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Student Questions: Energy Shots and Sunscreen
Episode 268
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students.
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Zeno's Paradoxes
Episode 267
Greek philosopher Zeno apparently proved that movement was impossible with a few simple paradoxes.
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Feedback through a Fine Toothed Comb
Episode 266
Prepare to have your mind blown by these listener emails from conspiracy theorists.
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Curing Gays
Episode 265
Therapies intended to help gays become straight don't work.
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Conspiracy Theorists Aren't Crazy
Episode 264
We usually dismiss conspiracy theorists as crazy people; but that doesn't tell the whole story.
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Anastasia
Episode 263
The Grand Duchess Anastasia did not survive her family's 1918 execution, and did not go on to live in the US.
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The Haitian Zombies
Episode 262
A look at the possibility that legends of Haitian zombies may have a grain of truth.
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Near Death Experiences
Episode 261
A comparison of the effects of hypoxia to the reports of a brush with the afterlife.
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Military Dolphins: James Bonds of the Sea
Episode 260
The facts behind the stories of military dolphins trained to attack divers and plant mines on ships.
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Mao's Barefoot Doctors: The Secret History of Chinese Medicine
Episode 259
Westerners' belief that Chinese have long relied on alternative medicine is due in part to clever book publishers.
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