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Oct 2020
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The Skeptics Guide #799 - Oct 31 2020

DR. STEVEN NOVELLA
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COVID-19 Update; News Items: Pandemic Holidays, Water on the Moon, Murder Hornets Murdered, High Value Plastic, Exoplanet View of Earth; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Superconductors and Computers, Beef and Climate Change; Interview with James Randi; Science or Fiction 
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