Skeptics Guide #1035

The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Skepticast #1035 May 7th 2025 Segment #1. Quickie with Bob Nuclear Fusion Rocket https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/pulsar-fusion-unveils-nuclear-fusion-rocket-for-space-travel Segment #2. News Items News Item #1 – Falling Space Debris https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/scientists-chased-a-falling-spacecraft-with-a-plane-to-understand-satellite-air-pollution News Item #2 – What Makes People Flourish https://theconversation.com/what-makes-people-flourish-a-new-survey-of-more-than-200-000-people-across-22-countries-looks-for-global-patterns-and-local-differences-243671 News Item #3 – Pig Heart Xenografts https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/pig-heart-xenografts-for-infants/ News Item #4 – Chiropractic Stroke https://archive.is/hxZsc News Item #5 – Breathable Algae Drug Delivery https://phys.org/news/2025-05-hard-meds-lungs-breathable-algae.html Segment 3. Who’s That Noisy Segment #4. Your Questions and E-mails Question #1: Autism and Self-Diagnosis Question #2: Faster than Light Segment #5. Science or Fiction Each week our host will come up with three science news items or facts, two genuine, one fictitious. He will challenge our panel of skeptics to sniff out the fake – and you can play along. Item 1: Scientists have developed a micropipette capable of delivering ions only, without fluid, to a single neuron. Item 2: A new extensive analysis finds that climate change is now the most significant driver of biodiversity loss in insects. Item 3: Engineers have developed a process for spinning industry quality cellulose fibers from cow manure. Segment #6. Skeptical Quote of the Week “Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing” T H Huxley