Sinopsis
Since 2006, the weekly Skeptoid podcast has been taking on all the most popular myths and revealing the true science, true history, and true lessons we can learn from each. Free subscribers get the most recent 50 episodes, premium subscribers (skeptoid.com) can access the full archive, all ad-free.
Episodios
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Skeptoid #121: Scalar Weapons: Tesla's Doomsday Machine?
30/09/2008 Duración: 11minNo, Nikola Tesla did not design a superweapon capable of vaporizing whole parts of the earth.
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Skeptoid #120: The World According to Conservapedia
23/09/2008 Duración: 12minA new Young Earth Fundamentalist online encyclopedia rears its ugly head.
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Skeptoid #119: Student Questions: Body Searches and Theta Healing
16/09/2008 Duración: 10minSkeptoid answers some more questions from students. Send yours in today!
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Skeptoid #118: Demystifying the Bell Witch
09/09/2008 Duración: 12minAn exploration of the best way to evaluate an old, unsubstantiated folk legend like The Bell Witch.
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Skeptoid #117: How Dangerous Is Cell Phone Radiation?
02/09/2008 Duración: 11minThere is neither evidence nor plausible hypothetical foundation for cell phone signals to be at all dangerous.
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Skeptoid #116: How to Be a Skeptic and Still Have Friends
26/08/2008 Duración: 09minBeing known as a skeptic is not necessarily good for your social life. Here's how to overcome the difficulties.
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Skeptoid #115: Search for the Missing Cosmonauts
19/08/2008 Duración: 14minA pair of young Italian brothers probably didn't uncover evidence of Soviet cosmonauts dying in space.
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Skeptoid #114: Student Questions: Fish Oil, Charities, and Rumors
12/08/2008 Duración: 10minSkeptoid answers some questions sent in by students.
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Skeptoid #113: The Most Effective Homeopathy Podcast Ever
08/08/2008 Duración: 10minFor the first time ever, the active ingredients in homeopathic preparations are revealed.
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Skeptoid #112: Genetically Modified Organisms: Jeopardy or Jackpot?
05/08/2008 Duración: 15minDespite the popular fearmongering, GMO technologies promise a boon to agriculture and humanity.
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Skeptoid #111: Should Tibet Be Free?
29/07/2008 Duración: 12minMisinformation and fantasy surrounds the popular Tibet notions.
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Skeptoid #110: Illuminating the Fatima Miracle of the Sun
22/07/2008 Duración: 11minThe pope canonized them, but these three children didn't actually predict anything in 1917.
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Skeptoid #109: Will the Large Hadron Collider Destroy the Earth?
15/07/2008 Duración: 12minSome people believe that CERN's Large Hadron Collider will create black holes that will destroy the Earth.
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Skeptoid #108: Mystery at Dyatlov Pass
08/07/2008 Duración: 10minA look at one of Russia's most bizarre mysteries of mass death.
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Skeptoid #107: Spy Radio: Numbers Stations
01/07/2008 Duración: 11minA look at mysterious shortwave "numbers stations" around the world.
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Skeptoid #106: King Tut's Curse!
24/06/2008 Duración: 11minA look at the tale, the popular explanation, and the real science behind it.
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Skeptoid #105: When People Talk Backwards
17/06/2008 Duración: 11minSome people believe that your brain encodes its actual meaning in reverse within everything you say.
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Skeptoid #104: Yet More Winning Listener Feedback
10/06/2008 Duración: 12minAnother visit to the endless well of listeners comments and criticisms.
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Skeptoid #103: Should You Take Your Vitamins?
03/06/2008 Duración: 10minVitamin C does nothing to prevent or reduce the severity of colds.
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Skeptoid #102: What You Didn't Know about the Stanford Prison Experiment
27/05/2008 Duración: 10minThe Stanford Prison Experiment, said to have proven that evil environments produce evil behavior, was completely unscientific and unreliable.