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Albinism Facts and Fiction
Episode 425
Even in developed countries, myths persist about people who have albinism.
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The Santa Barbara Simoom of 1859
Episode 424
Stories of a lethally hot storm wind in Santa Barbara in 1859 persist to this day.
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12 Step Programs
Episode 423
Religious-based twelve step programs are no better at stopping addiction than other programs.
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Lie Detection
Episode 422
Polygraphs are no better than a roll of the dice at determining whether you're lying.
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Listeners Have a Say
Giving the Skeptoid listeners a chance to have their say.
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Student Questions: Internet Tracking and Plasma Cosmology
Episode 421
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
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Hillary vs. Mallory: The First to Everest
Episode 420
From the evidence we have, it seems clear there's no way Mallory could have beaten Hillary to the summit of Everest.
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Slacktivism: Raising Awareness
Episode 419
Clicking a "Like" button on a web site is not only useless, it may actually be counterproductive.
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Left Brained, Right Brained, or Hare Brained?
Episode 418
Pop psychology tells us we're all either left brain or right brain dominant, a concept with no scientific support.
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The Riddle of Flight 19
Episode 417
The 1945 disappearance of five fighter planes in the Bermuda Triangle was real, but hardly how it's portrayed.
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