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Hosted by an Archaeologist/Comedian, a Stand-Up Comedian, and a different Guest Scientist every week, Science Faction is a blue comedic review of the week's published scientific articles.... more
FAQs about Science Faction:How many episodes does Science Faction have?The podcast currently has 471 episodes available.
June 07, 2020SF446: Corona Fraud?In this week's Coronavirus update, we look at two huge coronavirus paper retractions, the much talked-about Swedish story, and how the week's protests will impact the outbreak....more17minPlay
June 05, 2020SF445: What a Loon!The guys discuss an ancient chicken mystery, how neanderthal genes are helping us make babies, and how to not be murdered by a loon....more32minPlay
June 03, 2020SF444: A Story Bigger Than Corona & Racism CombinedThe guys discuss a science news story that is bigger than Coronavirus (but that you almost certainly haven't heard a word about) and a whole new type of gigantic space explosion that was just discovered and is so bizarre that it took scientists two years just to figure out what they were looking at....more40minPlay
June 01, 2020SF443: Weekly Corona NewsThe week's Corona news is summarized including how a genetic predisposition for Alzheimer's disease may also make you more vulnerable to Coronavirus, what the disease seems to do to pregnant women and their fetuses, and how the pandemic is effecting Latin America....more23minPlay
May 29, 2020SF442: Borat's SecretThe guys discuss how to use Cold War satellite pictures for modern biology, how to find a billion years of missing geological time, and how to track a bizarre creature known as a "Glacier Mouse"....more19minPlay
May 26, 2020SF441: Aliens and Dick PainThe guys discuss a recent paper that quantifies the likelihood of intelligent life in the Universe and an incredibly surprising and important new paper that may completely change how we treat pain....more40minPlay
May 24, 2020SF440: Weekly Corona UpdateThis week's latest Corona science including medicines that are working (or not working), if you can get reinfected after recovery, whether or not you can actually catch Covid through your eyes, and much more....more14minPlay
May 22, 2020SF439: Jeff Goldblum's Spirit AnimalThe guys discuss how Covid19 might not be the worst plague going around right now, how one cold spell 4,000 years ago gave us rice, and why you should grow a beard before a fist fight....more24minPlay
May 20, 2020SF438: Weird Laws About Cloning HominidsThe guys get together to discuss some very interesting ancient DNA findings and how to use electricity to draw visible pictures on subjects' brains....more28minPlay
May 17, 2020SF437: Corona UpdateThis week's published Coronavirus science includes news of the worst choir practice ever, why some of us might be immune to Coronavirus without ever having been exposed to it, and how we're (thankfully) breaking the very rules of science during this outbreak....more19minPlay
FAQs about Science Faction:How many episodes does Science Faction have?The podcast currently has 471 episodes available.