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Skeptic Check: Energy Vortex

Skeptic Check: Energy Vortex

FromBig Picture Science


Skeptic Check: Energy Vortex

FromBig Picture Science

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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Sep 17, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

"I feel your vibe!” Well, that describes a number of fabled locales that claim to pulse with mysterious energy – perhaps prompting books to fly across the room or airplanes to vanish into thin air. But what’s the science behind it?
We examine spots marked with an X, for “extraordinary” – from a haunted house to the Bermuda Triangle – to sort out natural from supernatural phenomena.
Plus, what causes the aurora borealis… a haywire Russian space probe… and just what the heck is an “energy vortex,” anyway?
Guests:
•  Phil Plait – Skeptic and keeper of Discover Magazine’s blog: badastronomy
•  Mike Borg – Group Sales Coordinator, Winchester Mystery House
•  Jim Underdown – Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, Los Angeles
•  Peter Williams – Hydrodynamicist at Agilent Technologies
•  Guy P. Harrison – Writer and business owner in Southern California, author of 50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True
•  Rob Lillis – Space and Planetary Physicist, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
Released:
Sep 17, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

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