Skeptoid

By Brian DunningScience Social Sciences

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Skeptoid episodes

April 26, 2007 Skeptoid #41: The Alien Invasion of Phoenix, Arizona
Despite what many UFOlogists want, the famous Phoenix Lights were not alien spacecraft.
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12 min
April 21, 2007 Skeptoid #40: Neanderthals in Present Day Asia
Some claim that a legendary wildman, the Almas, is a population of relict Neanderthals.
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9 min
April 16, 2007 Skeptoid #39: Heating Up to Global Warming
Why everyone needs to start taking global warming more seriously.
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13 min
April 11, 2007 Skeptoid #38: The Marfa Lights: A Real American Mystery
No matter how much we want these Texas ghost lights to be mysterious, it turns out they're all too mundane.
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10 min
April 06, 2007 Skeptoid #37: How to Spot Pseudoscience
This 15-point checklist will help you tell science from pseudoscience.
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14 min
April 01, 2007 Skeptoid #36: Mercury Fillings
Mercury amalgam fillings do not release toxic levels of mercury into the body, and are harmless.
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12 min
March 27, 2007 Skeptoid #35: Revisionist Darwinism: The Theory That Couldn't Sit Still
Some creationists claim that evolutionary theory is invalid because it improves as our knowledge increases.
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10 min
March 22, 2007 Skeptoid #34: Homeopathy: Pure Water or Pure Nonsense?
Contrary to what many supporters think, homeopathy is neither an herbal nor a natural remedy.
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14 min
March 17, 2007 Skeptoid #33: Best of Listener Feedback
The best of listener feedback from the first 32 Skeptoid episodes.
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15 min
March 12, 2007 Skeptoid #32: Blood for Oil
The claim that the wars in the Middle East were about oil don't stand up to economic scrutiny.
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10 min

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The true science behind our most popular urban legends. Historical mysteries, paranormal claims, popular science myths, aliens and UFO reports, conspiracy theories, and worthless alternative…