The Science Faction Podcast

This episode contains: Marriage license, state issued pamphlet, mandatory blood tests, role of government, bonus episode Break a Leg: first prosthesis with connection to bone and muscle, titanium v. other materials, sockets, removable parts, The Borg, control of prosthesis, cricket  https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160314141412.htm Get Mental: smart phones reactions to mental health questions, conversational agents, asking Siri dumb…

This episode contains: Special guest host: Scott Manley! https://www.youtube.com/user/szyzyg Intro: Science fiction music, Flash Gordon, accents, academics, astronomy, internet radio, Asteroid Day (June 30th), saving the world Kerbal Space Program: space program simulation, video tutorials, video games and science, getting to space and orbiting Kerbin, new versions and mods, planet scale: 1/10th, Manley’s Mountain, development…

This episode contains: Commodore Craft and Demigod Domingues, Republican Presidential Primary, Star Wars analogies, Mitt Romney, Trump (the fun’s over), small hands…, Clinton v. Trump, presidential candidates and space, written questions This Week in Space: breaking the cosmic distance record, furthest galaxy, 13.4 billion years old, red-shifting, what if extra-terrestrial observers called but nobody heard?,…

This episode contains: Flying down mountains, snowboarding, steep learning curve, cost of entry, ski bus, maintenance of equipment, Straight Outta Compton, NWA, dropping knowledge Biological Imperative: alcohol exposure during pregnancy affects multiple generations, rats, drinking during pregnancy, wine, drunk on their back, back in their forepaws, alcohol sensitivity and alcohol preference, drinking and driving, alcohol…

This episode contains: All sci-fi, Valentines Day, early celebration, bad food, screwing up filet mignon, bland food, Steven’s non-Valentines, gifts Deadpool: theater too busy, ticket refunds, wine tasting, Devon: 4/5, first Wolverine movie,  funnier than expected, 4th wall, actors playing Professor X, Green Lantern, Ryan Reynolds, Steven: 3/5, marketing, straight forward plot, Ant Man, Captain…

This episode contains: Forgetting names, Periscope, podcast influences, The Skeptics Guide to the Universe, Skeptoid, Stuff You Should Know The Buzz About Bees: Bee virus is human made—driven by European honey bees, virus is natural, the spread is human, Varroa virus, wing deformity, mites, eating larva, transporting bees for pollination, bee population decline factors, preventative…

This episode contains: Working double shifts at the law factory, turnover at work, cool kids at work, job security Update: Volkswagen scandal, 44,000 healthy years lost in Europe, illegal emissions, couple of hours per person, tobacco industry, LA gas leak, forgetting about important issues due to news cycle, Devon’s skepticism, what’s the point?, #nolivesmatter http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160203090940.htm…

This episode contains: “Lumosity” correction, tardigrades correction, early Futurama quote, Steven’s baby learning new words, Episode 4-7, Undercover Boss at Starkiller Base, Solo family comic strip, Devon’s grandma saw Ep 7, memory and getting old Please Don’t Kill Me Evil Robot Skynet Overlords: Google taught computer to play Go, 2,500 year old game, no brute…

This episode contains: Pocket Mortys, Poke Mon, Rock-Paper-Scissors, rookie mistakes, freemium games, rewards for watching commercials, Black Mirror, Clash of Clans, pay-to-win This Week in Space: a new ninth planet in our solar system, demotion of Pluto, @Plutokiller, Kiuper Belt objects, odd orbits, clustered orbits, new planet explains orbits, 10K to 20K year orbital period,…

This episode contains: Star Wars Battlefront, raid the arcade mix, Armada by Ernest Cline, time signatures, Devon’s reaction to heavy metal, ring tones, Green Day base lines, Crank, Steven playing less video games Brain Matters: Luminosity being fined by the FTC, brain games, study comparing Luminosity to Portal 2, Steve Novella, effectiveness of brain training,…