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SPACE ELEVATORS 

Dr Peter Swan is the Chief Architect of the Space Elevator Consortium and a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society. He has a PHD in engineering from UCLA where his thesis was on space tethers. He is a partner of Zodiac Planetary Services and has been advocating and leading research on the feasibility and execution of the space elevator concept for decades. An accomplished engineer, university lecturer and academic, he has published a phenomenal amount of research on easier access to orbit as well as the solar system and sits on the board of engineering and space science for several universities. He formerly built and launched satellites commercially and lectures globally on the space elevator concept. He owns several patents in space engineering.

He has co-authored the book ""Road to the Space Elevator era": Space Elevator Books — International Space Elevator Consortium

He introduces the concept and answers my questions on the concept of space elevators. Enjoy!

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SPACEX ASTRONAUT 

Chris Sembroski flew in 2021 on the historic Inspiration4 mission. It was the first all-civilian space flight and is the subject of Netflix's documentary Inspiration4. Chris is an engineer for Blue Origin working on the New Glenn rocket and is a lecturer in aviation at Embry-Riddle University (his alma mater).

Inspiration4 flew to 364 miles, the highest altitude flown since the Hubble repair missions. During the 3-day flight the crew conducted science missions, earth observation and a number of vehicle tests as it was one of the earliest crewed flights of the Dragon.

Chris advocates for space wherever he can and enjoys science communication.

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Religious apologist Dr Frank Turek (from Cross Examined) gives his 4 best arguments against evolution. Are they any good?

Frank has a PhD in Christian Apologetics but has no science background and is well-known for advocating for Intelligent Design Creationism which is pseudoscientific. Despite the overwhelming scientific evidence for evolution, and a long history of support for it from Christians including Charles Spurgeon, CS Lewis, Billy Graham and many more, apologists still fight it with all their passion (which is a shame).

Original video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBvn5pRXAjk&t=19s

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Polymath World # Episode 16 - Professor Paul Heslop

MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS

Professor Paul Heslop is professor of mathematical physics at Durham University. A prolific researcher in his field, he has published over 80 papers across subdisciplines such as supersymmetric field theory and supergravity. We discuss his research including subjects like scattering amplitudes and AdS/CFT as well as his thoughts on unified theories and quantum gravity.

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Christian apologist Tim Barnett from the ministry Stand To Reason advocates for Intelligent Design Creationism. Much like many American apologetics ministries, they are anti-evolution and pro-Intelligent Design. In this video they ask us to "go where the evidence leads" whilst making strong claims about how science works and what it is we do. Is this accurate or fair?

Intelligent Design makes outrageous claims against scientists as people, the data itself, and our philosophy. Don't buy these accusations for a second.

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NASA ASTRONAUT

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Gemar is a former NASA astronaut who flew on 3 missions on the Space Shuttle. A former army pilot and engineer, he graduated from the NASA astronaut class of 1986 after the Challenger disaster. After serving in several roles including CAPCOM, he flew on STS-38 in 1990, STS-48 in 1991, and finally STS-62 in 1994. He spent 24 days in space across his 3 missions and took on several unusual science programs during those, including molecular biology. He flew on Columbia, Discovery and Atlantis and we enjoy getting into the dynamics of his missions as well as his pre- and post-NASA career. He has flown one of the highest orbits of the shuttle and the lowest.

I hope you enjoy this fascinating chat with an extraordinary astronaut working during one of the most interesting times in spaceflight history.

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Polymath World # Episode 14 - Professor Simon Walker-Samuel

BIOPHYSICS

Simon is Professor of Biophysics and Co-Director of the UCL Centre for Computational Medicine and Vice Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Medical Sciences. His research focus is the development of virtual tissue models of disease, by combining biomedical imaging, computational modelling and machine learning. He did a physics PhD with the Institute for Cancer Research followed by a postdoc before moving to University College London (UCL). He is a Wellcome Senior Research Fellow. In 2023 with Rebecca Shipley he established the Centre for Computational Medicine. He is also a trustee of Humanists UK.Simon is Professor of Biophysics and Co-Director of the UCL Centre for Computational Medicine and Vice Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Medical Sciences. His research focus is the development of virtual tissue models of disease, by combining biomedical imaging, computational modelling and machine learning. He did a physics PhD with the Institute for Cancer Research followed by a postdoc before moving to University College London (UCL). He is a Wellcome Senior Research Fellow. In 2023 with Rebecca Shipley he established the Centre for Computational Medicine. He is also a trustee of Humanists UK.

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Polymath World Roundtable Chat: Evolution, Creationism and Intelligent Design Pseudoscience

(With Professor Dave Explains and Phil Halper)

Professor Dave Explains and Phil Halper join me for a discussion of evolutionary biology, creationism and Intelligent Design on the centenary of the Scopes Monkey Trial. What is stopping people from understanding and accepting the overwhelming evidence for evolution, and how can people combat the challenge of creationism? Is this a problem of psychology, education, or science communication?

Read my interview with Professor Dave Explains for The Freethinker here: Debunking creationists, flat-earthers, and other enemies of science: interview with ‘Professor Dave’ - The Freethinker

See Phil Halper here: Phil Halper (aka Skydivephil) - YouTube

See Professor Dave Explains here: Professor Dave Explains - YouTube

For Dave's excellent playlist on the Discovery Institute see here: Exposing Discovery Institute - YouTube

Dave's video on Denis Noble and the myths of the 2016 Royal Society meeting: Denis Noble is a Clown

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ASTROPHYSICS AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY

Lord Martin Rees is one of the most accomplished scientists of the 20th and 21st century. With over 500 research publications and a large number of popular books on science, he has made immense and significant impact on the fields of high-energy astrophysics, cosmology, galaxy formation, the origins of the cosmic microwave background, and in popular science communication.

Lord Rees is the 15th Astronomer Royal, following on from giants such as Halley and Dyson, and sits in the House of Lords. He is part of the golden generation of astrophysicists from the mid twentieth century that included Stephen Hawking, Fred Hoyle, Subraman Chandrasekhar, and Freeman Dyson among others. He became Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge University, where he is still active today.

Rees won the Wolf Prize and was President of the Royal Society for many years where he is still a fellow. He helped formulate the Longitude Prize for scientific breakthrough. He is part of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University, and founded the Centre for Existential Risk.

Links to key books:

• Just Six Numbers: https://amzn.eu/d/bUMU7if
• On the Future: Prospects for Humanity: https://amzn.eu/d/8jbO6JF
• If Science is to Save Us: https://amzn.eu/d/0z1gwuO
• The End of Astronauts: Why Robots Are the Future of Exploration: https://amzn.eu/d/332YqSm

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EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Dr Matt Wilkinson is a lecturer in evolutionary biology at Cambridge University. He is a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. An authority of the evolution of locomotion, he wrote the book Restless Creatures on the evolution of complex movement in life. He is also an authority on pterosaurs. Matt also has a masters in theatre performance and is passionate about science communication.

Find out more about Dr Matt Wilkinson: https://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/people/matt-wilkinson

Purchase Restless Creatures here: https://amzn.eu/d/d3SN8EG

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