Month: August 2026
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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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Episode 620: See It In IMAX
This week the crew dives into everything from the enduring appeal of Star Trek and classic science fiction to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, Saturday morning superheroes, and the ever-growing spoiler problem surrounding the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Then it’s on to the Future or Now segment, where Linux experiments with collaborative computing, the Large Hadron Collider…