Dr. Steven (Steve) Novella

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1,490 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 27 Jun

Dr. Steven (Steve) Novella’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe · The Skeptics Guide #872 - Mar 26 2022 podcast

So you have all these bubbles, basically the cell membranes floating around, and a cooperative system of RNA molecules gets inside of one that could have advantages and disadvantages, right? voice-verified

It's like, okay, now it's sort of protected. voice-verified

It might be able to sequester its resources so that it's a way of competing with other things. voice-verified

But then it needs to find some way to both get resources into its bubble and excrete waste out of its bubble. voice-verified

And now also the proteins that it's making could then lodge into the bilipid layer and make a functional membrane to do these things. voice-verified

And before you know it, you have a cell. voice-verified

All right, Bob, tell us about orbiting solar power. voice-verified

We have spoken about this before on the show, but it's been a long time. voice-verified

So give us the update. voice-verified

Yeah, it's probably a medium to high orbit would be my – So we can't service it easily. voice-verified

And Bob, we need to calculate the carbon footprint of launching that into space versus the power we would get out of it. voice-verified

Exactly. voice-verified

It may not be carbon efficient. voice-verified

Yeah, not by 2050. voice-verified

Not by 2050. voice-verified

I think this is a technology for next century, honestly, to be honest with you. voice-verified

Maybe the end of this century. voice-verified

I think that we need solar panels that are going to be at the 40% or 50% efficiency rate, not the 22% or 3% or 4% that we're dealing with now. voice-verified

I think they've got to be much more resilient. voice-verified

They've got to last 30, 40 years. voice-verified

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