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210 - Spotting Pseudoscience
Ep. 210
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On today’s episode: The Earth has a new electric field and it’s shooting our atmosphere into space! A quick primer on how to spot pseudoscience. All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
- Rocket launch discovers long-sought global electric field on Earth
- https://www.popsci.com/fact-check-science-study-news/
- https://www.popsci.com/diy/spot-fake-science/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265077/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4378297/
- https://www.webmd.com/balance/grounding-benefits
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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