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Feb 2025
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The Skeptics Guide #1022 - Feb 8 2025

DR. STEVEN NOVELLA
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Quickie With Bob: Using Nukes to Deflect Asteroids; News Items: Near Earth Asteroid Threat, Does the Internet Affect Our Memory, Growing City Rat Problem, Do Apes Have a Theory of Mind, NASA Astronauts Harassed by Aliens; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction 
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