The Science Faction Podcast

This episode contains: Independence Day, fireworks, buying guns and bongs, Blue Apron, Tinkle Bell Peppers, Kurzgesagt In a Nut Shell This Week in Space #1: Origin of Mars’ Moons, captured asteroids, impact with Mars, geological composition, inside gas giants, Juno Mission  http://gizmodo.com/a-badass-new-theory-on-the-origin-of-mars-moons-1783059254 This Week in Space #2: problems with space junk, testing satellite to collect…

This episode contains: Stephen King, How Did This Get Made?, Maximum Overdrive crazy trailer, Trucks (short story) This Week in Space: “I want to die on Mars but not impact” Elon Musk, growing plants in Moon/Martian soil, heavy metals in soil, amount of metal absorbed by plants, metric and imperial system songs https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160627095316.htm Let’s Get…

This episode contains: Detroit, 8 Mile, Heavy Rain, visiting baseball parks This Week in Space: Earth’s new moon, orbit, dimensions, recent discovery, traveling to asteroids, 2016 HR3 http://gizmodo.com/earths-new-quasi-moon-will-stick-around-for-centuries-1782082812 Cranio Baby: Baby with brain outside of skull, incompatible with life, normal development, surgery, the brain, credit for Jesus, trolling http://gizmodo.com/infant-with-brain-growing-outside-his-skull-saved-by-pi-1782348507 Sci-Fi: Fortune cookie, Detroit: Become Human,…

This episode contains: Deathgasm, Me Before You, assisted suicide The Gods Must Be Crazy: world’s oldest computer, the Antikythera Mechanism, Stuff You Should Know, telling the future, astronomy, gears and symbols, http://gizmodo.com/the-world-s-oldest-computer-may-have-been-used-to-predi-1781749625 This Week in Space: carbon nanotubes, space elevators, strength of carbon nantube lines, potential problems due to minor imperfections, http://gizmodo.com/scientists-found-a-possible-deal-breaker-in-the-quest-t-1781909000 Sci-Fi: Elite: Dangerous,…

This episode contains: Awkward, nothing going on, sports, friends Fossilized Research: dog domesticated two separate times, genetic data from wolf populations, dog breeding, DNA time machine, convergent evolution analogy https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160602151723.htm Let’s Get Physical: naming new elements, three new elements, island of stability, analyzing proposed names, Thawnesium, Rob Roy, Devon’s dumb former stepbrother, study about sex…

This episode contains: Swishing soda, cavities, dental things, X-wing Miniatures This Week in Space: quantum satellite, quantum entanglement, how are particles entangled, naturally entangled systems, communication, cryptography, faster than light communication, teleportation, transferring information http://www.popsci.com/chinas-quantum-satellite-could-change-cryptography-forever Robot Overlords: soft body robot actuators inspired by muscle, robot and humans working together, safety considerations, flexing muscles, vacuum, VAMPS,…

This episode contains: …and now the conclusion, Miles Greb, March Against Monsanto, interviewing protesters, cat milk, FDA, Bernie Sanders, Hillary, science and presidential politics, pseudoscience of the left and right, magical mother’s intuition, terminator seeds, size of protest, the rat study, scientific consensus, specifics of Monsanto, golden rice, paid shills we are not, our sad…

:::Contains Explicit Language::: Special guest: Miles Greb, creamy chicken, comic cons, SFP shirts, After the Gold Rush in print, GMOs, labeling, March Against Myths, March Against Monsanto, anti-vax, anti-fluoride, anti-nuclear, explanation of GMO, perceived dangers of GMOs, health, FDA, scientific consensus, economic issues, population growth, technological development, Civilization and Gandhi, anti-corporate perspective, chem-trails, pros and…

This episode contains: prior attempts, Warriors game, light bracelets, cheap clothes, Fallout 4 Driving Miss Daisy: sixth sense while driving, texting, test description, class action lawsuit stuff, brain loop coordination thing, texting and cell phone use, licensing for texting, fear of being ticketed making texting more dangerous https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160512084547.htm Tech Happens: Hyperloop, news cycle, new light…

This episode contains: Spilled wine, magic rice, stuff, Saga, Comixology, honeymoon, Monterey, Restaurant 1833, Winchester Mystery House, Santa Cruz Mystery Spot, Trump, old couple, objective politics, pushing the food envelope, pizzarito, May the 4th, Revenge of the 5th Baby Brain Matters: babies and music triple meter (waltz), brain scans, pattern recognition, Steven’s anecdotal evidence https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160425161148.htm…