Episode #740 - September 14th, 2019
News Items: Super Lightening, 20-Year Battery, NDE Study, CRISPR Trials, Holy Water TrialQuickie: Loch Ness DNAWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
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Episode #739 - September 7th, 2019
News Items: Carrington Event 160 Year Anniversary, Storm Area 51, Hurricane Dorian, Australopithecus anamensis, Human Effects on Environment, Genome Wide Association Study of Same Sex Behavior, Pluto Is Still Not a PlanetWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #738 - August 31st, 2019
News Items: Extragalactic Exoplanets, Denisovan Teeth, Climate Change and Clouds, Planting TreesWhat Do You Want For Your FuneralDumbest Thing of the WeekScience or Fiction
Episode #737 - August 24th, 2019
5-10 Years: Solar RoadsNews Items: Wind Turbines, Bleach for Autism, Grain-Free Dog Food, Terraforming MarsWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #736 - August 17th, 2019
Your Numbers Up, News Items: Banana Fungus, Epstein Conspiracy, Weber's LawWho's That NoisyChanging the CalendarName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #735 - August 10th, 2019
News Items: Video Game Violence, Public Trusts in Scientists, Robot Workers, New Type of Star, Detecting Planet CoresWho's That Noisy, Your Questions and E-mails: TMT Follow UpScience or Fiction
Episode #734 - August 3rd, 2019
What's the Word: BufferingNews Items: Signals from Earth, Acupuncture for Angina, Asteroid Near Miss, Rainmakers, Lyme ConspiracyWho's That NoisyName That Logical Fallacy: Law of Truly Large NumbersScience or Fiction
Episode #733 - July 27th, 2019
Whaddya Know: BerylliumNews Items: Telescope Protests, LightSail 2, Free Speech vs Professional Licensing, Autism Genetic, Bird ConspiracyWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #732 - July 20th, 2019
Live from NECSSNews Items: Apollo Video, Moon Strategy, Artificial Gravity, High Resolution MRI of the Brain, Gorilla SocietySGU Taste TestScience or Fiction
Episode #731 - July 13th, 2019
5-10 Years: Recorded FutureNews Items: Eating Jellies, Rebutting Denialism, Cancer Quackery on YouTube, Detecting EarthquakesWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #730 - July 6th, 2019
Forgotten Superheroes of ScienceNews Items: The Bystander Effect, Drones on Titan, Simulating the UniverseYour Questions and E-mails: Lactic Acid, Climate ChangeScience or Fiction
Episode #729 - June 29th, 2019
Interview with Evan Saitta about Dinosaur ProteinsNews Items:Deep Space Atomic Clock, Printing Vaccines, Carbon Capture, Horny KidsWho's That NoisyE-mails and Questions: Thai Language, Audio PareidoliaScience or Fiction
Episode #728 - June 22nd, 2019
Interview with Richard Wiseman5-10 Years: Contact Lens TVsNews Items: Radioactive Energy Cards, Hungry Brain Puppy Dog EyesWho's That NoisyChernobyl Follow UpScience or Fiction
Episode #727 - June 15th, 2019
News Items: Theory of Everything, FBI Bigfoot Files, Starlink, Evaluating ChernobylWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Closest Planet, Married BlissScience or Fiction
Episode #726 - June 8th, 2019
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Anne DaggNews Items: WHO and TCM, Solar Cell Defect Solved, Mutation Affects HIV and Flu, Defense LasersWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Closest PlanetScience or Fiction
Episode #725 - June 1st, 2019
News Items: Hyperloop Update, Smart Clothing, Misreporting Medical News, Murray Gell-Mann Dies, HappinessWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: BandwidthName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #724 - May 25th, 2019
News Items: Life on Mars, Stem Cell Scams, Mandatory Vaccines, NASA Moon Base PlansWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Jevon's ParadoxScience or Fiction
Episode #723 - May 18th, 2019
Interview with Dark Matter specialist, Bjeorn PenningNews Items: 5G is Coming, Hardy Exoplanets, Moonquakes, Don't Farm OctopusesWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #722 - May 11th, 2019
Interview with Daniel Clark, Director of Behind the CurveNews Items: Reporting UFOs, Phosphorene Nanoribbons, HearablesWho's That NoisyDumbest Thing of the WeekScience or Fiction
Episode #721 - May 4th, 2019
Live from Bethlehem with guest George HrabNews Items: Reading the Brain, JAMA on Medical Misinformation, Thanos Apocalypse, Fake Gay CureSkeptical ExperiencesScience or Fiction
Episode #720 - April 27th, 2019
News Items: Energy Free Cooling, First Molecule, Reviving Pig Brains, Fake Miracle CureWho's That NoisyYour questions and E-mails: Journal ReliabilityName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #719 - April 20th, 2019
News Items: FDA on GMO Labeling, Tabletop Fusion, Light Pollution, Another Mars Bacteria Claim, Biosynthetic ComputerWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Flying CarsName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #718 - April 13th, 2019
News Items: Quantum Acupuncture, Flying Cars and Space Planes, Picture of Black Hole, Quantum EngineWho's That NoisyQuestions and E-mails: Mexican Wave, Plastic BagsScience or Fiction
Episode #717 - April 6th, 2019
News Items: Fossils from the KT, Brain Scans as Evidence, Mars Methane Mystery, AI Designed MaterialsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: NASA Space Suits, Flat Earth FailScience or Fiction
Episode #716 - March 30th, 2019
Guest Rogue - Tyler BlackNews Items: Back to the Moon, Get Rid of Statistical Significance, Alcosynth, Predicting Suicide, Coal vs RenewablesWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #715 - March 23rd, 2019
Whaddya Know: Animals and MusicNews Items: Black Holes and Space Travel, Sugary Drinks and Heart Disease, Electrical Stimulation for DepressionDumbest Thing of the WeekQuestions and E-mails: Atomic Clocks, GMOsScience or Fiction
Episode #714 - March 16th, 2019
Interview with Peter de JagerNews Items: Release of Golden Rice, How Intelligent is AI, Atomic Clock May Replace GPS SystemWho's That NoisyQuestions and E-mails: Audio book, Champing at the BitScience or Fiction
Episode #713 - March 9th, 2019
News Items: Fake Sex Doctor, Psychic Sting, Homeopaths in Honduras, Seeing InfraredWho's That NoisyName That Logical Fallacy: Global Warming EditionScience or Fiction
Episode #712 - March 2nd, 2019
What's the Word: PlenumNews Items: Expanded DNA Code, Quark Matter, Ancient Mobility, OneWeb Flies, Signature of ConsciousnessWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #711 - February 23rd, 2019
News Items: Warning About Big Data in ScienceLive from the AAAS: What Is Scientific SkepticismScience or FictionWho's That NoisyFollow Up on Jupiter's Magnetic Field and Insect Apocalypse
Episode #710 - February 16th, 2019
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Alice LeeNews Items: Caring About Robots, Concrete Battery, Insect Collapse, Asteroid MiningWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #709 - February 9th, 2019
News Items: Who Was Robin Hood, Medical Errors, Magnetic North Pole, Celery Juice, CRISPR UpdateWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #708 - February 2nd, 2019
What's the Word: ProsodyNews Items: Cure for Cancer?; Liquid Fuel from Sunlight; Metallic Wood; Oldest RockWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #707 - January 26th, 2019
Whaddya Know: Periodic TableNews Items: Measles Hotspot, New Atom Smasher, Mapping the Brain, Animals in WinterWho's That NoisyDumbest Thing of the WeekScience or Fiction
Episode #706 - January 19th, 2019
News Items: Microbes on Mars, Memory Works Backwards, Elephants without Tusks, Dunning Kruger and GMOs, Room Temperature SuperconductivityWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyYour Questions and E-mails: Climate Change Around the World, Dangers of AIScience or Fiction
Episode #705 - January 12th, 2019
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Nancy Grace RomanNews Items: Face Scanning for Disease, Cancer Stats and Crowdfunding Quackery, Cleaning Up Ocean Trash, Butterfly Decline, When Galaxies CollideWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Alpha Go Correction, CIA Follow UpScience or Fiction
Episode #704 - January 5th, 2019
Predictions for 2018 and 2019News Items: Ultima Thule, Magic and Pseudoscience, AI BreakthroughScience or Fiction
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Episode #703 - December 29th, 2018
2018 Year End ReviewBest and Worst of 2018SGUs Visit to the CIAScience News of the YearSkeptical Hero and Jackass of the yearIn MemoriamScience or Fiction
Episode #702 - December 22nd, 2018
Live from LondonSGU Guide to AmericanismsWhich Movies Need SequelsAir Dryers vs Paper TowelsClassic Pseudoscience: ESP, Piltdown Man, Loch Ness Monster, UFOsScience or Fiction
Episode #701 - December 15th, 2018
Interview with Susan GerbicGuest Rogue Brian TrentWhat's the Word: PhilopatryNews Items: Release Active Drugs, Voyage 2 Update, Fast Radio Bursts Alien Hypothesis, China's Moon Mission, The ChickenoceneWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #700 - December 8th, 2018
Interview with Nick PyensonLiving in the era of fake newsNews Items: Back to the Moon, Gene Editing BabiesWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #699 - December 1st, 2018
News Items: Global Warming Report, The New Kilogram, Insight Mars LanderWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Atlantis ClaimScience or Fiction
Episode #698 - November 24th, 2018
QED 2018 Private Show with guest rogue George HrabAudience Q&APersonal HeroesScience or Fiction
Episode #697 - November 17th, 2018
Guest Rogue: Devin BrayWhat's the Word: CyberneticsNews Items: Earth's Dusty Satellites, How We Think, The Mad Russian, Engineering PhotsynthesisIs Stuff RealWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #696 - November 10th, 2018
What's The Word: AgglutinationNews Items: Oumuamua Update, Glasses for Color Blindness, Anti-Gravity, NASA Retires Kepler, New Controversial OpioidWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mailsScience or Fiction
Episode #695 - November 3rd, 2018
Live from CambridgeComplete the Science HeadlineNews Items: Reliability vs Validity, Soyuz Failed Launch, Hot Jupiters, Bottom Baryons, UFO Government Waste, What Is PsychopathyScience or Fiction
Episode #694 - October 27th, 2018
Live from QED 2018Special Guest: Michael MarshallName That PseudoscienceNews Items: GMO-Free Himalayan Salt, Drugs in your Supplements, Fast Radio Burst Update, How Many Faces Do You Know, The Surface of Europa, Black Holes and Dark Matter, Latest IPCC ReportScience or Fiction
Episode #693 - October 20th, 2018
SGU Debate Club - GM Humans, Is College for Everyone, Book vs Movie - Q and A
Episode #692 - October 13th, 2018
What's the Word: EpistocracyNews Items: Ultrafaint Dwarf Galaxies, Monkeys and Wolves, WHO and TCM, Iron Age Sword, HPV Vaccine UpdateMost Desirable ArtifactScience or Fiction
Episode #691 - October 6th, 2018
Forgotten Superhero of Science: Eunice Newton FooteNews Items: Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics, and Chemistry, Survey on New Age BeliefsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Traumatic MemoryScience or Fiction
Episode #690 - September 29th, 2018
What's the Word: PathognomonicNews Items: Oldest Animal, Mosquito Apocalypse, Asteroid Pics, Croydon Cat Killer, Octopuses on EcstasyWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Flu Season, That's CrazyScience or Fiction
Episode #689 - September 22nd, 2018
What's the Word: BasionymNews Items: Space X Flying to the Moon, Proxima b Weather, Wasps Are Important Too, Star vs Planet, Personality TypesWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #688 - September 15th, 2018
What's the Word: TrophicNews Items: Bogus Personality Tests, Pluto Revisited, Light Sails, Growing BrainsWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #687 - September 8th, 2018
Live from DragonConSGU Book UpdateNews Items: CRISPR Halts Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Nudging Asteroids into Earth Orbit, Illusory Control, Evidence of Previous Universes, Shatner on VR, Seeing Only MovementScience or Fiction
Episode #686 - September 1st, 2018
NECSS Private Show with George Hrab and Hai TingNews Items: Why We Yawn, Motivated Reasoning vs Lazy Thinking, Isreali Moon ProbeQuestions from GeorgeScience or Fiction
Episode #685 - August 25th, 2018
What's the Word: TransfectNews Items: Room Temperature Superconductor Questioned, Teleology and Conspiracies, Kratom Poisoning, Neanderthal Denisovan Child, Neutron StarsWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #684 - August 18th, 2018
What's the Word: PhenomenologyNews Items: Dunning Kruger Anti-vaccine Edition, Alien Abduction Stories, Smallpox Drug, Roundup Verdict, SchwarziteWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Arable LandScience or Fiction
Episode #683 - August 11th, 2018
Interview with Sean CarrollWhat's the Word: OrthogonalNews Items: Remembering is Seeing, Hothouse Tipping Point, Novel Amino Acids, Weird, Rogue Planet, Corporal PunishmentWho's that NoisyQuestions and E-mails: Monkeys and ApesScience or Fiction
Episode #682 - August 4th, 2018
Interview with Robert Kurson, author of Rocket MenWhat's the Word: StylometryNews Items: Terraforming Mars, Shifty Eyes, ScutoidWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #681 - July 28th, 2018
Interview with Alethea DeanWhat's the Word: StridulationNews Items: Lake on Mars, Reanalyzing the Drake Equation, In Search Of Reboot, More Energy NonsenseWho's That Noisy, Science or Fiction
Episode #680 - July 21st, 2018
Live from NECSS 2018 with special guest Bill NyeNews Items: Time Machine, Iceman's Last Meal, Training for Mars, Cosmic Ray Source, Virtual Reality Therapy, Testing GravityWhat's the Word: DefinitionsScience or Fiction
Episode #679 - July 14th, 2018
What's the Word: EtiologyNews Items: Quantum Woo, Probing the Sun, Bullet Proof, Spider Ballooning, HogweedWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Bio-Degradable PlasticsScience or Fiction
Episode #678 - July 7th, 2018
What's the Word: AdsorptionNews Items: Harlan Ellison Dies, Complex Organic Molecules on Enceladus, Clever Crows, New England Supervolcano, Marshmallow Test RevisitedWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Non-Ionizing RadiationScience or Fiction
Episode #677 - June 30th, 2018
What's the Word: EndophyteNews Items: DNA Testing, Anti-Smart Meter Pseudoscience, Keeping Ahead of the Expanding Universe, Roots of AlcoholismWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Brit-BashingScience or Fiction
Episode #676 - June 23rd, 2018
What's the Word: VectorNews Items: Video Game Addiction, Continent of Stability, Return of Astrology, Antarctic IceWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Polio Follow UpScience or Fiction
Episode #675 - June 16th, 2018
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Rachel CarsonNews Items: Lying About Golden Rice, Solar Roads Again, Polio Comeback, Fastest SupercomputerWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #674 - June 9th, 2018
What's the Word: HermeneuticNews Items: Sterile Neutrino, Tardigrade Lifespan, Louis Vuitton Rainmaker, Panspermia Follow UpWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Balance of NatureScience or Fiction
Episode #673 - June 2nd, 2018
What's the Word: IrruptiveNews Items: Colonizing Mars, Multivitamin Meta-analysis, AI Diagnostics, Musk's Twitter BreakdownWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #672 - May 26th, 2018
Interview with Jennifer OuelletteWhat's the Word: Sapient vs SentientNews Items: Cancer Quackery Death, EM Drive Follow Up, Loch Ness DNA, Largest SalamandersWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: PanspermiaScience or Fiction
Episode #671 - May 19th, 2018
What's the Word: ConsanguineousNews Items: Yanny or Laurel, Google Duplex, Falcon-9 Launches, Coffee a Carcinogen, Alien OctopusesScience or Fiction
Episode #670 - May 12th, 2018
Interview with Adam BeckerWhat's the Word: EpiphyteNews Items: Knowledge of Evolution, Hawaii Volcanic Activity, Spider Silk and Steel, Toxic Moon DustWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #669 - May 5th, 2018
Interview with Ethan WinerWhat's the Word: FallacyNews Items: Flipping Magnetic Fields, Self-Assembling Space Telescope, JFK Headshot, Growing BrainsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Annealing vs TemperingScience or Fiction
Episode #668 - April 28th, 2018
Interview with Tobias FuchslinWhat's the Word: AnnealingNews Items: Echochambers, Organic Solar Cells, Self-Cleaning CoatingWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #667 - April 21st, 2018
News Items: Communicating without Speaking, Nutrition Pseudoscience, Rare Earths, Eating PlasticWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Acidic FoodScience or Fiction
Episode #666 - April 14th, 2018
What's the Word: DemonNews Items: 666, Buzz Aldrin and Aliens, AI Good and Evil, The Business of Exorcism, The Power of SatanWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Acidic vs Alkiline dietScience or Fiction
Episode #665 - April 7th, 2018
Interview with Mark LynasWhat's the Word: Atavism,News Items: Cell Phones and Cancer, Robot Bees on Mars, Largest DinosaursWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Math, Interstitium PseudoscienceScience or Fiction
Episode #664 - March 31st, 2018
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Emily RosaNews Items: Vitamin C Myth, Atacama Mummy, Death by Apitherapy, New Views of JupiterWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #663 - March 24th, 2018
What's the Word: VagilityNews Items: NASA's Hammer, ESP on CBS, Free SpeechWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Meat ConsumptionScience or Fiction
Episode #662 - March 17th, 2018
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Brenda MillerNews Items: Stephen Hawking Dies, The Brain's Predictive Coding, Daylight Savings Time, Fusion in 15 years?Who's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Duct Tape and Amelia EarhartScience or Fiction
Episode #661 - March 10th, 2018
What's the Word: Heritable vs InheritableNews Items: Not Too Many Too Soon, Lab Grown Meat, Seeing Around Corners, Opiods No BetterWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #660 - March 3rd, 2018
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Margaret Oakley DayhoffNews Items: Low-Fat vs Low-Carb, Moa Genome, Superatomic Semiconductors, Who's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Meatleg Lives, Conspiracy TheoristsScience or Fiction
Episode #659 - February 24th, 2018
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Oscar MicheauxNews Items: Satellite Broadband, Superbrain Yoga, Video Game ViolenceWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyYour Questions and E-mails: Cellulose and the AnalemmaScience or Fiction
Episode #658 - February 17th, 2018
News Items: Win Against Homeopathy, Life Beneath the Ice, Illuminati, Cancer-Fighting NanorobotsWhat's the Word: PresbyopiaWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #657 - February 10th, 2018
What's the Word: AnalemmaNews Items: Falcon Heavy Launch, Egyptian Dinosaurs, Extragalactic Planets, Vulnerability to Fake NewsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: GMOs and GlyphosateScience or Fiction
Episode #656 - February 3rd, 2018
Interview with Brian Dunning and Emery EmeryNews Items: Portable DNA Sequencing, Alternative Treatment for Bears, Acoustic Tractor Beam, Super Blue Blood MoonWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Driverless CarsScience or Fiction
Episode #655 - January 27th, 2018
Interview with Richard SaundersWhat's the Word: AltricialNews Items: CES 2018, Space Lasers, Rainbow DinosaurYour Questions and E-mails: Denying DepressionScience or Fiction
Episode #654 - January 20th, 2018
Interview with Richard WisemanForgotten Superheroes of Science: Sophie WilsonNews Items: Black Death, Britt Hermes Lawsuit, Fake News Follow UpWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #653 - January 13th, 2018
What's the Word: EutrophicationNews Items: Astronaut John Young Dies, Raw Water, Space X Loses Satellite, Human WiFi, Cancer Deaths DecliningWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #652 - January 6th, 2018
What's the Word: HormesisPredictions 2017News Items: Protein Folding Breakthrough, Nitrate-Free Bacon, Donkey Hide Snakeoil, Science or Fiction
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Episode #651 - December 30th, 2017
Year end reviewScience 2017Best and Worst of 2017In MemoriamScience or Fiction
Episode #650 - December 23rd, 2017
What's the Word: AccretionNews Items:FDA Regulates Homeopathy, Pentagon UFO Videos, How the Flu Kills, CDC Word HubbubWho's That NoisyInterview with Joe NickelScience or Fiction
Episode #649 - December 16th, 2017
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Kathleen Drew-BakerNews Items: Space Policy Directive 1, Group Perception, Ticks Dinosaurs and Amber, Antarctic Extremophiles, Water CloakWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: EarthingScience or Fiction
Episode #648 - December 9th, 2017
What's the Word: DigitigradeNews Items: Nearly Complete Hominid Skeleton, Before the Big Bang, The Causes of Science Denial, This is Your Head in a Particle AcceleratorWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Chunking, Follow Up on Net NeutralityScience or Fiction
Episode #647 - December 2nd, 2017
Interview with Britte HermesForgotten Superheroes of Science: Hisako KoyamaNews Items: Speciation Event Observed, UK Water Companies Use Dowsing, NET Neutrality, Interstellar VisitorWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #646 - November 25th, 2017
CSICon Special Recording, with Special Guest: George HrabSkeptical Ghost StoriesYou Don't Know Me BroScience or Fiction
Episode #645 - November 18th, 2017
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Mary Swartz RoseNews Items: Scientists' Warning, Smart Pills, Fact Checking on Facebook, Fast Electron EmissionsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: GermanScience or Fiction
Episode #644 - November 11th, 2017
What's the Word: OntologyNews Items: Risks of Gluten Free, Wormholes, Reversing Cell Aging, Gadolinium Law Suits, Universal Flu VaccineWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Lava TubesScience or Fiction
Episode #643 - November 4th, 2017
Live from CSICon 2017, with special guest, Dr. Rachael DunlopWhat's the Word: EpistemologyNews Items: Halloween Bad Reporting, Skeptical Activism Down Under, Conspiracy Thinking, Lava Tubes on the Moon, T. rex Arms, Raccoon Intelligence, Millennials and ReligionScience or Fiction
Episode #642 - October 28th, 2017
Private SGU recording made at DragonCon 2017
Episode #641 - October 21st, 2017
What's the Word: EpicenterNews Items: Climate Sensitiity, More Gravitational Waves, Alleged Abductee Runs for Congress, DNA EvidenceMovie Review: Bladerunner 2049Your Questions and E-mails: Thermos, MindfulnessScience or Fiction
Episode #640 - October 14th, 2017
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Frances Glessner LeeNews Items: Debunking Works, Mindfulness Pseudoscience, Columbus Myths, Missing MatterWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Thermos PhysicsScience or Fiction
Episode #639 - October 7th, 2017
Interview with Pamela GayForgotten Superheroes of Science: Martin Jim AitkenNews Items: Nobel Prizes in Physiology, Physics and Chemistry;
Rocket TravelScience or FictionEpisode #638 - September 30th, 2017
What's the Word: Cis-TransNews Items: Chocolate Fungus, Mood Affects Flu Shot, Waking from Coma, International Moon Mission, Do Jellies SleepWho's that NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Celsius vs FahrenheitScience or Fiction
Episode #637 - September 23rd, 2017
What's the Word: PolymorphismNews Items: Pirates Ruined the Metric System, New Global Warming Estimate, Quackademic Medicine, Conspiracy Theories are for Losers, Asteroid MiningWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Gravity Train, Space JunkScience or Fiction
Episode #636 - September 16th, 2017
Interview with Massimo PigliucciWhat's the Word: OccultNews Items: Equifax Data Breach, Cassini Grand Finale, Larges Void in the Universe, MicroplasticsWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #635 - September 9th, 2017
Live from DragonCon 2017 with special guest Brian BrushwoodSpecial: Costumes at DragonConNews Items: The Benefits of Vaccines, Conspiracy Personality, Hurricane Harvey, Oldest Hominin Footprints, Heavy Element Creation, More False Claims from Goop, Deorbiting Space Debris, Electric Car LegislationScience or Fiction
Episode #634 - September 2nd, 2017
What's the Word: LiminalNews Items: 40 Years of Voyager, Ichthyosaur, Strongest Resistive Magnet, GMO and Dunning Kruger, Banning Mention of Global WarmingWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #633 - August 26th, 2017
Special Guest: Eran SegevForgotten Superheroes of Science: Mary BaltzNews Items: Vitamins and Cancer, Panera Marketing Fear, Radio Dish Noise, Outcomes and Gay Marriage, Cyborg BacteriaWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: SyzygyYour Questions and E-mails: FartsScience or Fiction
Episode #632 - August 19th, 2017
What's the Word: Eclipse TerminologyNews Items: Concrete Gravity Trains, Backfire Effect, Polio Vaccines from Tobacco Plants, Antibiotic Resistance, Alternative Medicine KillsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Atheist Study Follow upScience or Fiction
Episode #631 - August 12th, 2017
Interview with Jeffrey HallWhat's the Word: GestaltNews Items: Wiring Taste, Portable Neutrino Detector, Are Atheists Moral, Anthrax Killing ChimpsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: AlmondsScience or Fiction
Episode #630 - August 5th, 2017
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Mildred DresselhausNews Items: Tracking Asteroids, Vaccinating Pets, The Return of Laetrile, Robot SafecrackersWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: RecursiveYour Questions and E-mails: Sonic BoomScience or Fiction
Episode #629 - July 29th, 2017
In Memorium: Joe NovellaNews Items: NFL Brains, Supersonic Flight, Soft Engines, Measles Vaccination, Moon ExpressWhat's the Word: ParsimonyScience or Fiction
Episode #628 - July 22nd, 2017
Interview with Michael Mann about climate change and what we can do about it.
Episode #627 - July 15th, 2017
Live from NECSS 2017Guest Rogue: Richard SaundersGreetings from the ISSNews Items: The One Law of Robotics, Eusaurophargis dalsassoi, Gravitational Waves and Extra Dimensions, Homeopathy Ban from Pharmacies, Illness from Placentophagy, Planck's Constant, Cleaver Therapy, Disrupting MicrophonesWhat's the Word: PortmanteauDumbest Thing of the Week: Sex and DNAScience or Fiction
Episode #626 - July 8th, 2017
Live Recording from NECSS 2017 with special guest: George HrabNews Items: Glyphosate Update, Chimp vs Human Strength, Sub-2 Hour Marathon, NASA vs GoopSkeptical SpoonerismsScience or FictionLive Questions: LED Lights, SGU E-mails, Snopes.
Episode #625 - July 1st, 2017
Guest Rogue: Kavin SenapathyForgotten Superheroes of Science: Virginia ApgarNews Items: Organic Effect, Hawking on Mars, Science in Court, Solar EclipseScience or Fiction
Episode #624 - June 24th, 2017
What's the Word: NominalNews Items: Relational Reasoning in Computers, Big Bang Problems, Breatharians, Biodynamic Farming, Coconut SnakeoilQuestions and E-mails: Metabolism Follow UpScience or Fiction
Episode #623 - June 17th, 2017
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Breatrice ShillingNews Items: Deep Brain Stimulation, Fasting Exercise, The Sixth Extinction, Earliest Modern Human, Stars Born in PairsWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: VolatileQuestions and E-mails: CRISPR Follow UpScience or Fiction
Episode #622 - June 10th, 2017
Movie Review - Alien: CovenantNews Items: Dinosaur Proteins Questioned, Another Gravitational Wave, Bigelow on Aliens, Don't Put Wasps Nests In Your VaginaWho's That Noisy, Science or Fiction
Episode #621 - June 3rd, 2017
Interview with Ed StoneWhat's the Word: EpigeneticsNews Items: Mandela Effect, Farming Land Use, Trump's Science BudgetWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Bible Time FrameScience or Fiction
Episode #620 - May 27th, 2017
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Julius YoungnerNews Items: Nature and Nurture of Numbers, Daryl Bem Follow Up, Smart Meter HubbubWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Conceptual PenisScience or Fiction
Episode #619 - May 20th, 2017
What's the Word: DegenerateNews Items: Are You Being Watched?, Mechanism Behind Dark Energy, Dinosaur Extinction, Rational Arguments for God?Who's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Indigenous Science, AI Follow UpScience or Fiction
Episode #618 - May 13th, 2017
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Lillian GilbrethNews Items: Satellite Broadband, Anti-Vaccine Pseudoscience, Measles Outbreak, Giant GasWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: ConfabulateYour Questions and E-mails: Electric UniverseScience or Fiction
Episode #617 - May 6th, 2017
Interview with Marc RandazzaWhat's the Word: ExaptationNews Items: Exercise Metabolism, Earliest Humans in Americas, Cancer Evolution, David Young UpdateWho's That Noisy, Science or Fiction
Episode #616 - April 29th, 2017
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Peggy WhitsonNews Items: Worms That Eat Plastic, Artificial Photosynthesis, Historical Jesus, Hobbit UpdateWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #615 - April 22nd, 2017
What's the Word: ReovirusNews Items: Moisture Extinction, Life Without Oxygen, Mind Reading Hype, Alex Jones - Performance ArtistWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Processed FoodScience or Fiction
Episode #614 - April 15th, 2017
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Patricia BathNews Items: Deep Life, Short and Long Term Memory, Flat Earth, Cassini's Grand FinaleWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: ConvergentName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #613 - April 8th, 2017
What's the Word: TeleologyNews Items: TM and Violence, Citizen Science and Planet 9, Tentacle Robot, Boeing Deep Space Plans, Death by TurmericWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Doctors Prescribing HomeopathyScience or Fiction
Episode #612 - April 1st, 2017
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Jane Cooke WrightNews Items: Redrawing Dinosaur Clade, Bird Evolution, Elon Musk on AI, Smelling Breast CancerWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: FrissonScience or Fiction
Episode #611 - March 25th, 2017
Guest Rogue: Joshie BergerWhat's the Word: FactoidNews Items: Cybersecurity and Neuromorphic Chips, Chiropractic Quackery, ASMRSpecial Reports: Animals in the BibleWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #610 - March 18th, 2017
What's the Word: FractalNews Items: New Hominid Skulls, Solar Roadway Disaster, Dark Anti-Vax Conspiracies, Fast Radio Bursts and AliensWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Tea and Coffee Follow UpScience or Fiction
Episode #609 - March 11th, 2017
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Valentina TereshkovaNews Items: The Science March, Giving Mars a Magnetic Field, Death of the Liberation Procedure, SupersolidsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Saturn V vs Falcon Heavy, Moving the Goalpost vs No True ScotsmanScience or Fiction
Episode #608 - March 4th, 2017
What's the Word: HomologousNews Items: Nightmare Robot, Returning to the Moon, Digital Age Brain Disorders, The ADHD ControversyWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Tinnitus Follow UpScience or Fiction
Episode #607 - February 25th, 2017
Interview with Greg DashForgotten Superheroes of Science: Wang ZhenviNews Items: Restoring Hearing, Smartphone Tricorder, Science of Smoking Bans, Seven Earth-like ExoplanetsWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: PathologyScience or Fiction
Episode #606 - February 18th, 2017
Lawsuit UpdateNews Items: Monkey Mirror Test, Immigration and Crime, Human Embryo Editing, Mission to EuropaWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Momentum in SportsScience or Fiction
Episode #605 - February 11th, 2017
Interview with Acting FTC Chairman Maureen OhlhausenWhat;s the Word: ImpedanceNews Items: Super Bowl Drones, GM Wheat, Security ChipsWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #604 - February 4th, 2017
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Rudolf DieselNews Items: Human Pig Chimera, Life Review Experience, Communicating with the Locked In, Homeopathic Teething Products, Metallic HydrogenWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Centrifugal ForceScience or Fiction
Episode #603 - January 28th, 2017
Movie Review: Hidden FiguresNews Items: Restricting Science Communication, Fish Scales, Another Bogus Acupuncture Study, Video Games and ViolenceWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: AtomScience or Fiction
Episode #602 - January 21st, 2017
Interview with James RandiForgotten Superheroes of Science: Dorothy AndersenNews Items: E-Waste, IBM Predicts Future Tech, Returning to the Moon, Two Trillion GalaxiesWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #601 - January 14th, 2017
Interview with David GorskiWhat's the Word: ParallaxNews Items: Colliding Stars, Countering Fake News, Relaxing Music, A New Organ?Who's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Dino Tail Follow UpScience or Fiction
Episode #600 - January 7th, 2017
Guest Rogue: George HrabIn Memoriam: Carrie Fisher and Vera RubinPsychic PredictionsNews Items: Motivated Reasoning, Deep Sea DiscoveriesWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
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2016547 - 599
Episode #599 - December 31st, 2016
SGU 2016 Year in ReviewFavorite Science News of 2016Best and Worst of 2016Skeptical Heroes and Skeptical Jackass of 2016, In MemoriumScience or Fiction
Episode #598 - December 24th, 2016
Interview with Brian SwitekMovie Review: ArrivalNews Items: Better Outcomes from Female Doctors, Wet Ceres, Light from Anti-matter, Purple FoodWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #597 - December 17th, 2016
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Barbara LiskovNews Items: Trust of Scientists and GMOs, Cryogenic Energy Storage, Deorbiting Space JunkWhat's the Word: In SituYour Questions and E-mails: Premium Gas, Porn Follow UpScience or Fiction
Episode #596 - December 10th, 2016
Interview with Marty KleinWhat's the Word: PhylogeneticNews Items: High Density Supercapacitors, Adaptation vs Evolution, Instacharge ScamWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #595 - December 3rd, 2016
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Maria TelkesNews Items: Fake News and Online Reasoning, Santa Myth, Farmer Ants, Diamond BatteriesWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: EndemicName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #594 - November 26th, 2016
What's the Word: AutopoiesisNews Items: Improving Photosynthesis, Turkey Domestication, EM Drive, Tweaking Mitochondria, Orca EvolvingWho's That Noisy, Science or Fiction
Episode #593 - November 19th, 2016
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Percy Lavon JulianNews Items: FTC and Homeopathy, Stoern Liquidates, STDs Rising, Finding Antibiotics in the GenomeWhat's the Word: IsotropyYour Questions and E-mails: P-hackingScience or Fiction
Episode #592 - November 12th, 2016
What's the Word: XerophileNews Items: Wireless Brain-Spine Interface, Arctic Ice, Quantum Time, Hydrinos and Cold Fusion, Male Birth Control StudyWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Democratization of KnowledgeScience or Fiction
Episode #591 - November 5th, 2016
Interview with Brian WechtWhat's the Word: RelictNews Items: Expanding Universe Follow Up, Mystery Human Ancestor, Alaskan Lake MonsterWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Memory, Halloween Candy TamperingScience or Fiction
Episode #590 - October 29th, 2016
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: David YoungNews Items: Alien Signals, Patient Zero, Expanding Universe, Mars Probe CrashWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #589 - October 22nd, 2016
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Stanislav PetrovNews Items: Musk, Obama and MarsEncyclopedia of LifeScience and ColonialismWho's that NoisyWhat's the Word: TaphonomyScience or Fiction
Episode #588 - October 15th, 2016
Interview with David PrattWhat's the Word: AutophagyNews Items: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Chemistry, and Physics, Longevity DebateWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Healthy FoodsScience or Fiction
Episode #587 - October 8th, 2016
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Rosa Smith EigenmannNews Items: Hawaii Telescope Hubbub, Marijuana Changes the Brain, Brain Training and Power Poses, Listening to ExpertsWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: ultracrepidarianYour Questions and E-mails: Net MeteringScience or Fiction
Episode #586 - October 1st, 2016
What's the Word: ApopheniaNews Items: Europa Venting, Piezoelectric Roads, Unhackable, Change in Astrological SignWho's that NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #585 - September 24th, 2016
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Mary Elizabeth BarberNews Items: Tardigrade Radiation Resistance, Resistant Lice, Evolving Bacteria, Moon FormationWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: SuperfecundationYour Questions and E-mails: Lightning StrikesScience or Fiction
Episode #584 - September 17th, 2016
Special Guest: Ian HarrisSpecial Report: Comedy and SkepticismNews Items: GMO Brinjal, Do Dogs Understand Language, FDA Bans Antibacterial Soap, Space X ExplosionWhat's the Word: ComorbidityScience or Fiction
Episode #583 - September 10th, 2016
Guest Rogue Brian BrushwoodNews Items: Lightning Reindeer Death, Space Train, Juno at Jupiter, Evolving Tasmanian Devils, Finding Galactic Missing MassWhat's the Word: ThanatosisScience or Fiction
Episode #582 - September 3rd, 2016
Interview with Seth ShostakForgotten Superheroes of Science:Peter FlemingNews Items: NASA One Year Mars Simulator, Muscle Confusion, Biofuels Study, Building Solar Panels on the MoonWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: GlycolysisYour Questions and E-mails: Exoplanet GravityScience or Fiction
Episode #581 - August 27th, 2016
What's the Word: InquilineNews Items: Proxima Centauri b Confirmed, Anthropocene, World Wide Web 25, The Fight Against Pseudoscience, Pew Belief PollWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #580 - August 20th, 2016
Interview with Fraser CainForgotten Superheroes of Science: Janet RowleyNews Items: Chemtrails, Supar Hyperactivity, Augmented Reality and Cognitive Load, Fifth ForceWho's that NoisyWhat's the Word: FlocculationScience or Fiction
Episode #579 - August 13th, 2016
Guest Rogue: David GorskiWhat's the Word: HypnagogiaNews Items: Now You Don't See It, Piltdown Case Closed, Black Hole Back Door, Cupping at the Olympics, Other Olympic PseudoscienceDumbest Thing of the WeekScience or Fiction
Episode #578 - August 6th, 2016
Interview with Grant RicheyForgotten Superheroes of Science: Elizabeth RonaNews Items: Young Blood, Electroceuticals, Female Orgasm, Private Moon MissionWhat's the Word: MondegreenWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Nimrod and EdgyScience or Fiction
Episode #577 - July 30th, 2016
What's the Word: NeotonyNews Items: Vaxxed Lawsuit, Superatoms, Clone Follow Up, What's CoolWho's That NoisySpecial Report: The Science of RaceScience or Fiction
Episode #576 - July 23rd, 2016
Interview with Maria CorkForgotten Superheroes of Science: Carlos Juan FinlayNews Items: Replications in Science, Single Atom Data Storage, The Connectome, HAARP, Bio BotWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: EstivationYour Questions and E-mails: Snake Follow up, Archaic WordsScience or Fiction
Episode #575 - July 16th, 2016
What's the Word: ApoptosisNews Items: Solar Panel Impact, Ancient Supernovae, Kubrick Moon Landing Hoax, Neurasthenia, Tiny-Armed Dinosaur, New Dwarf PlanetWho;s That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #574 - July 9th, 2016
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Bryce BayerNews Items: A Psychiatrist Falls for Exorcism, fMRI Validity, Juno at Jupiter, First Autonomous Car FatalityWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: ParoxysmalYour Questions and E-mails: Jet FuelScience or Fiction
Episode #573 - July 2nd, 2016
What's the Word: AlluviumNews Items: MEND Protocol, The Cost of Carbon, China's New Supercomputer, Music ChillsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mail:Politics and Gun ControlScience or Fiction
Episode #572 - June 25th, 2016
Interview with Michael MarshallForgotten Superheroes of Science: Mary EdwardsNews Items: Electric Plane, Naturopathic Licensure, Black Holes and Dark MatterWhat's the Word: CrepuscularScience or Fiction
Episode #571 - June 18th, 2016
Guest Rogue: Richard SaundersNews Items: Kinked Nanotubes, Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier, Gun Violence a Public Health Issue, Government Funding Pseudoscience, More Gravity WavesWho's That NoisyDumbest Thing of the Week, What's the Word: EschatologyScience or Fiction
Episode #570 - June 11th, 2016
Interview with David GrossnickleWhat's the Word: IatrogenicNews Items: Universe Expanding Faster than Thought, Illusion of Choice, Is Hands Free SaferWho's That NoisyDumbest Thing of the Week: Noel EdmondsYour Questions and E-mails: Antibiotics in Mexico, Mythbuster ScienceScience or Fiction
Episode #569 - June 4th, 2016
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Andrew BensonNews Items: Cell Phones and Cancer Again, Total Bacterial Resistance, Bumble Bees Sense Electric Fields, What's Happening to our OceansWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: CaulifloryScience or Fiction
Episode #568 - May 28th, 2016
Special Guests: Richard Wiseman and Hai-Ting ChinnWhat's the Word: AutotomyNews Items: Watch Pseudoscience, Tabletop Particle Accelerators, GMO Sugar, Facebook News Algorithm, BlinkingScience or Fiction
Episode #567 - May 21st, 2016
SGU Live from NECSS with special guest: Bill NyeForgotten Superheroes of Science: Cecilia Helena-Payne GaposshkinDumbest Thing of the Week: Prince Charles and HomeopathyNews Items: Failure is an Option, Prosecuting Climate Change Denial, Lost Myan City, Why is Space 3DWhat's the Word: Group Animal NamesScience or Fiction
Episode #566 - May 14th, 2016
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Yvonne BrillNews Items: Growing Human Embryos, Overprescribing Antibiotics, Earth-sized Exoplanets, Mike Adams Slanders SkepticsWhat's the Word: Amphidromic, Questions and E-mails: Muad'DibScience or Fiction
Episode #565 - May 7th, 2016
SGU 11 Year AnniversaryWhat's The Word: PropagandaNews Items: Repealing Canadian Science Censorship, Bulletproof Biohacking, Origin of Gravity Waves, Slime Mold MemoryWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Talc and CancerScience or Fiction
Episode #564 - April 30th, 2016
Interview with Michael WhelanForgotten Superheroes of Science: Annie MaunderNews Items: Zinc Flash at Conception, Plant Prion Memory, Parents Convicted in Toddler's DeathWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: HyperthymesiaScience or Fiction
Episode #563 - April 23rd, 2016
What's the Word: GeodesicNews Items: Neural Bypass, Dinosaur Extinction, Universe in the Lab, Genetic SuperheroesWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #562 - April 16th, 2016
What's the Word: HomophilyNews Items: Metal Foam, Pig Heart Transplants, Should We Hide from Aliens, Computer ArtistsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: FishmatoScience or Fiction
Episode #561 - April 9th, 2016
What's the Word: words without English equivalentsNews Items: Food Production, Swearing, Laser PropulsionWho's That NoisyName That Logical Fallacy: PredictionsYour Questions and E-mails: Carter UFO Follow UpScience or Fiction
Episode #560 - April 2nd, 2016
Special Guest: Kevin FoltaForgotten Superheroes of Science: Dorothy HodgkinNews Items: Ghosts in the Brain, Neuronal Feedback, Tribeca Pulls Anti-Vax Film, Minimal Genome, Vegetarians and CancerWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: ChemiosmosisScience or Fiction
Episode #559 - March 26th, 2016
What's the Word: EquiluxNews Items: Supernova Shock Wave, Desk Exercise, Angry Suns, Moderate Drinkers and HealthWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Shouting FireScience or Fiction
Episode #558 - March 19th, 2016
Interview with Bruce HoodForgotten Superheroes of Science: Sir Jagadish Chandra BoseNews Items: AI Assistant, CryotherapyWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: SciolismYour Questions and E-mails: Valsalva Revisited, Non-Newtonian FluidsScience or Fiction
Episode #557 - March 12th, 2016
What's the Word: ThixotrophyNews Items: Overconfidence, AI vs Go Champion, Minority ReportWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Piloting and ValsavaName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #556 - March 5th, 2016
Guest Rogue: George HrabForgotten Superheroes of Science: Norman BorlaugNews Items: Uploading Memories, A Year in Space, Fast Radio Bursts, Imaging Alzheimer's Disease, Galaxy SymmetryWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #555 - February 27th, 2016
Guest Rogue: Julia GalefForgotten Superheroes of Science: Dr. Moona Hanna-AttishaNews Items: Air Pollution and Public Health, Mystery Moon Music, Gender Bias Among ProgrammersWho's That NoisySpecial Report: Free Speech vs Social JusticeScience or Fiction
Episode #554 - February 20th, 2016
Interview with Kevin FoltaForgotten Superheroes of Science: Nikolai VavilovNews Items: 14 Billion Year Memory, 3D Printing Body Parts, Eating MammothWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: David SuzukiScience or Fiction
Episode #553 - February 13th, 2016
What's the Word: PleochroismNews Items: Robotic Chef, Brain Electrodes, Diagnosing Cancer, Gravitational WavesWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: RFIDScience or Fiction
Episode #552 - February 6th, 2016
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Lorna WingNews Items: Concussions in the NFL, Zika Conspiracy, Planetary Defense System, Lab-Grown MeatWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word Science or Fiction
Episode #551 - January 30th, 2016
Interview with SciBabeWhat's the WordNews Items: The Viability of Conspiracies, The Aliens are Dead, Marvin Minsky, Probiotics HypeYour Questions and E-mails: Fake Skeptic ScamScience or Fiction
Episode #550 - January 23rd, 2016
Interview with Craig GoodForgotten Superheroes of Science: Stephanie Louise KwolekNews Items: Motorcycle Helmet Laws, Charlie Sheen HIV, Arctic Humans, Geckos and SpidermanWhat's the Word: AgnatologyScience or Fiction
Episode #549 - January 16th, 2016
What's the Word: AlgorithmNews Items: Bacterial vs Human Cells, GMO Labeling, Mites Run in the Family, Apple Car, Gravity WavesYour Questions and E-mails: CorrectionsScience or Fiction
Episode #548 - January 9th, 2016
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole GreenNews Items: FTC Smacks Down Lumosity, Picky Eaters, New ElementsWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: FugacityName That Logical Fallacy: Learning StylesScience or Fiction
Episode #547 - January 2nd, 2016
Psychic Prediction 2015News Items: HIV Blood Donations, The Genetics of Intelligence, British SmilesWho's That NoisyWhat's the WordScience or Fiction
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2015495 - 546
Episode #546 - December 26th, 2015
2015 SGU Year in Review
Episode #545 - December 19th, 2015
Guest Rogue: Phil PlaitForgotten Superheroes of Science: James WestSpecial Report: This Year in AstronomyNews Items: Evil Robots, Hunting for Planet X, Antidepressants and Autism, More Problems for SupplementsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Solar NIMBYScience or Fiction
Episode #544 - December 12th, 2015
Interview with Michael ShermerForgotten Superheroes of Science-Caroline HerschelNews Items: More Free Energy, Storing Nuclear Waste, Gene Editing EthicsWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: ConsilienceYour Questions and E-mails: Frame DraggingDumbest Thing of the Week: Thimerosal RevisitedScience or Fiction
Episode #543 - December 5th, 2015
What's The Word: HysteresisNews Items: Male and Female Brains, Bird and Human Voices, Driverless Cars, Deep Nonsense, A Ring for MarsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Tardigrade GenomeScience or Fiction
Episode #542 - November 28th, 2015
What's the Word: HomeostasisNews Items: Universe Resolution, Scientific Consensus, Hobbit Update, Gene Drive in Mosquitoes, A Century of General RelativityYour Questions and E-mails: Political QuestionsScience or Fiction
Episode #541 - November 21st, 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Birute Mary GaldikasNews Items: DOJ and Supplements, Armadillos and Leprosy, Sun Stole Mars' Atmosphere, Meier's Paris PredictionsWhat's the Word: AlbedoYour Questions and E-mails: Skeptical Hoaxes, MicrogravityScience or Fiction
Episode #540 - November 14th, 2015
Interview with Simon SinghWhat's The Word: FormicationNews items: Low Calories Sweeteners, Making Metals Stronger, JFK Hitman, Fossilized BrainsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Anxiety in Space, How Much MeatScience or Fiction
Episode #539 - November 7th, 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Andrea GhezNews Items: Poop Power, Parallel Universe, Universe Simulation, 3D Printed Rhino HornsSpecial Report: Science and FaithWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: IndolentSwindler's List: RansomwareScience or Fiction
Episode #538 - October 31st, 2015
Interview with Dr. Dean EdellForgotten Superheroes of Science: Alice HamiltonNews Items: Red Meat and Cancer, Mega Poop, Tractor Beam, Whole Body CryotherapyWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: CanonicalYour Questions and E-mails: Tom Hanks and Cancer Quacks, Back to the Future Predicts 9/11Science or Fiction
Episode #537 - October 24th, 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Maria Sibylla MerianNews items: Placebos Getting Stronger, Danish Zoo Hubbub, Oswald Backyard Photo, Mars via the Moon Special Report: Back to the Future DayWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Consoling AtheistsScience or Fiction
Episode #536 - October 17th, 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Alice Catherine EvansNews Items: Stellar Mystery, HallucinationsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Core Sci-FiScience or Fiction
Episode #535 - October 10th, 2015
Lawsuit UpdateForgotten Supervillains of ScienceNews Items: Nobel Prizes in Physics, Medicine, and Chemistry, Peer-Reviewing The MartianMovie Review: The MartianWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #534 - October 3rd, 2015
Interview with Andy WeirForgotten Superheroes of Science: Barbara McClintockNews Items: Water on Mars, Looking for Life on Mars, Brain Connections, Skeptic vs DenierWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: IsogradScience or Fiction
Episode #533 - September 26th, 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Ruth Rogan BeneritoNews Items: Predatory Pharmaceuticals, Ocean Populations Declining, Election Graphology, Conspiracy ThinkingWho's That NoisyWhat's the Word: EfferentYour Questions and E-mails: Proof of GodScience or Fiction
Episode #532 - September 19th, 2015
Dumbest Thing of the Week: Stone UFOForgotten Superheroes of Science: Hedy LamarNews Items: Solar Hydrogen, Homo naledi, Terraforming Mars, Metallic GlassWhat's the Word: AnosmiaYour Questions and E-mails: FibromyalgiaScience or Fiction
Episode #531 - September 12th, 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science:Fritz HaberNews Items: Night Skies, Thinking Style and Paranormal Belief, Psychic DetectivesSpecial Report: Time TravelWhat's the WordScience or Fiction
Episode #530 - September 5th, 2015
In Memoriam - Oliver SacksForgotten Superheroes of Science: Granville WoodsNews Items: Reproduction in Psychology, Brain Booster Drug, Defying the Standard Model, Rock Art Pterodactyl DebunkedWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #529 - August 29th, 2015
Interview with Miles GrebForgotten Superheros of ScienceNews Items: Anti-Vax Nonsense, Group Think Lie Detection, WiFi Lawsuit, Universal Flu VaccineWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #528 - August 22nd, 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Frances KelseyNews Items: Mars Simulation, Robot Evolution, Naming Exoplanets, Fusion Reactors, Building the Death Star, Does Science Prove God, SunspotsScience or Fiction
Episode #527 - August 15th, 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Marie TharpNews Items: Skin Cells into Brain Cells, Registering Studies, Search Engines Influence Elections, Earth and Moon, Scotland Bans GMOs, Whos That Noisy, Science or Fiction
Episode #526 - August 8th, 2015
Interview with Jamy Ian SwissForgotten Superheroes of Science: Inge LehmannNews Items: Mystery Booms Solved, Convincing Antivaxxers, Needle Exchange Efficacy, Life on Earth's 'Cousin'Who's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #525 - August 1st, 2015
Interview with Kevin FoltaForgotten Superheroes of Science: Gerty CortiNews Items: EM Drive Revisited, Hope for Malaria Vaccine, Cannabis Oil, Washington DC SinkingWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #524 - July 25th, 2015
Live from TAM 13Interview with James Randi and Ray HymanIntroducing Cara Santa MariaForgotten Superheroes of Science: Henrietta LeavittNews Items: Pluto Close Approach, Village on the Moon, Giant Fighting Robots, Depression App, Teaching Science Wrong, New Winged Dinosaur, PentaquarkScience or Fiction
Episode #523 - July 18th, 2015
Guest Rogue: George HrabForgotten Superheroes of Science: Earl PalmerNews Items: Pluto Update, New Zealand Illegalizes Trolling, New Seralini Study, Biological AgeWho's That NoisyDumbest Thing of the Week: Jim CarreyYour Questions and E-mails: UFO CubeScience or Fiction
Episode #522 - July 11th, 2015
Forgotten Superhero of Science: Charles H. TownesNews Items: New Sleep Recommendations, A Logic Lesson, Dragon Lizards and ClimateLimits of Phase Change Computer MemoryWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyYour Questions and E-mails: Cruciferous Vegetables, Education and Paranormal BeliefScience or Fiction
Episode #521 - July 4th, 2015
Guest Rogue: Joanne BenhamuForgotten Superheroes of Science: Maria Goeppert-MayerNews Items: Bionic Lens, Inside Out and Brain Metaphors, Pyramids on Mars and CeresDumbest Thing of the Week: Eddie Van Halen and Discovery InstituteYour Questions and E-mails: Skeptical QuestionsScience or Fiction
Episode #520 - June 27th, 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Vera RubinMovie Review: Jurassic WorldNews Items: Breast Milk Snake Oil, Volocopter, Kennewick Man Follow Up, Sixth ExtinctionWho's That NoisyDumbest Thing of the Week: Kim Jung-unYour Questions and E-mails: IT RantScience or Fiction
Episode #519 - June 20th, 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Jerry LawsonNews Items: Nutrition Research, Graphene Light Emission, Global Warming Challenge, Philae Wakes UpWho's That NoisyDumbest Thing of the Week: David Tredinnick Your Questions and E-mails: Hive MindScience or Fiction
Episode #518 - June 13th, 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Chien Shiug WuNews Items: Implantable Electrodes, Biolimbs, Tredinnick Pseudoscience, Darpa Robotics ChallengeWho's That NoisySpecial Report: Memento MoriScience or Fiction
Episode #517 - June 6th, 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Margaret HamiltonNews Items: Laser Weapons, Chocolate Science Sting, How Many Species, In Memoriam-Dr. Wallace Sampson, Proton SpinWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Rape Statistics, Charity EffectivenessScience or Fiction
Episode #516 - May 30th, 2015
Interview with Paul BratermanForgotten Superheroes of Science: Georges MélièsNews Items: Scam Charities, Creationist Talking Points, Twitter DemonsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Bird FeedersScience or Fiction
Episode #515 - May 23rd, 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Mary Sherman MorganMovie Review: Ex MachinaNews Items: Federal Anti-SLAPP, Anti-Bacterial Soap and Cancer, Light-Based Computing, Online TimelapseWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #514 - May 16th, 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Patrick MatthewNews Items: Orbo Again, Solar Roadways Test, Glass Delusion, Illusion of Invisibility, Threat to Citizen ScienceWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Black Box Tech, Buying Local
Episode #513 - May 9th, 2015
SGU 10 year anniversary live streaming event
Special Guests: George Hrab, Brian Wecht, Julia Galef, Richard SaundersNews and Discussion Items: Slapping Therapy Death, Black Box Tech, Tesla Home Battery, Podcast Patent TrollScience Fiction or FictionPseudoscience or FictionEpisode #512 - May 2nd, 2015
Live From New ZealandSpecial Guests Siouxsie Wiles and George HrabThis Day in Skepticism: Water on MarsNews Items: Intermittently Wet Mars, Glowing Bacteria, Dunning Kruger, Dawn Whale, YouTubes AlgorithmsScience or Fiction
Episode #511 - April 25th, 2015
Special Guests: Brian Wecht and George HrabForgotten Superheroes of Science: Grace HopperNews Items: Terror Bird, A Rape on CampusSpecial Report: The Future of the LHCScience or Fiction
Episode #510 - April 18th, 2015
Special Guest: Bill NyeForgotten Superheroes of Science: Lise Meitner and Ida TackeNews Items: Parents No Longer Anti-Vaccine, Noticing Spiders, Solar Sail, NASA-ET Life in 20 Years, Lava Tubes on the MoonSpecial Report: Bill Nye on GMOsScience or Fiction
Episode #509 - April 11th, 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Fazlur KahnNews Items: Self-Driving Cars, Google University, The Size of Aliens, Toxic Oceans, Return of BrontosaurusWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Cults, Power Lifting SuitsThe Dumbest Thing of the WeekScience or Fiction
Episode #508 - April 4th, 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Sandra FaberNews Items: Radio Bursts and Alien Signals, Peer-Review Scandal, Is The World Greener, Gravity Tunnel RevisitedSpecial Report: Going ClearWho's That NoisyDumbest Thing of the WeekScience or Fiction
Episode #507 - March 28th, 2015
Interview with Chris Patil of Mars OneForgotten Superheroes of Science: Women of ENIACNews Items: Titius-Bode Law and Exoplanets, Largest Asteroid Impact, Gold from Crap, FDA and HomeopathyYour Questions and E-mails: Composting Follow UpDumbest Thing of the Week: Ted CruzScience or Fiction
Episode #506 - March 21st, 2015
Special Guest: Richard SaundersForgotten Superheroes of Science: Irene Joliot-CurieNews Items: Australia Pans Homeopathy, NYT and Wearable Tech, LHC Computer Grid, NaturopathyYour Questions and E-mails: CompostingDumbest Thing of the WeekScience or Fiction
Episode #505 - March 14th, 2015
Interview with Kevin FoltaInterview with Marc Randazza-Libel ReformForgotten Superheroes of Science: Emmy NoetherNews Items: Bright Spots on Ceres, Clinical Science, Gravity Lensing, Edison's Plans to Record the DeadWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #504 - March 7th, 2015
Guest Rogue: Alan Melikdjanian aka Captain DisillusionLeonard Nimoy 1931-2015Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Oswald AveryNews Items: Dress Color Hubbub, Ranking Websites by Factual Accuracy, Reverse Eyeball Evolution, Dawn at CeresWho's That NoisyDumbest Thing of the WeekScience or Fiction
Episode #503 - February 28th, 2015
Interview with Timothy CaulfieldForgotten Superheroes of Science: Mary AnningNews Items: Marijuana Safety, Phantom Acupuncture, Liberal and Conservative Biases, Bladderwort GenomeWho's That NoisyDumbest Thing of the WeekScience or Fiction
Episode #502 - February 21st, 2015
Guest Rogue: Jennifer DixonForgotten Superheroes of Science: Katherine JohnsonNews Items: Mammals vs Dinosaurs, Scott Adams on Science, METI Controversy, Anderson Cooper vs Dan Burton, DNA Barcoding of HerbsWho's That NoisyDumbest Thing of the WeekScience or Fiction
Episode #501 - February 14th, 2015
SGU 500 House PartyForgotten Superheroes of Science: Ada LovelaceNews Items: Making Better Steel, Lars Anderson Archery, Did Williams Lie?Dumbest Thing of the Week: V-SteamJewie or FictionScience or Fiction
Episode #500 - February 7th, 2015
Guest Rogue: George HrabForgotten Superheroes of Science: Charles DrewNews Items: Scientific vs Public Opinion, Ghost Gadgets, Conservapedia Disproves E=MC2, FDA Cracks Down on Supplements, Gravity Waves Update Who's That NoisyThe Dumbest Thing I Heard This WeekScience or Fiction
Episode #499 - January 31st, 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Jocelyn Bell BurnellNews Items: Green Coffee Bean Hoax, Disneyland Measles Outbreak, Galaxy-Sized Wormhole, Fail-Safe for Artificial LifeWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Comparing DNAName That Logical FallacyCrazy Stuff I Heard this WeekScience or Fiction
Episode #498 - January 24th, 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Rosalind FranklinEdge Question: Artificial IntelligenceNews Items: The Boy Who Didn't Go to Heaven, Biofortified GMO, OmniprocessorWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Deep Web Follow UpScience or Fiction
Episode #497 - January 17th, 2015
Guest Rogue: Cara Santa MariaForgotten Superheroes of Science: Edward LorenzMovie Review: The Imitation GameNews Items: Younger Dryas Extinction, Robot Poker, New AntibioticsSpecial Report: Suicide and DepressionWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #496 - January 10th, 2015
Interview with Tim FarleyForgotten Superheroes of Science: Annie Jump CannonPsychic Prediction 2014News Items: The Science of God, Expected Science in 2015Who's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #495 - January 3rd, 2015
SGU Live from Auckland with guest rogue George HrabThis Day in Skepticism: Lick ObservatoryNews Items: Alternative Cancer Treatments, ESPN Twitter Kerfuffle, The Deep Web, Jet lag Pseudoscience, Gender in Education, Orion Capsule Test, Seeing InfraredScience or Fiction
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Episode #494 - December 27th, 2014
SGU 2014 Year in ReviewSGU in 2014, Best and Worst of 2014, 2014 Mashups, Year in Science, In MemoriamWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #493 - December 20th, 2014
Guest Rogue: George HrabThis Day in Skepticism: First Electronic InstrumentSpecial Reports: Bertrand Russell's 10 CommandmentsNews Items: DNA Survives Spaceflight, Hong Kong Pillows, Discovering New Particles, Graphene Armor, Survey on ApathyScience or Fiction
Episode #492 - December 13th, 2014
Interview with James RandiSpecial Guests George Hrab and Richard SaundersThis Day in Skepticism: Last person on the MoonNews Items: Lunar Mission One, Ginkgo Biloba, Psychic Predicts Airline Crash, Politics vs Science, Nanosculpture, Saving Christmas, Teen BrainsSpecial Report: Wind PowerScience or Fiction
Episode #491 - December 6th, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Polytechnique MassacreLive Q&A with SGU listeners
Episode #490 - November 29th, 2014
Interview with Scott SiglerThis Day in Skepticism: KinetoscopeSpecial Reports: Favorite PseudoscienceScience or Fiction
Episode #489 - November 22nd, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: JFK AssassinationReview of InterstellarNews Items: Landing on a Comet, Feeling of Presence, Doubting the Higgs, Food Babe NonsenseWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #488 - November 15th, 2014
Interviews with Sheldon Helms and Siouxsie WilesThis Day in Skepticism: Sara Josephine BakerNews Items: New Antibacterial, The Primeval Code, Curiosity Discovery, HAARP Closing, GMO LabelingScience or Fiction
Episode #487 - November 8th, 2014
Guest Rogue: David YoungThis Day in Skepticism: X-RaysNews Items: Virgin Galactic Crash, Homeopathy for Ebola, Fanged Deer, Time Undone, Center of our Galaxy, Feng ShuiWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #486 - November 1st, 2014
Guest Rogue: Richard SaundersThis Day in Skepticism: First Women's Medical SchoolNews Items: Stem Cell Cancer Treatment, Skydiving Record, The Pope and Evolution, Dowsing in AustraliaWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #485 - October 25th, 2014
Interview with David GorskiThis Day in Skepticism: AccutronNews Items: A TCM Challenge, Stem Cells for Spinal Cord injury, Giants of ArkansasWho's That NoisyQuestions and E-mails: BICEP 2 and Inflation, Jack the Ripper Follow UpScience or Fiction
Episode #484 - October 18th, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Venera 4News Items: AWARE NDE Study, Living on Mars, E-Cat Cold Fusion, Crocodilians, Sciencey, Sally Morgan Follow UpWho's That Noisy, Your Questions and E-mails: Ebola HysteriaScience or Fiction
Episode #483 - October 11th, 2014
Guest Rogue: Andy WilsonThis Day in Skepticism: Meriwether LewisNews Items: Nobel Prizes 2014, Rupert Sheldrake, Pumpkin Spice Latte, Sally Morgan's ThugsWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #482 - October 4th, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Alice StewartNews Items: Bending iPhones, Martial Arts Nonsense, Doubting Black Holes, Organic Molecules in Space, Recognizing FacesWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: 432 Hz TuningScience or Fiction
Episode #481 - September 27th, 2014
Interview with Daniel DennettThis Day in Skepticism: Answering MachineNews Items: Nvidia Debunks Moon Hoax, GMO Feeding Trial, Touch Pareidolia, BetavoltaicsWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #480 - September 20th, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Hershey-Chase ExperimentNews Items: NASA Crew Capsules, Universe Ending Bubble, Genetics of Schizophrenia, NAS Biotech Counsel, Artificial Sweeteners and Diabetes
Episode #479 - September 13th, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Phineas GageNews Items: Jack the Ripper Claim, Common Core, Canada's War on Science, Dreadnaughtus, Supplement Company Sues over Criticism, Brian DunningWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: CorrectionScience or Fiction
Episode #478 - September 6th, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: First Heart SurgeryNews Items: Neanderthal Shot by Time Traveler, Barreleye Fish, Eating Insects, Victor Stenger Dies, The Local Bubble, UN Warns of Killer Robots, Qualcomm Tricorder X-PrizeSpecial Report: Review of ESP PanelScience or FictionLive Q&A: Imagination in Science, Teaching Scientific Methodology
Episode #477 - August 30th, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Sylvia EarleNews Items: Alternative Research, ISIS Bans Chemistry and Philosophy, Ice Sheets Melting, Hallucigenia, Talking ApesWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #476 - August 23rd, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: William WallaceNews Items: Robot Swarm, Epigenetics, Black Hole Universe, Man on the Moon, Big Pharma SuicideWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: GroupthinkScience or Fiction
Episode #475 - August 16th, 2014
Guest Rogue: Phil PlaitThis Day in Skepticism: Urbain GrandierNews Items: Carrington Event Redux, Rangeomorphs, Shark Week Pseudoscience, Cervical Manipulation and Strokes, iPhone Performace - with Rene RitchieWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Ebola and Hobbit Follow UpScience or Fiction
Episode #474 - August 9th, 2014
Interview with Dr. Karl KruszelnickiThis Day in Skepticism: NagasakiNew Items: Ebola 2014, Rosetta in Orbit, EM Drive, Hobbit Update, Volcanoes on IoWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: HerxingScience or Fiction
Episode #473 - August 2nd, 2014
Interview with Bill NyeThis Day in Skepticism: Greenwhich Mean TimeNews Items: Mike Adams Follow Up, Battery Advance, Ray Comfort's Gravity Gaffe, Dinosaur Feathers, Dinosaur ExtinctionWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #472 - July 26th, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Pierre and Marie CurieNews Items: SGU Sued, Mike Adams and Monsanto, Malaysia Flight MH17, Ken Ham Denies Aliens, Pits on the MoonWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Humor in EducationScience or Fiction
Episode #471 - July 19th, 2014
Interview with James Randi and Massimo PolidoroThis Day in Skepticism: Flitch DayNews Items: European Commission Human Brain Project, Guru Dead or Meditating, Ex-Exoplanets, Buzz Aldrin UFO Encounter, Alone with one's Thoughts, BBC Ditches False BalanceScience or Fiction
Episode #470 - July 12th, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Buckminster FullerNews Items: Solar Freakin' Rebuttal, Slower Light, Orion Capsule, UFO Sightings, Facebook ExperimentWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Transdermal Direct Current StimulationScience or Fiction
Episode #469 - July 5th, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: PT BarnumNews Items: Food Fears, Higgs Follow Up, Free Will, Rights of Unvaccinated, KFC HoaxWho's That NoisyYour E-mails and Questions: IsagenixScience or Fiction
Episode #468 - June 28th, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Baron of ArizonaNews items: Micro Architecture, Massive Underground Ocean, 9/11 Debate, Whooping Cough Epidemic, Trophy WifeWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Teleporting InformationScience or Fiction
Episode #467 - June 21st, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Summer SolsticeCosmos ReviewNews Items: Chopra Challenge, New Computer Architecture, Oz Skewered, Self-Repairing TeethWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Solar PowerScience or Fiction
Episode #466 - June 14th, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Space MonkeysNews Items: Turing Test, Psychic Fails, Origin of the Moon, Dragon V2, NASA Starship, Smallest StarWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Schizophrenia or PossessionScience or Fiction
Episode #465 - June 7th, 2014
Interview with Bug GirlThis Day in Skepticism: British MuseumNews Items: Mega - Earth, Secondary Drowning, Medical Information on Wikipedia, Lady Hurricanes, Black Hole MagnetismWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Third-Hand SmokeScience or Fiction
Episode #464 - May 31st, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Jaffina Public LibraryNews Items: Solar Highways, Suspended Animation, Comb Jellies, PETA Autism, Planetary DiametersWho's That NoisyYour E-mails and Questions: CorrectionsScience or Fiction
Episode #463 - May 24th, 2014
Interview with Jason Luchtefeld and Grant RitcheyThis Day in Skepticism: Yness Mexica and Helen TaussigNews Items: Planet-Eating Stars, Fluoride and Vaccines are Safe, Nasal Strips for Horses, Jupiter's Red Spot Shrinking, Military Response to ZombiesWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Harmonized WaterScience or Fiction
Episode #462 - May 17th, 2014
Guest Rogue: Ajia MoonInterview with Massimo PiggliucciThis Day in Skepticism: Nathan KlineNews Items: Afterlife Debate, Five Finger Shoes Settles, Graphene and Heat, Correlation and Causation, Lab Grown VaginasWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #461 - May 10th, 2014
Live Recording at NECSS 2014With Guest Rogue: George HrabThis Day in Skepticism: ChernobylNews Items: Black Salve, Tetraquarks, Homeopathy Report, Stradivarius Study, Video Game AggressionScience or Fiction
Episode #460 - May 3rd, 2014
Interview with Elise AndrewThis Day in Skepticism: Manuel ElizadeNews Items: Neuromorphic Computer, Mixing Supplements and Meds, Microbial Doom, Marketing OrganicWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Life EnergyScience or Fiction
Episode #459 - April 26th, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: L'Aigle MeteoriteNews Items: Food Babe Strikes Again, Dream Weaver, Super Mantis Shrimp, Motivated Memory, Silverstone Goes McCarthyWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Fuel from SeawaterName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #458 - April 19th, 2014
Live from NECSS 2014Guest Rogue: Paul OffitThis Day in Skepticism: Salyut 1News Items: Liquid Light, Geocentrism, The Continuity Field, Light on Mars, Ancient Asteroid Impact, Ant ComplexityScience or FictionLive Q&A: Skeptical Parenting
Episode #457 - April 12th, 2014
This day In Skepticism: SPAMNews Items: Chilis and Antivaxers, Crowdfunding Pseudoscience, Ocean under Enceladus, Looking Intelligent, Who's That Noisy, Your Questions and E-mails: Justina Case, Car RemotesScience or Fiction
Episode #456 - April 5th, 2014
Interview with James MarstersThis Day in Skepticism: Hattie AlexanderNews Items: Medical Conspiracies, Autism Onset, Artificial Yeast, Conflicts of InterestWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #455 - March 29th, 2014
Interview with David Gorski and Bob BlaskiewiczGuest Rogue: Brian WechtNews Items: Oil Pulling, Wikipedia Standards, Techno Fossils, Twin Prime Conjecture, Asteroid with RingsScience or Fiction
Episode #454 - March 22nd, 2014
Guest Rogue: Brian BrushwoodInterview with Joe AndersonThis Day in Skepticism: Ulugh BegNews Items: Waking from Coma with Psychic Powers, Cosmic Inflation, 24-192 audioWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Cartouche Again, Jet StabilityScience or Fiction
Episode #453 - March 15th, 2014
Interview with Jennifer OuelletteThis Day in Skepticism: Ides of MarchNews Items: Flight 370 Mystery, Earth's Shields, Meat StudyWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #452 - March 8th, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Tilly ShillingNews Items: Countering Anti-Vaccine Fears, Dowsing in CA, Capturing Earth's Energy, Crank Sues NASAWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Michio Kaku, Dealing with NegativityName That Logical Fallacy: Eating MeatScience or Fiction
Episode #451 - March 1st, 2014
Interview with Michio KakuThis Day in Skepticism: Rebecca Lee CrumplerNews Items: My Three Parents, Dowsing for HIV, Climate Engineering, Open DataWho's That NoisyYou Questions and E-mails: Food Babe Follow UpScience or Fiction
Episode #450 - February 22nd, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World SystemsNews Items: Genovese Myth, Pseudoscience Vandalism, Subway and Azodicarbonamide, Petawatt Lawer, AIDS Denialists Silence CriticWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #449 - February 15th, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Decimal DayNews Items: Organic Molecule on the Moon, Astrology Belief, Burgess Shale, Boeing Anti-Gravity, Photo Lineups, Fusion Beats UnityWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Net Neutrality, Placebo MedicineScience or Fiction
Episode #448 - February 10th, 2014
The SGU crew takes live questions from an online audience
Episode #447 - February 8th, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: The Devil's FootprintsNews Items: Detecting Computer Zombies, Sucralose Fearmongering, Werewolf Diet, Nye-Ham DebateWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Thorium Car, FTL CommunicationScience or Fiction
Episode #446 - February 1st, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Lydia DeWittSpecial Report: What Scientific Idea is Ready for RetirementNews Items: No Black Holes?, Giant Stones of EgyptWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: MithrasScience or Fiction
Episode #445 - January 25th, 2014
Interview with Karen StollznowThis Day in Skepticism: FluoridationNews Items: Cosmic Web, Exorcism Deaths, Ball Lightning, Kepler Update, Creationism in TexasWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #444 - January 18th, 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Jacob BronowskiNews Items: Self-Cleaning Clothing, Fukushima, Tiktaalik Update, Universal Flu Vaccine, Snowden Alien Conspiracy, Blood Type DietWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Destroying CurrencyScience or Fiction
Episode #443 - January 11th, 2014
Interview with Mark CrislipThis Day in Skepticism: Amelia EarhartNews Items: Vitamin Supplements, Polar Vortex, Earthquake Lights, I Killed Bigfoot, Cancer Deaths DropWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Distilled WaterScience or Fiction
Episode #442 - January 4th, 2014
Interview with Hai Ting and MatthewThis Day in Skepticism: Topsy the ElephantPredictions 2013News Items: Atmosphere of a Super Earth, Reverse Ageing, Magnetic Pooping, Virgin BirthsWho's That Noisy, Science or Fiction
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Episode #441 - December 28th, 2013
2013 Year in ReviewGuest Rogue: George HrabThis Day in Skepticism: Birth of CinemaSGU Year in ReviewScience News 2013Who's That NoisyIn MemoriamScience or Fiction
Episode #440 - December 21st, 2013
This Day in Skepticism: HMS ChallengerNews Items: Geysers on Europa, Regulation in Genetic Code, Jade Rabbit, Aspartame Safe, Cell Phones on PlanesWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Reverse SpeechScience or Fiction
Episode #439 - December 14th, 2013
This Day in Skepticism: Tycho BraheNews Items: Atmospheric Mystery, Mima Mounds, Exploding Pig Farms, False Memories, Oldest Human DNA, Mars RadiationWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Creationist ClaimsScience Fiction
Episode #438 - December 7th, 2013
Interview with Tim Farley and Susan GerbicThis Day in Skepticism: Rube Goldberg and Eleanor GibsonNews Items: Male-Female Brain Wiring, Wormholes and Black Holes, Home Genetic TestingWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #437 - November 30th, 2013
This Day in Skepticism: Hodges MeteoriteNews Items: MAVEN Launch - with special guest Elliot Goldman, Sylvia Browne Dead, Homeopathy Death, Capturing Lost Energy, FDA Report on Burzynski, Comet ISONWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #436 - November 23rd, 2013
Guest Rogue: Phil PlaitThis Day in Skepticism: Dr. WhoNews Items: How Many Earth-Like Planets, Image of Saturn, 6-Tailed Asteroid, Chopra Attacks Skeptics, Typhoon HaiyanName That Logical FallacyYour Questions and E-mails: Blind Mole RatsScience or Fiction
Episode #435 - November 16th, 2013
Interview with Gerald PosnerThis Day in Skepticism: LSDNews Items: Oldest Animal, Junk DNA, Martian Lizard, Dark EnergyWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Knee LigamentScience or Fiction
Episode #434 - November 9th, 2013
Interview with Chris Mooney and Indre ViskontasThis Day in Skepticism: Carl Sagan, Florence Rena SabinNews Items: Tardis Science, Moving Stones, Blushing in the Dark, Rock Paper Scissors RobotWho's That NoisySwindler's List: Kevin TrudeauScience or Fiction
Episode #433 - November 2nd, 2013
This Day in Skepticism: Charles Van DorenNews Items: Ghost Story, Lorenzo's Oil, Li Fi, Space Ports, GenderWho's That NoisyLive Questions: Getting Involved in SkepticismScience or Fiction
Episode #432 - October 26th, 2013
Interview with Brian MalowThis Day in Skepticism: Baby FaeNews Items: 1000 Exoplanets, Scientific Literacy and the Tea Party, PPMOs, Wind turbine SyndromeWho's that NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #431 - October 19th, 2013
This Day in Skepticism: Johnnetta ColeNews Items: Money Predicts Apocalypse, Herbal Supplements, Politics and Dogma, Singularity vs BridgeWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Cooling DrinksName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #430 - October 12th, 2013
Interview with Marty KleinThis Day in Skepticism: Chicago FireNews Items: 2013 Nobel Prizes, Kansas Citizens Oppose Science, Open Access Journals, Smart MetalsWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #429 - October 5th, 2013
This Day in Skepticism: World Teacher DayNews Items: New IPCC Report, Photographing the Soul, Chiropractor Breaks Baby's Neck, Black Hole Explosions and HairWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Monsanto, Overpowered StudiesScience or Fiction
Episode #428 - September 28th, 2013
Interview with Jamie WilliamsThis Day in Skepticism: Thomas CrapperNews Items: GMO OK, Angry Internet, Warning Labels, When Black Holes Explode, Carbon Nanotube ComputersWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #427 - September 21st, 2013
This Day in Skepticism: David VetterNews Items: IgNobel 2013, Top Quarks End Universe, Alien Life on Earth, The Physics of Homosexuality, RegenerationWho's That NoisyQuestions and E-mails: Quantum EnergyScience or Fiction
Episode #426 - September 14th, 2013
This Day in Skepticism: 9/11News items: Motivated Numeracy, Arctic Ice, Robot Traders, Teenage Exorcists, Homeopathic Vaccines, Mission to MarsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: BdellovibrioScience or Fiction
Episode #425 - September 7th, 2013
This Day in Skepticism: Last ThylacineNews Items: NASA Spiders, Chicken Wings and Penis Size, TCM for Flu, New Element 115Who's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Pox Parties, AromatherapyScience or Fiction
Episode #424 - August 31st, 2013
Interview with Cara Santa MariaThis Day in Skepticism: Paul EhrlichNews Items: Energized Water, Probiotics for Mental Health, Death by Iridology, ImmortalityWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: AuthorityScience or Fiction
Episode #423 - August 24th, 2013
Interview with Sanal EdamarukuThis Day in Skepticism: VesuviusNews Items: No Proof of Creation, Area 51, Hydrating Beer, Indian Rationalist Shot Dead, Free Roaming PlanetsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Sugar and HyperactivityScience or Fiction
Episode #422 - August 17th, 2013
This Week in Skepticism:Hazel BishopNews Items: NDE Explained, TV Watching, Labor and Autism, Magenta Planet, Spontaneous Baby CombustionSpecial Report: OnionatedWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #421 - August 10th, 2013
Interview with Michael MannThis Day in Skepticism: SmithsonianNews Items: Dead Monk Alive, Lab Grown Burger, Dolphin Memory, Cattle Mutilations, Gluten Follow UpWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: HPV VaccineScience or Fiction
Episode #420 - August 3rd, 2013
This Day in Skepticism: Robert HouseNews Items: Hunt for Alien Spaceships, 3-D Printing, Lunar Calendar, Full Moon and SleepWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Man-Chimp-PigScience or Fiction
Episode #419 - July 27th, 2013
This Day in Skepticism: InsulinNews items: Giant Virus, Gluten, Death Wave, The Pitch Drops, Revenge of the Conspiracy Theorists. Cassini Picture of EarthWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #418 - July 20th, 2013
Live from TAM 2013Guest Rogue: John RennieThis Day in Skepticism: Viking 1Special Report: Grand CanyonNews Items: The End of the World, Sailing Stones, Scrotal Evolution, Moons of PlutoInterview with James Randi and Jamy Ian SwissScience or FictionQuestions: Cynicism, Monsanto
Episode #417 - July 13th, 2013
Interview with Paul OffitThis Day in Skepticism: Carl Zimmer and Erno RubikNews Items: Seeing Through Walls, First in Flight, Tylenol and Fear, Spinning PharoahWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Head TransplantScience or Fiction
Episode #416 - July 6th, 2013
Guest Rogue: Randall SnyderThis Day in Skepticism: PasteurSpecial Report: Leaving MormonismNews Items: Crop Circles in History, Constructing MoralityMovie Review: World War ZWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Patent Troll Follow UpScience or Fiction
Episode #415 - June 29th, 2013
This Day in Skepticism: Roy WolfordNews Items: Podcasting Patent, Class System in Mice, Anti-GMO Pseudoscience, Skunk ApeSpecial Report: GyroStim and Science JournalismWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: StaticmanScience or Fiction
Episode #414 - June 22nd, 2013
Interview with Daniel LoxtonThis Day in SkepticismNews Items: Osteoarthritis, Patenting DNA, Foot Fungus, Chinese Fake Alien, New Type of StarWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Can We Know EverythingScience or Fiction
Episode #413 - June 15th, 2013
This Day in Skepticism: First Blood TransfusionNews Items: Vaccine Refusal, Seeing Ultraviolet, Ape Feet, Elizabeth I a Man?Special Report: Don McLeroy Follow UpWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Living on SunshineScience or Fiction
Episode #412 - June 8th, 2013
Interview with Joshie BergerThis Day in Skepticism: Missile MailNews Items: Star Trek Review, Kepler BrokenWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Small Hadron Collider, Carnivorous Sponge, PollenScience or Fiction
Episode #411 - June 1st, 2013
Interview with Vijay Dewan and Scott ThurmanThis Day in Skepticism: Cosmic Background RadiationNews Items: Mermaids, Angelina Jolie, Prosopagnosia, Flying CarWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Raw HoneyScience or Fiction
Episode #410 - May 25th, 2013
Guest Rogue: Richard SaundersThis Day in Skepticism: Geek Pride DayNews Items: McCormick Sentenced, Meteroid Hits Moon, DSM-5, Placenta MadnessWho's that NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Water Heater Followup, McLeroy InterviewScience or Fiction
Episode #409 - May 18th, 2013
Interview with Heather BerlinThis Day in Skepticism: Nicholas IINews Items: Your Senses in Space, Talking Plants, Flowing GlassBook Review: Ender's GameWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Water Heaters, Atacama SpecimenScience or Fiction
Episode #408 - May 11th, 2013
Interview with Don McLeroyThis Day in SkepticismNews Items: Sylvia Browne Wrong Again, Cosmic Rays and Lightening, Cicada ReturnWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #407 - May 4th, 2013
Mystery GuestSGU 8 year AnniversaryNews Items: Funding Science, Curse Scam, Fusion Reactor, Einstein Still CorrectOblivion ReviewWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Is SETI ScienceScience or Fiction
Episode #406 - April 27th, 2013
This Day in Skepticism: Samuel MorseNews Items: Mars One, Bomb Detector Fraud, TED and Chopra, Creationism and DinosaursWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Bitcoin Follow UpScience or Fiction
Episode #405 - April 20th, 2013
Guest Rogues: Jon Ronson and Simon SinghThis Day in Skepticism: SundogsSimon Singh's New BookNews Items: Bitcoins, Internet Criminals, BRAIN Project, Evidence of Dark Matter, Hallucinating MusicScience or Fiction
Episode #404 - April 13th, 2013
Live from NECSS 2013Guest Rogue: Cathleen CarrThis Day in Skepticism: Apollo 13Remembering PerryNews Items: Conspiracy Survey, Misused Scientific Terms, New Type of Supernova, Vaccines Make You Gay, Anti-Vaccine Propaganda on TwitterScience or FictionLive Q&Q: Effects of Alcohol, Online Health Information, Art and Science
Episode #403 - April 6th, 2013
Interview with Ian O'NeillThis Day in Skepticism: Isaac AsimovNews Items: Fairy Circle Update, Zombie Parasites, Retraction Watch, Genetic Transistors, Prescribing PlacebosWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #402 - March 30th, 2013
Guest Rogue: Karl WithakayThis Day in Skepticism: Mary Whiton Calkins and Ellen Swallow RichardsNews Items: Homeopathy Debate, Small Pterosaur, Fracking Earthquakes, Never Eat Again, Voyager at the EdgeWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: More Than GravityScience or Fiction
Episode #401 - March 23rd, 2013
This Day in Skepticism: Pons and FleischmannNews Items: Marshmallow Test, Bacteria Everywhere, Acupuncture HIV, Dr. Oz Sued, New PopeSpecial Report: Why Worry?Who's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #400 - March 16th, 2013
This Day in Skepticism: Lawrence OatesNews Items: Meteorite Fossils, Duane Gish Dies, Acupuncture Meta-Analysis, Live to 150, Close Star DiscoveredWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #399 - March 9th, 2013
Guest Rogue: George HrabThis Day in Skepticism: Hans Christian OstedNews Items: HIV Cure, Mars Comet, Sirius UFOsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Magnet Hill, Tourette SyndromeScience or Fiction
Episode #398 - March 2nd, 2013
Interview with Jon RonsonThis Day in Skepticism: Compact DiscNews Items: Life Around Dying Stars, Ancient Lost Continent, Electronic Tattoos, Google GlassWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: OuchScience or Fiction
Episode #397 - February 23rd, 2013
This Day in Skepticism: HeisenbergNews Items: Russian Meteor, Spontaneous Human Combustion, Cosmos Unstable, Bigfoot DNA Published, Intellectually LazyWho's That NoisySpecial Report: Retro FuturismScience or Fiction
Episode #396 - February 16th, 2013
Interview with Brian WechtThis Day in Skepticism: Chien-Shiung WuNews Items: AI Doctor, Ball and Cup Magic, Gorilla in the Bronchi, Feathered Dino Follow UpWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #395 - February 9th, 2013
This Day in Skepticism: Space MedicineNews Items: Russian Lake Monster, Bones of Richard III, Scientific Genius, Without Fear, Feathered DinosaursWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Tuesday BoyInterview with George HrabScience or Fiction
Episode #394 - February 2nd, 2013
Interview with John RennieThis Day in Skepticism: Groundhog DayNews Items: Up Goer Five, China Smog, Vaccine Court, Deer Antler SprayWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Perpetual MotionScience or Fiction
Episode #393 - January 26th, 2013
Interview with Zack KopplinThis Day in Skepticism: Brachistochrone curveNews Items: Manti Te'o Hox, River on Mars, Neanderthal BabySpecial Report: Nikola TeslaWho's That NoisyYour questions and E-mails: VomitoriumSkeptoid ChineseScience or Fiction
Episode #392 - January 19th, 2013
Interview with Massimo PolidoroThis Day in Skepticism: Neon SignsNews Items: Predicting Murders, Lead and Crime, Biggest Thing in the Universe, Defending the Million Dollar Challenge, Turkey Bans Evolution Books, Apophis UpdateWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #391 - January 12th, 2013
This Day in Skepticism: Dr. James BedfordNews Items: Below Absolute Zero, Burzynski Challenge, Genome Editing, Celebrity Pseudoscience, Oz PseudoscienceWho's That NoisyName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #390 - January 5th, 2013
Interview with Massimo PigliucciThis Day in Skepticism: FM RadioNews Items: Psychic Predictions 2012, Cosmic Rays and DementiaWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
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Episode #389 - December 29th, 2012
SGU 2012 Year in ReviewThis Day in Skepticism: Thomas FullerBest and Worst of 2012In MemoriamWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #388 - December 22nd, 2012
This Day in Skepticism: CoelacanthNews Items: Sandy Hook Massacre, China Stabbing, AVN to Change Name, Megalapteryx Foot, Invisibility CloakSpecial Report: The Hobbit and High Frame RateWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #387 - December 15th, 2012
Interview with Joshie BergerThis Day in Skepticism: homosexuality and the DSMNews Items: Creationist Tactics, Truth in Education, Dawn of Life, History of Cheese, Vampire Warning, Ocean RobotsWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #386 - December 8th, 2012
Guest Rogue: Phil PlaitThis Day in Skepticism: Atoms for PeaceNews Items: End of the World, Bug UFO Follow Up, Inattentional Amnesia, Curiosity Kurfuffle, Grand Canyon Age, Moon FormationWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #385 - December 1st, 2012
Interview with BanachekThis Day in Skepticism: Taman Shud MysteryNews Items: Not-So-Terror Bird, Bloop Solved, Hijacking DNA, Bigfoot DNA, MakemakeWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: TheoryScience or Fiction
Episode #384 - November 24th, 2012
Guest Rogue: Richard Wiseman
This Day in Skepticism: Origin of SpeciesSpecial Report: Richard's Dream ResearchNews Items: Aspartame Study, Being a Psychopath, Type Ia Supernova, Fecal TransplantsScience or FictionEpisode #383 - November 17th, 2012
Interview with Bruce HoodThis Day in Skepticism: Jonestown MassacreNews Items: Denver UFO, Math Hurts, Communicating with the Vegetative, Nearby Rogue Planet, Twisted LightWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Bicycle PhysicsScience or Fiction
Episode #382 - November 10th, 2012
This Day in Skepticism: Goddess of ReasonNews Items: Life in the Universe, UFOlogy Dying, Chelation Therapy, Psychic FailWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Universe RotatingScience or FictionIn Memorium: Mike LaCelle
Episode #381 - November 3rd, 2012
Live From CSICon 2012This Day in Skepticism: Sputnik 2In Memorium: Paul Kurtz and Leon JaroffNews Items: Big Bang Conference, Italian Earthquake Scientists Convicted, Whale Makes Human Sounds, PANDAS Controversy, Reporting Ghost StoriesLive Q&AScience or Fiction
Episode #380 - October 27th, 2012
This Day in SkepticismNews Items: Genetic Logic Circuit, Efficient Language, Closest Exoplanet, Alien HackerWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Zombie BiteScience or Fiction
Episode #379 - October 20th, 2012
Interview with Jamy Ian SwissThis Day in Skepticism: Norman BorlaugNews Items: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, DNA Half Life, The Simulated Universe, Supersonic Jump, GeoglyphWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #378 - October 13th, 2012
Interview with Robert Hutton:SGU TranscriptsThis Day in Skepticism: Lady of FatimaNews Items: 2012 Nobel Prizes, Looking for Dyson Spheres, Simon Singh and Libel, Presidential Lie DetectorWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mail: Proof of HeavenScience or Fiction
Episode #377 - October 6th, 2012
This Day in Skepticism: The Billygoat CurseNews Items: The Physics of Roulette, Vitamin D and the Common Cold, Harpooning Satellites, Bee BrainsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: WTC7 CollapseScience or Fiction
Episode #376 - September 29th, 2012
Interview with Pamela GayThis Day in Skepticism: CERNNews Items: Ig Nobels 2012, GM Corn Rat Study, HIV and Faith Healing, Emoticons turn 30Who's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #375 - September 22nd, 2012
This Day in Skepticism: Golden Tablets and Hobbit DayNews Items: Warp Drive, Bad Science Reporting, Dark Energy Camera, Crowdsourcing Science, Spheres on Mars, CSICon 2012Who's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Blue Moon and FrancesScience or Fiction
Episode #374 - September 15th, 2012
This Day in Skepticism: Murray Gell-Mann and Alexander FlemmingNews Items: Sun Myung Moon Dies, Company Apologies for Thalidomide, Super WiFi, Calorie Restriction and Longevity Special Report: A Skeptical 12 Step ProgramScience or FictionSkeptical Quote of the Week
Episode #373 - September 8th, 2012
Live from DragonCon 2012Interview with Billy WestThis Day in Skepticism: First TrekNews Items: Blue Moon Lunacy, Bigfoot News, Negative Replication of Psi, Baldness Cure, Little Mass from Higgs, UFO Over Illuminati CastleScience or FictionYour Questions and E-mails: SGU FAQ, Homeopath Pharmacist, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
Episode #372 - September 1st, 2012
This Day in Skepticism: Passenger PigeonNews Items: Neil Armstrong Dies, Naked Darth Vader, Homeopathic Candy, Hearing VoicesWho's That NoisySpecial Report: Conspiracy ConferenceScience or Fiction
Episode #371 - August 25th, 2012
Interview with Pixar's Chris FordThis Day in Skepticism: The Great Moon HoaxNews Items: The Sun is Round, DNA Storage, FDA and HomeopathyWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Pregnancy from Rape, E-bay and MagicScience or Fiction
Episode #370 - August 18th, 2012
This Day in SkepticismNews Items: Eggs and Atherosclerosis, Hacking the Rover, The Sneeze, Google Pyramids, Occ UpdateWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Asymmetrical ScrewScience or Fiction
Episode #369 - August 11th, 2012
This Day in SkepticismNews Items: Dino Mating, Blowing Up Asteroids, Punching for God, Occ the Skeptical CavemanWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Kinesio TapeName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #368 - August 4th, 2012
Interview with Brian WechtThis Day in Skepticism: First FaxNews Items: Superstition Fund, Curiosity's Sky Crane, Anti-Fluoridation News Fail, Bat-Winged Monkey BirdWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #367 - July 28th, 2012
This Day in Skepticism: Kennewick ManNews Items: Skeptical Conferences, Sally Ride Dies, Mood Photography, Computer Modeling Life, Artificial Jellyfish, Firewalking MishapWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: MultivitaminsScience or Fiction
Episode #366 - July 21st, 2012
Live from TAM 2012With Special Guests: Richard Saunders and George HrabThis Day in Skepticism: Planet Nibiru, Jean Picard bornNews Items: Fake Bomb Detector Maker Charged, Debating an Antivaccinationist. Feathered Dinosaurs, New Moon for Pluto, Higgs Discovery Announced, Sex Myths, Sapphire Hard DriveScience or Fiction
Episode #365 - July 14th, 2012
Guest Rogue: Daniel BeauleyThis Day in Skepticism: Jane GoodallNews Items: UFOs in National Geo, Seeing Inside Tissue, GOP on Critical Thinking, Alternative ChocolateWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Who Owns SpaceScience or Fiction
Episode #364 - July 7th, 2012
Interview with Jann BellamyThis Day in Skepticism: Newcomen EngineNews Items: Water on The Moon and Mars, Swiss Report on Homeopathy, Twisted Light, Embodied CognitionWho's That NoisyNews Update: Causeway CannibalScience or Fiction
Episode #363 - June 30th, 2012
This Day in Skepticism: Tunguska EventNews Items: The Science of Prometheus, Time Slowing Down, Higgs UpdateWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Nessie Disproves EvolutionScience or Fiction
Episode #362 - June 23rd, 2012
Interview with Professor Zhong Lin WangThis Day in SkepticismNews Items: Mystery Carbon Spike, Younger Dryas Impact, Liberation Procedure Study, Testing Female AthletesWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Fetal Pill UpdateScience or Fiction
Episode #361 - June 16th, 2012
This Day in Skepticism - Captain Picard DayNews Items: LiDar, Extremophiles, Moral Behavior, Cervical Manipulation, Ghost TrainWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Pharmacist HomeopathsName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #360 - June 9th, 2012
This Day in Skepticism - Ray Bradbury DiesNews Items: Episode #360, Transit of Venus, Legislating Science, Science Education in California and South Korea, Vapor StorageMagnetic Skeptical PhrasesWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Peer ReviewScience or Fiction
Episode #359 - June 2nd, 2012
Interview with Debbie FeldmanThis Day in Skepticism: Bridget BishopNews Items: Medical Zombies, Science of Reruns, Leakey on EvolutionWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Local Darkmatter FollowupScience or Fiction
Episode #358 - May 26th, 2012
Guest Rogue: Joshie BergerThis Day in Skepticism: AnimalculesNews Items: TAM Poker Tournament, Space X Launch, Studying the Universe, What is ConsciousnessWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Speaking to MediumsSwindler's List: Hearing AidsScience or Fiction
Episode #357 - May 19th, 2012
Interview with Chris LewickiGuest Rogue: Phil PlaitThis day in Skepticism: Head CabinetNews Items: Ghost Box, Mayan Calendar, Electricity from Viruses, UK LIbel Law UpdateWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Corrections, SupermoonScience or Fiction
Episode #356 - May 12th, 2012
This Day in SkepticismNews Items: Dinosaur Farts, Aura Reading, 48 Frames per Second, Baby Powder, Killing Bigfoot, TAM2012 Who's That Noisy Science or Fiction
Episode #355 - May 5th, 2012
Guest Rogues: Seth Shostak and James RandiThis Day in Skepticism: First American in Space, SGU 7 Year AnniversaryNews Items: Rogue Planets, Machine Monkey Interface, Finding ET with Robots, God Spot in the BrainSETI UpdateAudience Q&A: The Coming SingularityScience or Fiction
Episode #354 - April 28th, 2012
Live from NECSS 2012 with special guest James RandiThis Day in SkepticismNews Items: Pedantic Words, Sports Pseudoscience, Nuking Asteroids, Loch Ness Monster Spotted, Cosmic Rays, Space Shuttle EnterpriseSGU VideoScience or FictionRemembering Perry
Episode #353 - April 21st, 2012
This Day in Skepticism: The Surgeons PhotoNews Items: Life on Mars, Indian Skeptic Charged with Blasphemy, Multitasking, Monkeys Recognize Words, Cosmic SuperwindsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Titanic Correction, Advanced DinosaursScience or Fiction
Episode #352 - April 14th, 2012
This Day in Skepticism: Titanic DisasterNews Items: Blow Up Space Junk, Aristolochia Nephropathy, Homophobia, Toilet Water, Monkey Bill UpdateWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Grover's Algorithm, Gulf of Cambay RuinsScience or Fiction
Episode #351 - April 7th, 2012
Interview with Gripp (Marshall Gillson)This Day in Skepticism: World Health DayNews Items: Smart Sand, Enclothed Cognition, Death by Homeopathy, Small Scale, Rhino HornWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #350 - March 31st, 2012
Interview with James RandiThis Day in Skepticism: Patenting LifeNews Items: Tennessee Anti-Evolution Bill, Origin of the Moon, Mystery Cloud on Mars, Newage MountainWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #349 - March 24th, 2012
This Day in Skepticism: Exxon ValdezNews Items: Superhero Pseudoscience, High Altitude Skydiving, Nuclear Clock, New Hampshire Abortion Bill, NDE and Lucid Dreaming, Designer ElectronsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Here Comes the Metric SystemName That Logical FallacyScience or Fiction
Episode #348 - March 17th, 2012
Guest Rogue: Richard SaundersThis Day in Skepticism: Vanguard INews Items: Oldest Skeleton, Red Deer Cave People, Neutrino Communication, Defending Science in Australia, Failure to Replicate Bem's Psi ResearchWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Catching up on VaccinesScience or Fiction
Episode #347 - March 10th, 2012
Interview with Scott SiglerThis Day in Skepticism: MegalonyxNews Items: Robot Cheetah, Kony 2012, NeuroprostheticsWho's That NoisyYour Questions and E-mails: Therapeutic TattoosScience or Fiction
Episode #346 - March 3rd, 2012
Interview with Gordon MaupinThis Day in Skepticism: Leap YearNews Items: Iceman Genome, FTL Neutrino Follow Up, More on Anti-Climategate, Drug Testing, Your Deceptive BrainWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction
Episode #345 - February 25th, 2012
Interview with Fraser Cain and Pamela GayeThis Day in SkepticismNews Items: Tiny Lizards, Missing Dark Matter, Anti-Climate Gate, Nanoparticle SafetyWho's That NoisyScience or Fiction