The Science Faction Podcast

Recorded July 15th, 2015 This episode contains: Heart on Pluto, Pluto’s not a planet—deal with it Nano-Nano: Pentaquark, five quark particle, hadrons, protons and neutrons, quark flavors, spin, anti-quarks, Large Hadron Collider (LHC), bump hunting, regular hadrons have three quarks, Ghost Busters’ particle physics, 10^-6 seconds after the Big Bang, quark-gluon plasma http://www.nature.com/news/forsaken-pentaquark-particle-spotted-at-cern-1.17968 This Week…

Recorded July 8th, 2015 This episode contains: Life choices, Nooooooo!, Star Wars App, engagement, gay marriage ruling, asking for hand in marriage tradition, Devon can be romantic This Week in Space: Quintuple star system, touching binary stars, method of detection, solar systems with even more stars, if Jupiter was a star http://io9.com/astronomers-have-discovered-an-exotic-quintuple-star-sy-1716473889 Biological Imperative: Chronological age v.…

This episode contains: Exploding on a barge, Inside Out, ideas, GIRL! GIRL! GIRL!, true cider, banana bread beer Pop Sci: Space X disaster, reusable rockets, Steven and Devon get their wires crossed, mission to ISS, holo-lense, augmented reality, the meteor composition estimation, real space travel v. Sci fi space travel, minor spoiler for The Martian,…

This episode contains: Frantically trying to think of a reference to Inside Out, joys of parenthood, Indiana Jones, Crystal Skull was apparently the best they had (yikes). Pop Sci: Easy eye surgery, skeptical flags, laser eye surgery, bionic lenses, 20/20 x 3, cowboys don’t wear glasses.  http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/06/19/the-8-minute-surgery-that-will-give-you-superhuman-vision-forever/ This Week in Space: Blue Hook Stars, birth…

Recorded June 17th, 2015 This episode contains: Running from dinosaurs, name for baby dinos?, group of dinos?, Steven’s anti-vax story, SFP Ep. 36 (for full discussion of vaccines), arguing with true believers, “Gish Gallop,” defining terms for an argument, emotional based argument. Nature Watch: Worms detecting Earth’s magnetic field, dividing animals by cute and ugly, up…

Recorded June 10th, 2015 This episode contains: Steven frantically gives up, dino feathers, Jurassic Park pre talk. Nature Watch: drunk chimps, fermented tree sap, making wine, visible signs of inebriation, wine gets the party started, genetic mutation to metabolize alcohol, alcohol helps procreation http://io9.com/even-wild-chimps-like-to-get-drunk-now-and-then-1710326113 Tech Upgrades: injectable brain implant, nano-polymer mesh, adverse effects?, Steven brings…

Recorded June 3rd, 2015 This episode contains: Devon’s cold, Airborne, “made by a teacher,” crap studies, special alien fighting rocks, Simpsons did it, alien bounty hunter pickup line. Pop Sci: Spider silk, Spider-Man’s family, Uncle Ben’s rice, micro-structure fibers, strength = ability to absorb energy before failing, Devon’s spider silk Hulk workout, springs and sacrificial…

Recorded May 27th, 2015 This episode contains: Devon’s birthday, last birthday with Ben and Steven (PD Sep. 31), Firefly Yahtzee, Star Wars: Armada, Loot Crate, Power Up Box, need for tailored geek boxes Pop-Sci: Washing close in hot/cold water, power saving, Hoover Damn output, temperature and hand washing, Steven disobeys his mother and doesn’t die…

Recorded on May 20th, 2015 This episode contains: SFP turns 1, the ups and downs of SFP, Daredevil (4 out of 5 according to Devon), The Martian by Andy Weir (5 out of 5 according to Devon), surviving on Mars alone, hard sci-fi, The Martian movie, Matt Damon, “A non-pauser,” Ready Player One by Ernest Cline…