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Skeptoid #300: The Secret of the Gypsy Queen
6 maart 2012 · 15 min
A little girl saves her kingdom when she is the only one who does not fall for the pop pseudoscience of the day. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #299: Star Jelly
28 februari 2012 · 13 min
Jellylike blobs have been reported to fall from the sky during meteor showers. Aliens? No, science. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #298: Student Questions: Free Energy and Faster-than-Light Neutrinos
21 februari 2012 · 13 min
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all over the world. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #297: A Magical Journey through the Land of Reasoning Errors
14 februari 2012 · 13 min
Four common types of analytical errors in reasoning that we all need to beware of. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #296: The Versailles Time Slip
7 februari 2012 · 14 min
We can be sure that two women visiting Versaille in 1901 did not time-travel back to the days of Marie Antoinette. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #295: Finding Amelia Earhart
31 januari 2012 · 14 min
The disappearance of Amelia Earhart is one of the worst examples of television promoting pseudohistory. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #294: Frequent Listener Feedback
24 januari 2012 · 13 min
Skeptoid answers some listener emails that present common flaws in scientific thinking. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #293: Wunderwaffen: Nazi Wonder Weapons
17 januari 2012 · 15 min
The true history behind the claimed Nazi "wonder weapons" like anti-gravity flying saucers. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #292: The Grey Man of Ben MacDhui
10 januari 2012 · 13 min
A thin, dark phantom three times the height of a man is said to stalk this peak in the Cairngorms. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #291: The Toxic Lady
3 januari 2012 · 13 min
The story goes that in 1994, fumes from a woman's body knocked out most of an emergency room staff. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #290: Approaching a Subject Skeptically
27 december 2011 · 11 min
My process for examining a new topic, to learn whether it's fact or fiction. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #289: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
20 december 2011 · 13 min
The facts, as we know them, about what really happened to maritime lore's most famous missing crew. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #288: Pit Bull Attack!
13 december 2011 · 13 min
Pit bulls have a reputation for being the most dangerous dog breed. Turns out the facts just don't support that. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #287: Korean Fan Death
6 december 2011 · 13 min
An urban legend in Korea states that running an electric fan at night can kill you. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #286: Listener Feedback: Dorothy and Her Straw Man
29 november 2011 · 12 min
Skeptoid responds to some feedback emails notable for their dependence on straw man arguments. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #285: Slips and Goofs
22 november 2011 · 12 min
Skeptoid corrects another round of errors found in previous episodes. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #284: The Fate of Fletcher Christian
15 november 2011 · 12 min
No good evidence supports the claims that the leader of the Bounty mutineers made it safely back to England. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #283: Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites
8 november 2011 · 16 min
My list of the worst offenders on the web in the promotion of scientific and factual misinformation. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #282: The Jersey Devil
1 november 2011 · 12 min
Said to have been haunting New Jersey for nearly 300 years, this alleged creature has its actual origins in politics. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #281: The Science of Voting
25 oktober 2011 · 12 min
Most election methods are fundamentally broken, but can be fixed with any of a number of tweaks. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #280: Finding Shakespeare
18 oktober 2011 · 13 min
The claim that someone else wrote Shakespeare's works is popular, but virtually indefensible. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #279: Noah's Ark: Sea Trials
11 oktober 2011 · 13 min
Why it's impossible for a wooden vessel the size of Noah's Ark to be seaworthy. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #278: Brainwashing and Deprogramming
4 oktober 2011 · 12 min
Both brainwashing and its opposite, deprogramming, are equally mythological. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #277: Student Questions: A Few Good Myths
27 september 2011 · 12 min
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #276: The Monster of Glamis
20 september 2011 · 14 min
The story of a living beast in Scotland's Glamis Castle may have a nugget of truth. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #275: All About Fracking
13 september 2011 · 14 min
There are lots of reasons to move away from fossil fuels, but the supposed hazards of fracking just aren't among them. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #274: Listener Feedback Revolutions
6 september 2011 · 14 min
Another batch of listener emails answered and dissected. And served. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #273: Wi-Fi, Smart Meters, and Other Radio Bogeymen
30 augustus 2011 · 13 min
Demonizing radio transmitters as carcinogenic is popular, but is not supported by any reasonable science. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #272: Are We Alone?
23 augustus 2011 · 13 min
We are not alone in the galaxy. Here's why that doesn't mean we've been visited by anyone. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #271: The Zionist Conspiracy
16 augustus 2011 · 14 min
There is no plausible reason to think a conspiracy of Jews plans to take over the world's banks and governments. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #270: The Hessdalen Lights
9 augustus 2011 · 13 min
Some seek a natural or alien explanation for these aerial lights in Norway. Turns out the true cause is much simpler. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #269: The Abominable Snowman
2 augustus 2011 · 13 min
Science shows that the Yeti of the Himalayas is almost certainly not a real creature. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #268: Student Questions: Energy Shots and Sunscreen
26 juli 2011 · 12 min
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #267: Zeno's Paradoxes
19 juli 2011 · 13 min
Greek philosopher Zeno apparently proved that movement was impossible with a few simple paradoxes. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #266: Feedback through a Fine Toothed Comb
12 juli 2011 · 12 min
Prepare to have your mind blown by these listener emails from conspiracy theorists. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #265: Curing Gays
5 juli 2011 · 14 min
Therapies intended to help gays become straight don't work. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #264: Conspiracy Theorists Aren't Crazy
28 juni 2011 · 12 min
We usually dismiss conspiracy theorists as crazy people; but that doesn't tell the whole story. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #263: Anastasia
21 juni 2011 · 13 min
The Grand Duchess Anastasia did not survive her family's 1918 execution, and did not go on to live in the US. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #262: The Haitian Zombies
14 juni 2011 · 13 min
A look at the possibility that legends of Haitian zombies may have a grain of truth. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #261: Near Death Experiences
7 juni 2011 · 13 min
A comparison of the effects of hypoxia to the reports of a brush with the afterlife. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #260: Military Dolphins: James Bonds of the Sea
31 mei 2011 · 13 min
The facts behind the stories of military dolphins trained to attack divers and plant mines on ships. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #259: Mao's Barefoot Doctors: The Secret History of Chinese Medicine
24 mei 2011 · 13 min
Westerners' belief that Chinese have long relied on alternative medicine is due in part to clever book publishers. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #258: Spontaneous Human Combustion
17 mei 2011 · 13 min
People can catch on fire… and there doesn't seem to be anything too mysterious about any given case. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #257: The Secret of Plum Island
10 mei 2011 · 13 min
This secret government lab was said to create genetic mutants. Here's what they actually did. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #256: Student Questions: Supermoons and an Apple a Day
3 mei 2011 · 12 min
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students from around the world. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #255: Superhuman Strength during a Crisis
26 april 2011 · 12 min
Popular stories tell of mothers lifting cars off their children. The science behind it is less than compelling. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #254: Finding the POW/MIAs
19 april 2011 · 13 min
American POW/MIAs are probably not still being held captive inside Vietnam. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #253: The Port Arthur Massacre
12 april 2011 · 13 min
The 1996 mass murder in Tasmania was not secretly a plot by the government to get firearms banned. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #252: The Voynich Manuscript
5 april 2011 · 14 min
The true history and meaning of history's most famous undeciphered book. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #251: Listener Feedback: Nobody Ever Posts Twice
29 maart 2011 · 16 min
Skeptoid answers more listener feedback. Recorded live at the 250th Episode party. Lees meer
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