Science Faction Podcast

Devon is back! He tells us all about his new fatherhood experiences. Canadian scientists have taught AI language and used it to decypher a 600 year old manuscript. Frontal cortex electrodes have been used to help slow Alzheimer's in a few patients. A teaser trailer for Solo, Netflix drops a Cloverfield and Altered Carbon is here.

Steven is by himself this episode, no co-host in sight. Wearable actuators in the form of PVC gel and electrodes are here! Guess what? Still no link between violent video games and behavior. MJ Taylor is back! We talk about more Black Mirror stuff and about Ursula K. Le Guin, who was a pioneer in scifi and has recently passed away.

Another episode, another guest co-host. This week we welcome MJ Taylor, PhD to the podcast! MJ Taylor tells us all about how contagious the flu really is. Steven gives us the run down on what it means to be a "Type A" personality. We continue our coverage of the best sci-fi television show out there, Black Mirror. Would infallible information about your genetic dispositions cause a utopia or dystopia? We discuss.

This week we have acclaimed comic book author, Athiest and all around cool guy, Miles Greb as our guest co-host! Miles takes the lead and gives up the scoop about Australian Firehawk Raptors and how they drop burning sticks into brush to start fires. Steven, after reading a cracked.com article, tell us all about the uselessness of Hydrogen Peroxide. After talking about all the ways you can find Miles' work (http://www.afterthegoldrush.space/) we chat all about the most awesome things to ever go extinct.

Happy New Year 2018! Join us in saying goodbye to Devon for a few episodes, his child being due presently. We have discovered how consuming alcohol damages DNA and causes caner. Quantum Radio may aid in communications underwater. The new season of Black Mirror is out, and we talk about the first episode "USS Callister". The new season of Travelers is out, and we talk a little about it.

Devon and Steven are ready to ring in the new year! We were both deeply disappointed in 2017. We talk about cool science things that happened in 2017. The US Solar Eclipse, FDA and gene therapy, advances in CRISPR-Cas9, AI learning to play games, interstellar objects in our solar system, and discovering new exo-planets. We also talked about new SciFi this past year. We got a new Star Trek, digital distribution of unique shows and movies, a new season of Rick and Morty, and Spider-Man finally came home.

We’re decking the halls with science on this holiday episode of Science Faction. Artificial Intelligent Robots Predicts Its Own Future by Learning Like a Baby. The Pentagon reveals that it had a UFO program, which ran from 2007 to 2012. Fans are trying to get The Last Jedi stricken from the official canon. Steven finished the 4th Expanse book and Devon is about to start the 7th. Devon finished the Bobiverse books in a week. Steven is working through a stack of books, the next is The Wolf Road by Beth Lew

We saw the new Star War! This is our spoiler filled review of the Star Wars: The Last Jedi. THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.

We cover the plot, what we expected v. what we got, what they did right and what was done wrong, where they could go from here and a ton more!

There is no Science Half this week, but next week we get back to our regular show format.

This week we recognize Pearl Harbor and how a tragedy will become just another day given enough time. Alpha Zero is the reigning chess champion of the world! A study was done to see if converting the US livestock pastures into crop land could help our food supply. We were underwhelmed by the Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom trailer. Is Quentin Tarantino really looking to direct an R-rated Star Trek movie? Steven is finishing up the fourth Expanse book and Devon is way into the Bobiverse.

DMX singing Christmas songs. Three to four cups of coffee a day may lead to longer life. A look at the twitter war between Elon Musk and flat-earthers. We also discuss an email we got from someone who may or may not be a flat-earther. Steven has decided to finish the fourth Expanse book rather than start new ones. We then review the new Avengers trailer. We also speculate what the MCU will be in the near future.