This week we have a special solar eclipse report (video available!) and two tips of UK free tourist tours relevant for skeptics. In TWISH we hear about Wilhelm Wundt, the founder of experimental psychology.
Then, it’s time for the news:
- EUROPE: Warmest summer ever in Western Europe, warmest global sea temperatures on record – and the economy suffers too
- HUNGARY: Fake AI ads exploit Semmelweis University to sell miracle weight loss patches
- INTERNATIONAL: Scam targets film fans with fake streaming sites
- ROMANIA: TikTok hoax leads to violent ambulance attack in Romania
The Really Wrong Award goes to Google for its stupid idea of letting users create fake AI maps on Google Earth.
Enjoy!
Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Really Wrong; Quote; Outro; Outtakes
0:00:27 INTRO
0:00:50 GREETINGS
- Solar eclipse report
- YouTube (ESA): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRDx2xDR8NA
- YouTube (Pontus): https://youtube.com/shorts/En7t-mcGDlQ/
- Humanist Heritage Walking Tours released
- Magic & Illusion: A free walking tour of Edinburgh by Richard Wiseman
0:16:48 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY
- 16 August 1832: Wilhelm Wundt ‘founder of experimental psychology’ was born
- All Things Psychology: https://allthingspsychology.com/wilhelm-wundt/
0:28:40 NEWS
- EUROPE: Warmest summer ever in Western Europe, warmest global sea temperatures on record – and the economy suffers too
- the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/10/global-seas-hottest-temperature-july-scientists
- Politico: https://www.politico.eu/article/europes-scorching-summer-could-erase-blocs-2026-growth/
- Triodos: https://www.triodos.com/en/articles/2026/hot-summer-economics
- BBC: https://www.bbc.com/weather/articles/c36dr3r3ny0o
- Outbreak News Today: https://outbreaknewstoday.com/sustained-heat-raises-infectious-disease-risks-across-europe-ecdc-warns-741/
- HUNGARY: Fake AI ads exploit Semmelweis University to sell miracle weight loss patches
- INTERNATIONAL: Scam targets film fans with fake streaming sites
- ROMANIA: TikTok hoax leads to violent ambulance attack in Romania
0:52:46 REALLY WRONG
- Really Wrong: Google Earth AI feature was a really stupid idea
0:56:11 QUOTE AND FAREWELL
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The unforgotten moments of my life are those rare ones which come after years of plodding work, when the veil over nature’s secret seems suddenly to lift, and when what was dark and chaotic appears in a clear and beautiful light and pattern.”
/ Gerty Cori (15 August 1896 – 26 October 1957), Czech and American biochemist who in 1947 was the third woman to win a Nobel Prize in science, and the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for her role in the ‘discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen’. /
0:58:40 OUTRO
1:00:03 OUT-TAKES