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Author Archives: Brian Dunning
Will the Host of Skeptoid Lose His Voice?
No, it’s just a sensationalist headline. You should never trust headlines like that. However I have been having some pain on my larynx when I speak, and it’s been going on for about six weeks. So I went in to / read more…
Posted in Health
3 Amazing Moments in Podcasting
To start your commuting week, here are three fine moments from podcasting that I really enjoyed, and that I still think of whenever it’s time to up my own game. I hope you enjoy these as much as I did:
Posted in Cool Stuff / TV & Media
Tagged in podcasting
Skeptoid Secret Project: Weather Station Needed
Skeptoid is putting together a Secret Project. A very special piece of hardware is needed, one that I hope some friend or colleague can help with. It is a remote weather station, capable of operating unattended in extreme environments, and / read more…
Posted in Cool Stuff / Events / Science
Tagged in secret project / skeptoid / weather station
Skeptoid Podcast Now Available in Mandarin Chinese
In a major expansion, the Skeptoid science podcast, in English since 2006, is now available in Mandarin on the Chinese iTunes Store and at http://skeptoid.com.cn. This effectively triples the potential listener base, making the award winning show available to more / read more…
Posted in Skeptoid Podcast / TV & Media
Skeptoid Wins “Best Science Podcast” Award
I am pleased and honored to announce that Skeptoid was the winner of “Best Science Podcast” at the first annual Stitcher podcast awards, announced on December 4, 2012 in San Francisco. Other nominees in the science category included shows from / read more…
Posted in Events / Skeptoid Podcast / TV & Media
Should You Go Gluten Free?
I couldn’t have said it better myself:
Posted in Alternative Medicine / Health
California’s Proposition 37 Is about Ideology, Not Science
Tomorrow I hope to see that Proposition 37 has failed in the election. Proposition 37 is a measure in the state of California to require mandatory labeling of food containing genetically modified crops. Its proponents have invented a cleverly compelling / read more…
Posted in Conspiracy Theories / Health / Pseudoscience
Tagged in farms / food safety / gmo / organic
Two Opportunities for Skeptoidy Goodness
Good news for all my local friends who wouldn’t mind a get-together for cool science talk and perhaps the sip of a beverage: I’m giving two talks here in So Cal over the next few days.
On Tribalism
It’s election time, and many of the people I know are divided into two halves, each half making a fool’s charges against the other. My contribution to this is the final paragraph from Skeptoid #324: There should be something of / read more…
Posted in Uncategorized
Albert Einstein Explains It All
There’s not much to say here in this post, other than to enjoy the audio file. This is Albert Einstein personally explaining his famous equation E=mc2. So far as I’ve been able to determine, the exact source and date of / read more…
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