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Episode 630: Nobel Intentions, Bacterial Problems
This week on the Science Faction Podcast, Ben is out sick, leaving Steven and Devon to hold down the fort. We’ve got some video game nostalgia, a mysterious road trip movie, and plenty of Star Wars to discuss. Then, in Future or Now, we’re celebrating the 2026 Nobel Prizes in science and discovering why mushrooms…
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Episode 629: Pregaming The Jetlag
This week, Ben returns from Orlando with tales of theme parks, electric cars, Florida humidity, and some very large rockets. Steven celebrates a fantastic Lanterns finale before asking whether the universe is actually infinite, while Devon somehow turns a conversation about having nothing to talk about into a discussion of the 11th dimension. Naturally. Real…
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Episode 628: Feelings Are Not Facts
This week on Science Faction, we tackle the important questions: Is bread actually good? Can a Disney Channel movie sneak science fiction past Steven? Can Star Trek: Strange New Worlds finally make Ben stop complaining? And, most importantly, how did a movie about sheep detectives turn out to be legitimately great? Then, in Future or…
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Episode 627: I Have No Hands, And I Must Play Super Mario
This week on Science Faction, we’ve got VR mini golf inside a gelatinous lair, Lanterns continuing its hot streak, questionable Resident Evil continuity, and Devon discovering that talking about guitar theory apparently removes all normal limits on podcast airtime. Then we get into the science: human neurons growing inside mouse brains and the complete nervous…
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Episode 626: Never Forget the Badmirals
This week on Science Faction, real life means surgery updates, kids claiming their own rooms, Ben questioning whether he needs a room of his own, and a surprisingly enthusiastic review of Lanterns. We also talk Silo, Pluribus, Strange New Worlds, and a new game that brings GoldenEye-style shooting into the modern age. Then in Future…
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Episode 625: Stop Not Reading Books
Devon made the wise decision not to join us this week, which leaves Ben and Steven unsupervised to talk about Star Trek, Star Wars, Linux, AI, and what exactly we should expect from the “free” software we use. Real Life Ben kicks things off with more Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, including a new episode…
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Episode 624: Parenting Is Mostly Marketing
This week on Science Faction, we’ve got sick hosts, recovering rats, California fires, extremely low-tuned guitars, and more Star Trek than you can shake a tricorder at. Devon also somehow turns movie night into legal analysis before discovering that his children have absolutely no interest in Harry Potter—forcing him to take matters into his own…
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Episode 623: A Loose Set of Values
This week, the Science Faction crew has rats, road trips, gaming marathons, and some surprisingly good superhero television before asking an important question: what happens when your dog gets its own digital assistant? We also look at a new weapon in the fight against AI scraping and tease what Steven has coming next week. Real…
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Episode 622: A Third of a Good LEGO Set
This week on Science Faction, we’re confronting the inevitable decline of both man and machine. Steven’s 3D printer is showing its age, patches are becoming increasingly relatable, and Ben has some thoughts about games that aren’t quite what they first appear to be. We also dig into new Star Wars and Marvel trailers, a pair…
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Episode 621: A Block of Wood
This week, we bounce from questionable kindergarten teaching techniques and a tour through old movies to a pile of upcoming sci-fi and superhero projects. Then, in Future or Now, AI gives hurricane forecasters a potentially huge advantage, NASA pulls off another bit of engineering wizardry to keep Voyager 2 alive, and the cast of The…
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