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Jay Novella

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

The first one, observing a recent volcanic eruption, scientists discover a potential method for reducing atmospheric methane involving volcanic ash and seawater.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Yeah, on the surface, that one sounds pretty impossible, right?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

There'd be so much stuff coming out of a volcano.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

So reducing atmospheric methane.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

You know, maybe they do something to the volcano beforehand.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Oh, I got volcanic ash and seawater.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Okay, seawater, because there's plenty of that.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Let me think about that.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

I'll go to the second one here.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Scientists present a design for pure copper 3D printable coal plates that under modeled conditions could reduce data center cooling energy used to about 1.1% of total energy consumption compared with the 30%.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Yeah, I think with enough metal and with the right engineering that you would be able to... Yeah, that's pretty damn significant.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

And then you're saying it's 3D printed.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

These cold plates.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

That's really cool.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Yeah, that one is actually kind of complicated too.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

All right, let me go on to the third one.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

In a recent extensive survey of Arctic fish, researchers found the first example of a fish, the snailfish, that is able to use its tail fin for backward propulsion.