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The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe Skepticast #1057 October 9th 2025 Segment #1. Quickie with Steve Liver Xenograft https://www.journal-of-hepatology.eu/article/S0168-8278(25)02497-3/fulltext Segment #2. News Items Nobel Prizes 2025 News Item #1 – Physiology or Medicine https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2025/press-release/ News Item #2 – Physics https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2025/press-release/ News Item #3 – Chemistry https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2025/press-release/ News Item #4 – Long COVID https://academic.oup.com/braincomms/article/7/5/fcaf337/8258475 Segment #3 Who's That Noisy Segment #4. Interview with David Kyle Johnson 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: A recent analysis finds that oil and gas companies hold about 20% of the world's renewable energy assets. Item 2: New research finds that quitting smoking after a cancer diagnosis leads to improved survival, more than doubling survival time in patients with advanced stage cancer. Item 3: A study of a backpack designed to increase airflow, without supplemental oxygen, increased avalanche burial survival time by at least five fold. Segment #6. Skeptical Quote of the Week "Science is the greatest equalising force in the world. Smart people, talented people, skilled people exist everywhere. That's why we really should focus on unleashing their potential through providing them with opportunity". - Omar M. Yaghi
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