The Science Faction Podcast

This episode contains: We start out the episode talking about the California Wildfires and how they are effecting our lives. Then, a bet is settled. You Have Got to be Kidding Me: An anti-vaccine group sues Facebook, claims fact-checking is “censorship.” We dig into this issue, from a legal standpoint and from a logical standpoint.…

This episode contains: We start off by talking about the weather and how it’s melting us. We then transition to distance learning and what we’re doing with our kids. News: Steven does a small article about fungus from Chernobyl which eats nuclear radiation via radiosynthesis. https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/videos/chernobyl-fungus-eats-nuclear-radiation-via-radiosynthesis-338464 This Week in Space: Mystery solved: Bright areas on…

This episode contains: We get this episode rolling with some talk about our sick pets. Don’t worry all is well, except our carpets. The Future is so Bright, You have to Wear SPF 300: Chemists have created the brightest-ever fluorescent materials. Chemists formulated positively charged fluorescent dyes into a new class of materials called small-molecule…

This episode contains: Devon is back for this episode, we try to talk about what we’ve been up to but it’s all too depressing. On to the science! This Week In Space: Mars Perseverance Rover Mission to Red Planet successfully launched. We talk about the recent Mars 2020 mission, what it is bringing to the…

This episode contains: Ben was torn from his family and their viewing of Spider-man 2 to record this podcast. Was it worth it? Geology Rocks: Plato was right, the Earth is made of cubes, on average. Researchers find the average shape for fractured rocks is a cube.  Three dimensional polyhedron shapes, when sliced several times,…

This episode contains: We get off to a rough start this episode, we chat about Devon’s roof caving in, why the Beatles took so long to join iTunes and sound effect editing. Don’t worry, we eventually get to the science. All The Lovely People, Where Do They All Come From?: World population likely to shrink…

This episode contains: Devon is back! He tells us about what he’s been up to, including some family drama? Also, we talk about what we did for the 4th and Hamilton. This Week In Space: Mysterious ‘fast radio bursts’ fire rhythmically through the cosmos, study finds. FRB 180916.J0158+65 is firing off rhythmically, in a cycle…

This episode contains: We’re recording late, for various reason, and Devon can’t join us. Everything is hard. Brain Matters: Why are some words more memorable than others? Our brains recall the words ‘pig’, ‘tank’ and ‘door’ more often than others, including ‘cat’, ‘street’ and ‘stair’. Researchers started with epilepsy patients and ended up at a…

This episode contains: We talk about how quarantine continues to affect us and our lives. Steven is having a tough time with his kids and Ben is having a better time with work. Why don’t we replace more body parts with jello?: The first cartilage-mimicking gel that’s strong enough for knees has been developed. Cartilage…

This episode contains: Ben has been quarantined for 100 days. We talk about Juneteenth and how to be anti-racist. This Week in Space: New light has been shed on existing intelligent life across the galaxy. A new study calculates there could be more than 30 intelligent civilizations throughout our Galaxy. We talk about both the…