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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.
December 12, 2019SF386: If He Dies, He DiesThe guys welcome back Dr. Troy Sandberg (@DrTroyScience) to discuss whether ice baths after a workout actually do anything, if taking the birth control pill as a teenager makes you more depressed as an adult, and the startling story of how the Humpback Whale got its name....more24minPlay
December 09, 2019SF385: Explaining the Existence of Everything in One Podcast EpisodeThe guys welcome Dr. Troy Sandberg (@DrTroyScience) back for a unique Science Faction in-depth look at one idea: quantum field theory. This one (admittedly quite long) episode will literally take you from knowing next to nothing about physics to having a surprisingly comprehensive understanding of the essential nature of the physical world, as we currently understand it. Also, we throw some shade at Hungarians and make some of the better quantum physics/French Revolution crossover jokes you are likely to hear on a podcast, so it's not all just lame learning....more1h 16minPlay
December 06, 2019SF384: Exciting BBW News!The guys welcome back Dr AG (from Mueller She Wrote) to talk interesting whale news, what the Taco Bell Dog has to teach us about science, and a whole "scientific" for-profit industry that is based on total BS....more35minPlay
December 02, 2019SF383: Monsanto or Mike TysonThe guys welcome back guest host Dr AG (from the hit podcast Mueller She Wrote) to talk about Koala hyperbole, how the mental ability to swim can be mysteriously removed with a rare medical procedure, and why birds are probably real....more44minPlay
November 28, 2019SF382: Playing That Dog Like a FiddleThe guys welcome back The Viking Astronomer, Dr Nick, to discuss a Nobel Prize level physics discovery, the worst type of infection you can have (in your eyes), and how a "safe" drug may be causing Parkinson's disease....more26minPlay
November 24, 2019SF381: How to Get Into the NFL and Conquer the WorldThe guys welcome back Viking Astro-Physicist Dr Nick to discuss conquering the world in canoes, how to live forever, and a new technology that's going to change archaeology forever....more50minPlay
November 22, 2019SF380: How To Win a Land War in AsiaThe guys welcome back Dr Troy Sandberg (@DrTroyScience) to talk about a cure for peanut allergies, an ancient genetics breakthrough that will change our understanding of the world, and how plants gained the ability to grow on land (hint: they stole it)....more34minPlay
November 18, 2019SF379: The Bacon-Motherf@cker NumberThe guys welcome back Dr. Troy Sandberg (@DrTroyScience) to discuss how domestication works, how wheat made humankind its slave, and how a relatively simple basic math advancement may increase our ability to investigate neutrinos....more1h 5minPlay
November 15, 2019SF378: How "Future Heroin" Will Be Like Yelp for FeelingsThe guys welcome back Bill to talk about when you should put electrodes in your brain, a new strain of HIV, and what's causing the vaping lung disease outbreak....more34minPlay
November 11, 2019SF377: Chiquita RevengeThe guys welcome back Bill to discuss where all your fruit came from, how some left-handed women are completely changing what we think about how the brain works, and how we're all WEIRD because of the Catholic Church....more55minPlay
FAQs about Science Faction:How many episodes does Science Faction have?The podcast currently has 471 episodes available.