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Skeptoid #100: Is Peak Oil the End of Civilization?
13 mei 2008 · 11 min
When we run out of oil, society will likely peacefully and gradually adapt. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #99: Reassembling TWA Flight 800
6 mei 2008 · 12 min
TWA Flight 800 was not shot down by US friendly fire. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #98: The Crystal Skull: Mystical, or Modern?
29 april 2008 · 10 min
Despite their reputation for mystical powers, crystal skulls are neither ancient nor mysterious. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #97: The Face on Mars Revealed
22 april 2008 · 10 min
New high resolution imagery has proven that this hill on Mars doesn't look quite so much like a carved face after all. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #96: What's Wrong with The Secret
15 april 2008 · 11 min
The Secret teaches that victims are always to blame, and that anyone can have anything simply by wishing. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #95: Bend Over and Own Your Own Business
8 april 2008 · 12 min
If someone wants you to be their salesperson and is calling it a "business opportunity", be very skeptical. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #94: Fire in the Sky: A Real UFO Abduction?
1 april 2008 · 11 min
The evidence shows that Travis Walton's famous story of having been abducted by aliens probably never happened. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #93: Apocalypse 2012
25 maart 2008 · 11 min
The real science behind the events predicted in 2012. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #92: Rethinking Nuclear Power
18 maart 2008 · 13 min
There are many good reasons why environmentalists are turning again to nuclear power for the future. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #91: More Outrageous Listener Feedback
11 maart 2008 · 11 min
My responses to some of the more "out there" feedback I've received. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #90: Can You Hear the Hum?
4 maart 2008 · 12 min
An exploration of the mysterious rumble that some people hear all over the world. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #89: Despicable Vulture Scumbags
26 februari 2008 · 11 min
My thoughts on a company that sells useless pseudoscientific hardware to an ALS victim. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #88: Super Sized Fast Food Phobia
19 februari 2008 · 11 min
Unlike what's said in highly dramatized Hollywood shockumentaries, fast food is not especially unhealthy. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #87: Water: Alternative Fuel of the Future?
12 februari 2008 · 11 min
Cranks love to make the claim on YouTube, but you cannot run your car on water. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #86: MonaVie and Other "Superfruit" Juices
5 februari 2008 · 13 min
Superfruit juices are nothing more than super ripoffs. Don't waste your money. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #85: World Trade Center 7: The Lies Come Crashing Down
29 januari 2008 · 11 min
The collapse of 7 World Trade Center was not a controlled demolition. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #84: Magic Jewelry
22 januari 2008 · 12 min
All sorts of marvelous health claims are made for jewelry such as the Q-Ray bracelet. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #83: The Detoxification Myth
15 januari 2008 · 13 min
Despite its sciencey-sounding name, there is no such thing as "detoxification" beyond what your body already does. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #82: What Do Creationists Really Believe?
8 januari 2008 · 12 min
Creationism is not one set of beliefs - it is a battleground of dramatically conflicting world views. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #81: Ghost Hunting Tools of the Trade
1 januari 2008 · 13 min
Why the use of electronic equipment by TV ghost hunters is so stupid. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #80: Are Microwave Ovens Safe?
25 december 2007 · 12 min
An examination of the various claims that microwaved food and water are poisonous. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #79: Aliens in Roswell
18 december 2007 · 13 min
Pop culture says it was an alien spaceship -- but history tells us what was really found in the New Mexico desert. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #78: Medical Myths in Movies and Culture
11 december 2007 · 10 min
A skeptical examination of pop-culture medical beliefs, like dramatically stabbing someone in the heart with a syringe. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #77: Orang Pendek: Forest Hobbit of Sumatra
4 december 2007 · 12 min
A description of Sumatra's own little miniature Bigfoot legend. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #76: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism?
27 november 2007 · 9 min
Neither religion nor atheism been responsible for a greater death toll throughout human history. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #75: How to See Your Aura
20 november 2007 · 11 min
Despite promotional claims, neither auras nor aura photography are things. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #74: A Magical Journey through the Land of Logical Fallacies - Part 2
13 november 2007 · 12 min
The second part of our exploration of logical fallacies. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #73: A Magical Journey through the Land of Logical Fallacies - Part 1
6 november 2007 · 14 min
An examination of many of the most common logical fallacies. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #72: Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Real or Imagined?
30 oktober 2007 · 17 min
Some claim to be hypersensitive to electromagnetism. Science has already solved what's really going on. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #71: How to Drink Gnarly Breast Milk
23 oktober 2007 · 10 min
Proponents of colostrum supplements believe that it has a whole range of benefits. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #70: Raging (Bioidentical) Hormones
16 oktober 2007 · 8 min
An examination of the popular trend in women's health, bioidentical hormone therapy. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #69: Ann Coulter, Scientist
9 oktober 2007 · 8 min
Conservative pundit Ann Coulter should stick to politics; her science is too screwed up for words. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #68: More Wet and Wild Listener Feedback
2 oktober 2007 · 15 min
Another round of listener feedback from the past several months. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #67: Do Your Body Features Measure Up?
25 september 2007 · 12 min
An examination of phrenology, physiognomy, palmistry, and iridology. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #66: The Greatest Secret of Nostradamus
18 september 2007 · 15 min
Virtually nothing that pop culture tells us about Nostradamus is true. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #65: How to Debate a Young Earth Creationist
11 september 2007 · 16 min
Learn the basic arguments against science made by Young Earthers, and how to rebut them. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #64: The Attack of Spring Heeled Jack
4 september 2007 · 10 min
A look at the theories surrounding Spring Heeled Jack, the scourge of England in the early 1800s. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #63: Subliminal Seduction
28 augustus 2007 · 10 min
Wilson Key's magnum opus textbook about subliminal advertising was almost pure fiction. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #62: Crop Circle Jerks
21 augustus 2007 · 13 min
Crop circles are commonly known to be man made, yet some still insist they must be of alien origin. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #61: Irradiation: Is Your Food Toxic?
14 augustus 2007 · 9 min
Food that has been sterilized with irradiation is not radioactive and will not hurt you. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #60: Will Drinking from Plastic Bottles Kill You?
9 augustus 2007 · 9 min
A popular fad holds that plastic water bottles leach toxic chemicals into your water. Don't believe it. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #59: Who Are the Raelians, and Why Are They Naked?
4 augustus 2007 · 11 min
The Raelians are naked and they worship space aliens. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #58: All About Fluoridation
30 juli 2007 · 10 min
A few fringe activists claim that fluoridation of water carries more danger than benefit. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #57: Email Myths
25 juli 2007 · 13 min
A look at some of those persistent hoax emails that you receive almost every day. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #56: Bizarre Places I'd Like to Go
20 juli 2007 · 12 min
California is home to a wealth of places rich with mystery and intrigue. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #55: Autism and Chelation: A Recipe for Risk
15 juli 2007 · 11 min
An examination of the lethal pop-culture fad of chelating autistic children. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #54: The Twin Towers: Fire Melting Steel
10 juli 2007 · 10 min
The Oakland freeway collapse was not a government ploy to prove that the Twin Towers collapsed from fire. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #53: Borley Rectory: the World's Most Haunted House?
5 juli 2007 · 14 min
This "world's most haunted house" was the invention of an imaginative showman and author. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #52: Science Magazines Violating Their Own Missions
30 juni 2007 · 8 min
Science magazines continue to undermine themselves by publishing ads for pseudoscientific products. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #51: Ethanol: Miracle Fuel, or Not?
25 juni 2007 · 9 min
Ethanol as a fuel may be carbon neutral, but offers few other benefits. Lees meer
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