2 and Lab Grown MeatWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #931 - May 13th, 2023

    Quickie with Bob: PangenomeNews Items: Fake Studies, Germany and Nuclear Power, Moon Landing Hoax Again, Earth Viewed by Alien CivilizationWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Dunning-Kruger RevisitedScience or Fiction

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    Episode #930 - May 6th, 2023

    Interview with Brian BrushwoodWhat's The Word: CatacousticsNews Items: AI Mind Reading, 10,000 steps per day, 30 Years of the Web, When Will Aliens Contact UsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Carnivore DietScience or Fiction

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    Episode #929 - April 29th, 2023

    News Items: Starship Launch, False Belief Systems, Ashwagandha and other Herbal Drugs, The Evolution of Eukaryotes, Blue HolesWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: P-Values vs Effect SizesScience or Fiction

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    Episode #928 - April 22nd, 2023

    News Items: Starship Almost Launch, Information in Ancient Meteorites, Lunar Cycle and Suicide, Sharper MRI Images, Mummies and TaxesWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Hydrogen StorageScience or Fiction

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    Episode #927 - April 15th, 2023

    Interview with Jon Bornstein of Amprius TechnologiesNews Items: Dopamine Detox, Overprotection May Cause Anxiety, W-Boson Mass, No Health Benefits from Moderate DrinkingName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #926 - April 8th, 2023

    Quickie with Bob: Quantum Random NumbersNews Items: Treating Infections Without Antibiotics, The Science of Clogging, New Kind of Black Hole, First Cell PhoneWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Feedback on AIScience or Fiction

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    Episode #925 - April 1st, 2023

    Interview with Blake LemoineQuickie with Steve: Batteries with Double the Energy DensityNews Items: Mammoth Meatball, Lunar Ice, First Blitzar Observed, England Allows Gene-Edited CropsWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #924 - March 25th, 2023

    What's the Word: PleonasmRolls-Royce Nuclear Engine, Tik Tok and Misinformation, 3D Printed Rocket, Beethoven's Hair, Uranus Moons and Subsurface OceansFollow up: Oumuamua Comet HypothesisWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #923 - March 18th, 2023

    Interview with Derek Muller from VeritasiumUpdate: Mask WearingNews Items: New Lunar Space Suits, End of Life Care, GPT-4 is Here, Terminator Zones, Ohio Chemical Spill

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    Episode #922 - March 11th, 2023

    Dumbest Thing of the Week: Feng ShuiNews Items: Blood Test for Anxiety, Mars Sample Return, Dinosaur ColorCosmic Rays and the PyramidsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Corrections, BetterHelpScience or Fiction

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    Episode #921 - March 4th, 2023

    Guest Rogue: F Perry WilsonQuickie with Bob: Ancient SteelNews Items: Mining Hydrogen, ChatGPT Update, Erythritol and Heart Disease, Growing Brain Electrodes, Woodland ElvesWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #920 - February 25th, 2023

    Quickie with Steve: Serial Dependence BiasNews Items: 4-Day Work Week, Infants vs AI, Black Holes and Dark Energy, Ghost Hunting Devices, 3D Printing Super AlloysWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #919 - February 18th, 2023

    Interview with Richard WisemanQuickie with Jay: Shooting Down UFOsNews Items: On Demand Male ContraceptiveMask UpdateRogue Intergalactic Black HoleWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #918 - February 11th, 2023

    Quickie with Steve: Dwarf Planet Mystery RingNews Items: Lucky Girl Syndrome, Best Satellite Material, AI and Technosignatures, Sleep Disorders and Paranormal Belief, Earthing UpdateWho's That NoisyPotent QuotablesScience or Fiction

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    Episode #917 - February 4th, 2023

    Quickie with Bob: EntanglementNews Items: Mummy Goo, Water Crisis and Climate Change, COVID Immunity, Bringing Back the Dodo, Fungal PandemicWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Less vs Fewer, The Plug WarsScience or Fiction

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    Episode #916 - January 28th, 2023

    What's the Word: AposematismNews Items: NASA Experimental Technology, Procrastination, Bacteria that Eat Plastic, Rubble Pile Asteroids, Traumatic Brain InjuryWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Aptera Solar CarScience or Fiction

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    Episode #915 - January 21st, 2023

    News Items: Intermittent Fasting, Tech Devices and Brain Development, Latest Cancer Statistics, Short Sleeper Syndrome, Hungriest Black Hole, Webb's First ExoplanetWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Coffee PodsScience or Fiction

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    Episode #914 - January 14th, 2023

    Dumbest Thing of the Week: Sock PotatoesNews Items: Roman Concrete, Neuroimaging and Mental Health, Using Tumor Cells to Kill Tumors, Planet Spirals Into StarWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Damascus SteelScience or Fiction

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    Episode #913 - January 7th, 2023

    Psychic Predictions for 2022News Items: Hydration Myths, Bioplastics, GPS on the Moon, Russia Fears Western PsychicsWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    860 - 912
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    Episode #912 - December 31st, 2022

    2022 Year in Review
    with Guest Rogue: Ian Callanan
    Best Science of the YearBest SGU Segments of the YearSkeptical Hero of the YearSkeptical Jackass of the YearIn MemoriumScience or Fiction

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    Episode #911 - December 24th, 2022

    Live from PhoenixNews Items: Fusion Breakthrough, Closed Loop Pumped Hydro, Jibber Jabber, Artemis I Returns, Bright Satellites, Cuttlefish Pass Marshmallow TestScience or Fiction

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    Episode #910 - December 17th, 2022

    Interview with AI Specialist Mark HoWhat's the Word: Science Fiction TermsNews Items: Electric Planes, Zetawatt Laser, Solar SailsLive Q&AScience or Fiction

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    Episode #909 - December 10th, 2022

    News Items: Square Kilometer Array, Mantle Plume on Mars, Swimming Dinosaurs, Ancient Environmental DNA, Cat DomesticationWho's That NoisyPotent QuotablesYour Questions and E-mails: Rocketry AdvanceScience or Fiction

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    Episode #908 - December 3rd, 2022

    Quickie with Bob: Milky Way Stellar haloNews Items: Plan to Occupy Moon, Cannabis for Pain, Acupuncture for Backpain, New SI Units, 911 Call AnalysisWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Science or Fiction ProtocolScience or Fiction

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    Episode #907 - November 26th, 2022

    What's the Word: GeophonyNews Items: Artemis I Launch, Skin-Like Electronics, Homoploid Sympatric Speciation, Lab Grown Blood, Water Meteorite
    Who's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #906 - November 19th, 2022

    Dumbest Thing of the Week: Volcanic CO2News Items: Developing New Antibiotics, China Completes Space Station, 8 Billion People, New SARS-CoV-2 Variants, PsychogeneologyWho's That NoisyYour Questions and e-mails: Clinically Proven, Billion Dollar DisastersScience or Fiction

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    Episode #905 - November 12th, 2022

    Dumbest Thing of the Week: Alternative MedicineNews Items: Climate Change in the Classroom, Effects of Climate in US, Closest Black Hole, AWARE II Study of NDEsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: AstrologyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #904 - November 5th, 2022

    Quickie with Bob: Matter in Neutron Star CollisionsNews Items: Daylight Saving Time, Humans Working With Robots, Lottery Miracle, Mechanical Neural NetworkSpecial Report: History of VibratorsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Intermittent EnergyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #903 - October 29th, 2022

    Special Guest: Richard SaundersNews Items: Trust in Scientists, Reliability of World Energy, Video Games and Cognition, New Aging Technique, NASA UAP StudyWhat's The Word: RegressionWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #902 - October 22nd, 2022

    Quickie with Jay: Hiding Anti-Vaccine MisinformationNews Items: Electric Universe, Neanderthal Clan, Gorillas and Chimps Friends, Brightest Gamma Ray Burst, Cheating ScandalsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: COVID Vaccines and Bell's PalsyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #901 - October 15th, 2022

    Quickie with Bob: Sails of SupertankerNews Items: Neurons Play Pong, Smelling in VR, Technosignatures and Biosignatures, TWA 800 Lawsuit, DART Mission SuccessWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #900 - October 8th, 2022

    What's the Word: Hominid vs HomininNews Items: Nobel Prizes 2022 - Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, Homeopathy Lawsuit, Silkworm PangenomeQuickies with Steve: New ALS Drug, 3D Printing Computer ChipsWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #899 - October 1st, 2022

    Interview with Tim Dodd the Everyday AstronautForgotten Superhero of Science: Raye Jean MontagueNews Items: Are Fake Meats Sustainable, Why Go Back to the MoonScience or Fiction

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    Episode #898 - September 24th, 2022

    News Items: 2022 Ig Nobels, It's OK to Ask for Help, Bitcoin and Fedimints, Multivitamins for Memory, Refreezing the Poles, Neuro Emotional TechniqueWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Chess Cheating Follow UpScience Fiction

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    Episode #897 - September 17th, 2022

    Is It Real: Ear SnakeNews Items: What Children Believe, Health Effects of Gas Stoves, Neanderthal Brains, Synthetic Microbiome, UFO Videos ClassifiedWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Climate NihilismScience or Fiction

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    Episode #896 - September 10th, 2022

    Quickie with Bob: Frank Drake; News Items: MOXIE Follow Up, Talk More, EMDR Update, Did Giant Meteorites Create Continents, Death by Herbal Remedy; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

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    Episode #895 - September 3rd, 2022

    Interview with Dr. Seema YasminNews Items: Hot Summer, Tear Down this Paywall, Volcano Catastrophe, Solar Energy UpdateWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #894 - August 27th, 2022

    Report from ItalyNews Items: Space-Based Solar Power, Theory of Decision Making, Urban Crops, Protons have CharmWho's That NoisyDumbest Thing of the WeekScience or Fiction

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    Episode #893 - August 20th, 2022

    Live from NECSS with guests Andrea JonesRooy and Kelly BurkePerry DeAngelis MemorialNews Items: Earth Spinning Faster, Scientific Rigor, More Space Debris, The Alex Jones TrialSpecial Segments: Chorizo Hoax, Audio PareidoliaScience or Fiction

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    Episode #892 - August 13th, 2022

    Special Report: New Climate Change BillNews Items: The Physics of Meteors, New Kind of Motion, Structured Water, Cryonic Horror StoriesWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Photons Have MomentumScience or Fiction

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    Episode #891 - August 6th, 2022

    Quickie with Bob: FrictionNews Items: The Neuroscience of Politics, Cozy Lava Tubes, Video Games and Well-Being, Invisible Dark MatterWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Lord Kelvin, Green Methane, Universe IsotropyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #890 - July 30th, 2022

    What's The Word: CladisticsNews Items: Detecting Exoplanets, Too Hot, Overconfidence and Denial, Monkeypox UpdateWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Self-Advocacy vs KibitzingScience or Fiction

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    Episode #889 - July 23rd, 2022

    Interview with Brian Dunning about UFO MovieCara's Cancer ExperienceNews Items: Global Warming Technologies, SLS Launch, Periodic FRBs, Habitable Super EarthsWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #888 - July 16th, 2022

    News Items: Green Steel, T. Rex Arms, Getting Out The Vote, James Webb Latest ImagesWho's That NoisyQuote QuizScience or Fiction

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    Episode #887 - July 9th, 2022

    Interview with Dr. Dave StantonSpecial Segment: The Fate of FireworksNews Items: Universal Coronavirus Vaccine, Preserving Ukraine's Landmarks, Detecting Particles with Gravitational Waves, Who Owns the MoonYour Questions and E-mails: What Is a Skeptic?Science or Fiction

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    Episode #886 - July 2nd, 2022

    Quickie with Bob - Gamma Ray Burst PausesNews Items: Mining the Sea, Science of Abortion, How Many GalaxiesYour Questions and E-mails: Can Dogs TalkScience or Fiction

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    Episode #885 - June 25th, 2022

    Secret of Skinwalker RanchNews Items: Jupiter Ate Baby Planets, The Risk of Sitting, NASA Joins Study of UAPs, Galapagos Giant Tortoise Not ExtinctWhat's the Word: NostrumYour Questions and E-mails: Testing AIsScience or Fiction

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    Episode #884 - June 18th, 2022

    News Items: Is LaMDA AI Sentient, AI Influencers, Kids Don't Get Cancer Because They Are Unhappy, Free Floating Black HoleWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #883 - June 11th, 2022

    News Items: Infantile Amnesia, The Age of Giants, AI and Traffic Jams, Green Bank Radio ObservatoryWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E=mails: Science of Gun RegulationScience or Fiction

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    Episode #882 - June 4th, 2022

    News Items: Exascale Supercomputer, Dinosaurs Warm or Cold Blooded, Preventing Violent Crime, Revising the Evolutionary Tree, New Optical IllusionQuickie with Bob: Gato AIWho's That NoisyYour questions and E-mails: Reading Systematic ReviewsScience or Fiction

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    Episode #881 - May 28th, 2022

    Interview with NASA's Naomi Rowe-GurneyNews Items: Monkeypox, NASA's Mars Plans, Linear BiasWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #880 - May 21st, 2022

    News Items: Health Benefits of Clean Energy, SIDS, Growing Plants in Lunar Soil, Milky Way Black Hole, Gullible Acupuncture ArticleWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Language and AI, Raw Food DietScience or Fiction

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    Episode #879 - May 14th, 2022

    Dumbest Thing of the Week: Best UFO PictureNews Items: AI Artists, Molten Salt Battery, Trolling Science Journalism, Solar Thermochemical HydrogenWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Action Bias vs Omission BiasScience Fiction

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    Episode #878 - May 7th, 2022

    SGU 17 Year AnniversaryQuickie with Bob: Follow Up Solar LensNews Items: Sustainable Jet Fuel, Dog Personality, COVID and Cognitive Function, Fertilizer Shortage, Cosmic ExpansionWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: LemuriaScience or Fiction

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    Episode #877 - April 30th, 2022

    The Skeptics Guide to the Future Book PreorderNews Items: Redefining the Second, NFT Medicine, LHC Restart, Energy Psychology, Researching the ParanormalWho's That NoisyCorrections: Native vs EndemicScience or Fiction

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    Episode #876 - April 23rd, 2022

    News Items: Vaping and Inflammation, Projectile Fusion, Facilitated Communication is Still Pseudoscience, Gamma Rays and Gravitational Waves, AI Emotion DetectionWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Communicating SkepticismScience or Fiction

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    Episode #875 - April 16th, 2022

    Live from Boston with guest George HrabOver-UnderNews Items: CRISPR-On, Achromatic X-Ray Lens, Pareidolia and Gender, Cleaning Solar Panels, Public Media and DemocracyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #874 - April 9th, 2022

    Interview with NASA Biologist John KissNews Items: Life on Europa, Ancient Skull Surgery, Artemis Stuck, Most Distant Star, Fake NewsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Evolution and RacismScience or Fiction

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    Episode #873 - April 2nd, 2022

    Guest Rogue Andrea Jones RoySpecial Report: Political Science of WarNews Items: Transgenic Plants in Space, Homeopathy Trials and Publication Bias, Psychedelic Treatments, Anti-Universe, Plastic in our BloodScience or Fiction

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    Episode #872 - March 26th, 2022

    Daylight Saving TimeNews Items: SLS is here, COVID Brain, Origins of Life, Orbiting Solar Power, Antarctic Heat WaveWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #871 - March 19th, 2022

    Interview with Michelle Ciulla Lipkin from the National Association for Media Literacy EducationNews Items: Why Is Life Symmetrical, Evolution of Language, Moon Rocks, Plasma Laser Lens, International Paranormal ConferenceWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #870 - March 12th, 2022

    Guest Rogue, Brian WechtNews Items: Solid State Batteries, Are Coronal Loops Real, COVID Anosmia, Alcohol and the BrainSpecial Report: Update on String TheoryQuickie with Bob: Bacteria Convert Sunlight to EnergyWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #869 - March 5th, 2022

    Special Report: UkraineNews Items: Quantum Gravity Gradiometer, Sea Level Rise, NASA Innovative Projects, Biological SexWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #868 - February 26th, 2022

    News Items: Hot Jupiters, Jumping To Conclusions, Nanoparticles to Stop Internal Bleeding, Internet 2035Quickie with Bob: Plasma PhysicsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Bird DeathsScience or Fiction

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    Episode #867 - February 19th, 2022

    First ScientistsNews Items: Psyche May Not Be The Iron Giant, Planet Around White Dwarf, Falling Birds, HIV CureWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: GirtName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #866 - February 12th, 2022

    Quotation RotationNews Items: Treating Spinal Cord Injury, Artificial Enamel, Laser Thermal Propulsion, Chimps Self-MedicatingWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: De-ExtinctionScience or Fiction

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    Episode #865 - February 5th, 2022

    Quickie with Bob - Scientists Invent FlubberNews Items: Machine Learning and Mental Health, Hardy Tardigrades, DNA Microfossils, Belief in the Paranormal and Credibility, Tesla RobotsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Rogan and SpotifyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #864 - January 29th, 2022

    What's the Word: AllopatricNews Items: Carbon Signatures on Mars, Schoolkids and Conspiracy Theories, Peter Jackson Uses AI to Restore Beatles, Human Remains LocatorWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: 5G and Airlines, The Effects of Climate ChangeScience or Fiction

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    Episode #863 - January 22nd, 2022

    Interview with Brad McKay, Special Segment: 5G and AirlinesNews Items: Origins of Life, Zombie Science, Silent as an Owl, Evolution of Flowering PlantsWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #862 - January 15th, 2022

    News Items: Pig Heart Transplant, Managing the Next Pandemic, Bogus Hangover Cures, James Webb Telescope Update, Battlefield AcupunctureWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Does Smelling Equal ExposureName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #861 - January 8th, 2022

    Predictions for 2021 and 2022News Items: Space Highlights for 2022, Education and the Aging Brain, Ramjet Physics, Elizabeth Holmes Guilty VerdictWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Off the ReservationScience or Fiction

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    Episode #860 - January 1st, 2022

    2021 Year-End Review ShowBest Science of the YearPseudoscience of the YearBest SGU SegmentsSkeptical Heroes and Jackasses of 2021In MemoriamScience or Fiction

  • 2021
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    Episode #859 - December 25th, 2021

    Live from Fort CollinsDiscussion: End of CivilizationNews Items: Nuclear on the Moon, What Launched Video Games, Assholes More Likely to be Wrong, Vaccine DetoxThe Rogues Answer Psychology QuestionsScience or Fiction

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    Episode #858 - December 18th, 2021

    What's The Word: SubstrateNews Items: Storing Energy with Air and Water, Zoom Fatigue, Challenging Einstein, Webb LaunchingWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction

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    Episode #857 - December 11th, 2021

    Holiday Pseudoscience GuideNews Items: Treating the Unvaccinated, DNA Data Storage, MLM Exploiting Women, Binge Watching, Asteroid MonitoringWho's That NoisyName That QuoteYour Questions and E-mails: Blaming ParentsScience or Fiction

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    Episode #856 - December 4th, 2021

    COVID Update: OmicronMyths about Black Widow SpidersNews Items: Sentient Cephalopods, Self Replicating Xenobots, Pharmacists Recommending HomeopathyWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: SpinLaunch Follow upScience or Fiction

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    Episode #855 - November 27th, 2021

    Live from DenverSpecial Segment: Families, Vaccines, and ThanksgivingNews Items: Russia Shoots Down Satellite, Asteroid May Be Moon Fragment, Loss Aversion, Bank Robber Identifies After 52 Years, Alex Jones Liable in Sandy Hook Case, SpinlaunchScience or Fiction

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    Episode #854 - November 20th, 2021

    News Items: Kilometer Long Spaceship, Social Media and Kids, Bionic Arm, Embryo Research, Trust in ScienceQuickie with Bob: Caves on MarsMystery QuotesScience or Fiction

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    Episode #853 - November 13th, 2021

    COVID Update: New AntiviralsNews Items: Moon Return Delay, Brain Stimulation Treatment, Carbon to Rock, Astronaut Brain DamageWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Organic FarmingScience or Fiction

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    Episode #852 - November 6th, 2021

    COVID UpdateNews Items: Organic Fail, Are Viruses Alive, Memes Ease Stress, Extragalactic Planet, Superconducting New State of MatterWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Elizabeth BathoryScience or Fiction

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    Episode #851 - October 30th, 2021

    What's the Word: ChiralityNews Items: Creepy Parasite, Lab Grown Coffee, Organoid Research, Conspiracies and COVID, Death by ExorcismWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Peak UraniumSGU RecommendsScience or Fiction

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    Episode #850 - October 23rd, 2021

    Interview with David Copperfield and Richard WisemanNews Items: Pig Kidney Transplant, Scientists Abused for Discussing COVID, Synthetic Biology, AGW Consensus, Dark SkiesWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: PropagandaScience or Fiction

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    Episode #849 - October 16th, 2021

    Interview with Craig GoodNews Items: Mass Extinction 30 Million Years Ago, Strange Radio Waves, Plant Molecular Farming, Neurofeedback HeadbandsWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction

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