The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Steven Novella

Your Escape to Reality

  • The Skeptics Guide #1085 - Apr 25 2026
    What's the Word: Cryptomnesia; News Items: Belief in Unproven Health Claims, Regenerating Limbs, Suicide Hotline Seems to Work, Why is Rubber Strong; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Mythos Follow Up, Americans' Knowledge of Mexico; Science or Fiction
    25 April 2026, 2:00 pm
  • The Skeptics Guide #1084 - Apr 18 2026
    News Items: Artemis Recap, AI Biology Research, AI Security Disruption, Superconductivity Breakthrough, Red Light Therapy; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Mach, Missing and Dead Scientists; Science or Fiction
    18 April 2026, 2:00 pm
  • The Skeptics Guide #1083 - Apr 11 2026
    Dumbest Thing of the Week: Waffle House Teleportation; News Items: Artemis II Heat Shield, Fairness in the Brain, Genetic Engineering Humans, Self-Healing Composite; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
    11 April 2026, 2:00 pm
  • The Skeptics Guide #1082 - Apr 4 2026
    Quickie with Bob: Transporting Antimatter; News Items: Artemis II Launches, Can AI Predict Science Replication, Smart Drugs, Nuclear Electric Propulsion, Underwater Fairy Circles; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction
    4 April 2026, 2:00 pm
  • The Skeptics Guide #1081 - Mar 28 2026
    Back To Basics: Confirmation Bias; News Items: NASA Announces New Moon Plans, The Limits of Cloning, Giant Insects, Pushing Exorcism, Update on 3I-Atlas; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
    28 March 2026, 2:00 pm
  • The Skeptics Guide #1080 - Mar 21 2026
    Interview with Professor Kristian Andersen; Update on Conspiracy Teacher; News Items: Cannabis Review, AI Agents Breaks Out Of Testing Area, Life On Exomoons, Man Producing Carbon Fiber, Bigfoot Hoax Revealed; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
    21 March 2026, 2:00 pm
  • The Skeptics Guide #1079 - Mar 14 2026
    Back to Basics: Fundamental Attribution Error; News Items: Improved Photosynthesis, Birth of a Magnetar, US Bioweapons Research, False Health Information from Chatbots; Your Questions and E-mails: Consistency; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction
    14 March 2026, 2:00 pm
  • The Skeptics Guide #1078 - Mar 7 2026
    Quickie with Bob: Thatcher Effect; News Items: Lunar Chickpeas, Sea Level Rise, Latest Study Shows Reiki Does Not Work, Brain Cells Playing Doom; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Glyphosate Safety; Science or Fiction
    7 March 2026, 2:00 pm
  • The Skeptics Guide #1077 - Feb 28 2026
    Swindler's List: Tax Fraud; News Items: Universal Nasal Respiratory Vaccine, Origins of COVID, Reusing Spent Nuclear Fuel, Birding Brain Boost; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Starting A Skeptical Group; Science or Fiction
    28 February 2026, 2:00 pm
  • The Skeptics Guide #1076 - Feb 21 2026
    News Items: Banana Resistance to Fungal Disease, Drug Advertising, AI Powered Prosthetics, Laser Written Glass Storage, UFO Balloons; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Mental Illness and Culpability; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction
    21 February 2026, 2:00 pm
  • The Skeptics Guide #1075 - Feb 14 2026
    Quickie with Evan: Erich von Däniken dies at 90; News Items: Review of ADHD Treatment, Religious Nones, EPA Ends Endangerment Ruling, The Physics of the Quintuple Jump, Crotchgate; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: More on the yellow sun, The Turkey Illusion; Science or Fiction
    14 February 2026, 2:00 pm
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