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Month: November 2014

  • Episode 028: New Species / Jurassic World

    Episode 028: New Species / Jurassic World

    Recorded November 26th, 2014 This episode contains: Bugs in amber, Jurassic Park VHS pre-orders, jerky, reading the Michael Crichton book, newly rediscovered Pentaceratops aquilonius, the genus Kosmoceratops, the time between the Stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus Rex, possible evolutionary lines, extinction events, Jurassic World trailer recap and thoughts, raptors and motorcycles, old script horrors, toy spoilers, chameleon possibilities,…

  • Episode 027: Time Dilation / Interstellar Review

    Episode 027: Time Dilation / Interstellar Review

    Recorded November 19th, 2014 This episode contains: explanation of time dilation, relative velocity, gravitational time dilation, bowling balls and mattresses, Interstellar recap, wormhole in 3 dimensions, galactic spacing, layout of the new solar system, space travel times, artificial gravity and the Endurance, explosions and shuttle thrusters, the fuel problem, the 5th dimension, Factoring Humanity by…

  • Episode 026: Polar Vortex / Force Awakens

    Episode 026: Polar Vortex / Force Awakens

    Recorded November 12th, 2014 This episode contains: Spaaace, Philae lander, Rosetta mothership, 10 year mission, harpooning a comet, comet tails, orbits of the moon, Polar Vortex, jetstreams, climate change and science, Dementors, fluxuation of Earths weather patterns, Team America World Police and The Day After Tomorrow, Star Wars, Episode 7, The Force Awakens, The Ancient…

  • Episode 025: Accidents on Earth / In Space

    Episode 025: Accidents on Earth / In Space

    Recorded on November 5th, 2014 This episode contains: Remember Remember the 5th of November, V for Vendetta on Cinema Sins, airplanes, fear of flying, Apollo 13 film, NASA Apollo mission recap, Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explosion, russian rocket engines, found footage, presidential promises, Virgin Galactic accident, SpaceShip2, $250,000 dollar tickets, wing feathering, Apollo 18 and…