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Month: May 2015

  • Episode 052: What a Lovely Day

    Episode 052: What a Lovely Day

    Recorded on May 20th, 2015 This episode contains: SFP turns 1, the ups and downs of SFP, Daredevil (4 out of 5 according to Devon), The Martian by Andy Weir (5 out of 5 according to Devon), surviving on Mars alone, hard sci-fi, The Martian movie, Matt Damon, “A non-pauser,” Ready Player One by Ernest Cline…

  • Episode 051: Night Diving

    Episode 051: Night Diving

    Recorded May 13th, 2015 This episode contains:“Funny anecdote here,” Devon’s trip to Hawaii, manta ray night diving, plankton attracted to light Pop-Sci: NASA and squid robots, NASA funding new ideas, soft robot squid pros and cons, mermaids, critic robots http://io9.com/nasa-is-considering-the-use-of-soft-robotic-squids-to-e-1703592055 Nature-watch: Bird migration and climate change, weather affects seeds in turn affecting bird migration, bird irruptions…

  • Episode 050: Revenge of the Fifth

    Episode 050: Revenge of the Fifth

      Recorded May 5th, 2015   This episode contains: Cinco de Mayo, Revenge of the 5th, Han Cholo, something about the French, the true meaning of Cinco de Mayo, new format:   Pop Sci: iPhone case pulls energy out of thin air, skeptical radar, “quantum,” energy from radio waves, built-in efficiency http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2015/05/05/iphone-case-pulls-power-out-of-thin-air-says-maker/ Today in Space: astrophysics…

  • Episode 049: Super Volcano / Barbarians

    Episode 049: Super Volcano / Barbarians

    Recorded Aptril 29th, 2015 This episode contains: R2 with rockets, fans put X-Wing in space, Yellowstone, super volcano, other volcanoes, judgement day (Terminator), cloning dinosaurs for oil, Steven’s Jurassic Park story,  video gamer brains, stronger brain connections, amateur gamers v expert, AVG, different types of video games, Portal, Assassins Creed, British settlers, Genghis Khan, Sacajawea,…