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Month: February 2018

  • Episode 191: Engineering Week w/ Holly Griffith

    Episode 191: Engineering Week w/ Holly Griffith

    This episode contains: It’s Engineering Week and so we have an actual NASA engineer on this episode! We have Holly Griffith, who is currently working at NASA on the Orion. But first we finally discuss the entire first season of Star Trek: Discovery. Star Trek: Discovery: Mirror Universe, the show. We talk about the interesting…

  • Episode 190: Free-Air Gravity Anomalies

    Episode 190: Free-Air Gravity Anomalies

    This episode contains: We again record on a Sunday. Devon is holding his new child, who might make his presence known now-and-then, while recording. Steven has nothing new going on. We then start of the science by talking about the Tesla in space! Life, Uh, Finds a Way: “A One-Two Punch May Have Helped Deck the Dinosaurs.”…

  • Episode 189: He’s Back.

    Episode 189: He’s Back.

    This episode contains: Devon is back! He tells us all about his new fatherhood experiences. Then we chat a bit about the Superbowl that we’re not watching while we’re recording a podcast. Robot Overlords: Canadian scientists have taught AI language and used it to decypher a 600 year old manuscript. The Voynich Manuscript has eluded…

  • Episode 188: Anarchy on the Moon

    Episode 188: Anarchy on the Moon

    This episode contains: Steven is by himself this episode, no co-host in sight. Stay tuned to the second half, because we have an interview with MJ Taylor the PhD. Devon should be back next week, and we’ll be sure to grill him on what it’s like becoming a father. Walking on Sunshine: Wearable actuators in…