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Attack of the Nanobots!
Episode 317
A look at the belief that nanotechnology may result in an army of self-replicating machines that consume society.
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New Skeptoid Books
Skeptoid announces two new paperbacks: "Astronauts, Aliens, and Ape-Men" plus "The Secret of the Gypsy Queen".
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Al-Ghazali and Arab-Islamic Science
Episode 316
Some say that Persian theologian al-Ghazali was solely responsible for the end of the Golden Age of science.
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The Tehran 1976 UFO
Episode 315
Declassified military documents show that Iranian fighter planes engaged a UFO in 1976. Here's what's actually known.
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Botches and Bungles
Episode 314
Skeptoid goes back and corrects some errors from previous episodes.
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Area 51 Facts and Fiction
Episode 313
Now that Area 51 has been declassified, we finally have proof that what they did had nothing to do with aliens.
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Student Questions: Marauding Mammoths and Queen Elizabeth the Man
Episode 312
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
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Deconstructing the Rothschild Conspiracy
Episode 311
Some believe that world governments and economies are secretly controlled by the Rothschild banking family.
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Left Handed Myths and Facts
Episode 310
Many popular anecdotes tell how and why some people are left-handed, but the true facts are even more interesting.
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The Science and Politics of Global Warming
Episode 309
How global warming became the poster boy for failed science communication.
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