Science Faction Podcast

This episode contains: Independence Day, fireworks, buying guns and bongs, Blue Apron, Tinkle Bell Peppers, Kurzgesagt In a Nut Shell

This Week in Space #1: Origin of Mars’ Moons, captured asteroids, impact with Mars, geological composition, inside gas giants, Juno Mission

 http://gizmodo.com/a-badass-new-theory-on-the-origin-of-mars-moons-1783059254

This Week in Space #2: problems with space junk, testing satellite to collect space junk, Remove Sat, testing three different methods, cascade possibility,

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/removedebris-first-mission-test-space-junk-removal-systems-set-launch-next-year-1568866

http://www.popsci.com/satellite-will-unleash-an-arsenal-to-fight-space-junk?src=SOC&dom=fb

Sci-Fi: Fallout 4, being angry at people for being tired, reading a lot of books, Red Rising, more like Hunger Games (but still awesome), MINOR SPOILERS, the appeal of stories that take place in schools, Independence Day: Resurgence, 3 out of 5 from Devon, alien technology, interesting things introduced but not developed, typical climax, “big dumb sequel to a big dumb sci-fi movie,” Mr. Robot, Fight Club elements, bad guy story arch, wiping out the world’s debt, what might happen next season, Futurama quote, shower thought

https://www.youtube.com/user/Kurzgesagt <-- Watch all of these!

This episode contains: Stephen King, How Did This Get Made?, Maximum Overdrive crazy trailer, Trucks (short story)

This Week in Space: “I want to die on Mars but not impact” Elon Musk, growing plants in Moon/Martian soil, heavy metals in soil, amount of metal absorbed by plants, metric and imperial system songs

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160627095316.htm

Let’s Get Bio-Technical: Biomechanical arm, lost arm in injury, won sci-fi looking arm, Metal Gear Solid, USB ports, drone, 3-D printers, Swiss Army Arm, Wolverine claws, smart phone arm, fireworks and drones, M states

 http://www.iflscience.com/technology/amputee-gamer-gets-bionic-arm-inspired-metal-gear-solid/

Sci-Fi: Devon’s trip to Michigan, zip-line, real fireworks show, religion and the word “evolution,” travel troubles, Use of Weapons by Ian M. Banks, well rounded story, The Culture Universe, Red Rising by Pierce Brown, writing style, “Ender, Katniss and now Darrow,” Girl With All the Gifts trailer, Mr. Robot, some lulls in the season, Bojak Horseman season 3 coming soon, Futurama quote, The Dark Tower and Idris Elba, Midichlorians work-around, Force Mites, bed bugs reproduction, Devon has issues with Jedi robes, shower thought  

This episode contains: Detroit, 8 Mile, Heavy Rain, visiting baseball parks

This Week in Space: Earth’s new moon, orbit, dimensions, recent discovery, traveling to asteroids, 2016 HR3

http://gizmodo.com/earths-new-quasi-moon-will-stick-around-for-centuries-1782082812

Cranio Baby: Baby with brain outside of skull, incompatible with life, normal development, surgery, the brain, credit for Jesus, trolling

http://gizmodo.com/infant-with-brain-growing-outside-his-skull-saved-by-pi-1782348507

Sci-Fi: Fortune cookie, Detroit: Become Human, Fallout 4, Minecraft, new joystick, Elite: Dangerous, Mr. Robot, hacking, “social engineering,” issues with passwords, social anxiety, anti-corporate theme, Warcraft, Finding Dory, emotional movie, Morrow Bay, Warcraft, Fury, foreign films in other countries, The Revenant, Futurama quote, shower thought  

This episode contains: Deathgasm, Me Before You, assisted suicide

The Gods Must Be Crazy: world’s oldest computer, the Antikythera Mechanism, Stuff You Should Know, telling the future, astronomy, gears and symbols,

http://gizmodo.com/the-world-s-oldest-computer-may-have-been-used-to-predi-1781749625

This Week in Space: carbon nanotubes, space elevators, strength of carbon nantube lines, potential problems due to minor imperfections,

http://gizmodo.com/scientists-found-a-possible-deal-breaker-in-the-quest-t-1781909000

Sci-Fi: Elite: Dangerous, landing on planets, Game of Thrones, feeling of current season, TV v. book story telling, shorter seasons, Futurama quote, shower thought

This episode contains: Awkward, nothing going on, sports, friends 

Fossilized Research: dog domesticated two separate times, genetic data from wolf populations, dog breeding, DNA time machine, convergent evolution analogy

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160602151723.htm

Let's Get Physical: naming new elements, three new elements, island of stability, analyzing proposed names, Thawnesium, Rob Roy, Devon's dumb former stepbrother, study about sex rates and Netflix 

http://iupac.org/iupac-is-naming-the-four-new-elements-nihonium-moscovium-tennessine-and-oganesson/

Sci-fi: new X-Wing Miniature ships, more Rob Roy, Steven's board game, "Tiffany," game balance, deck building v. dice roll, Player of Games, Damage in Consider Phlebus, Futurama quote, shower thought 

This episode contains: Swishing soda, cavities, dental things, X-wing Miniatures

This Week in Space: quantum satellite, quantum entanglement, how are particles entangled, naturally entangled systems, communication, cryptography, faster than light communication, teleportation, transferring information

http://www.popsci.com/chinas-quantum-satellite-could-change-cryptography-forever

Robot Overlords: soft body robot actuators inspired by muscle, robot and humans working together, safety considerations, flexing muscles, vacuum, VAMPS, Terminator and anatomy, “self-healing?”

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160601132314.htm

Sci-Fi: iTunes review, GMO correction, Rogue One reshoots, how Rogue One will end, tone issues, where was Leia going in A New Hope, Continuum, Consider Phlebas, Player of Games, Futurama quote, shower thought

This episode contains: …and now the conclusion, Miles Greb, March Against Monsanto, interviewing protesters, cat milk, FDA, Bernie Sanders, Hillary, science and presidential politics, pseudoscience of the left and right, magical mother’s intuition, terminator seeds, size of protest, the rat study, scientific consensus, specifics of Monsanto, golden rice, paid shills we are not, our sad investments, Whole Foods, the “real” conspiracy

Mile Greb 

Star Wars: Rogue One, Thrawn, Bloodlines (Star Wars book), filling in story between Jedi and Awakes, Rey’s parents, female leads in Star Wars, what we think of Rogue One, possible Star Wars fatigue, significance of Luke

New Sci-fi: CRISPR, gravitational waves, importance of energy, Marvel, iRobot and Will Smith, Black Mirror, near future consequences of modern technology, need for positive sci-fi, The 100, The Expanse, After the Gold Rush Kick Starter campaign

After the Gold Rush #2 Kickstarter

:::Contains Explicit Language:::

Special guest: Miles Greb, creamy chicken, comic cons, SFP shirts, After the Gold Rush in print, GMOs, labeling, March Against Myths, March Against Monsanto, anti-vax, anti-fluoride, anti-nuclear, explanation of GMO, perceived dangers of GMOs, health, FDA, scientific consensus, economic issues, population growth, technological development, Civilization and Gandhi, anti-corporate perspective, chem-trails, pros and cons GMO labeling (mostly cons), defining GMO, equated with a warning, science education

http://www.afterthegoldrush.space/

Scif-fi: Star Trek TV show trailer, new trek feelings, why more “villains”?, Balance of Terror, use of action in story telling, nature of show (episodic v. serialized), Steven has a whole in his sci-fi knowledge (Trek), inspiration of Trek, Enterprise, Star Trek Beyond, Justin Lin, optimism about new show, Frozen trailer, Brave trailer v. the actual movie, Zootopia, new IP, After the Gold Rush #2, Clovis, Espers, Dogwood, Skeptics Guide to the Universe comic, to be continued…

Miles Greb is creating Comics

This episode contains: prior attempts, Warriors game, light bracelets, cheap clothes, Fallout 4

Driving Miss Daisy: sixth sense while driving, texting, test description, class action lawsuit stuff, brain loop coordination thing, texting and cell phone use, licensing for texting, fear of being ticketed making texting more dangerous

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160512084547.htm

Tech Happens: Hyperloop, news cycle, new light discovery, testing in Las Vegas, testing propulsion, breaking, air resistance, cargo v. people

http://gizmodo.com/watch-the-first-full-scale-demo-of-the-hyperloop-1776048315

Sci-fi: Rogue One, information leak, characters, Death Star, new ships, Deathtroopers, AT-ATs, TIE fighter, U-Wing, Civil War, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, political dispute, plot, bad guy motivation, bait and switch, movie structure, our ratings, ranking Marvel movies, Iron Man 3 bad guy gender, Futurama quote, shower thought 

This episode contains: Spilled wine, magic rice, stuff, Saga, Comixology, honeymoon, Monterey, Restaurant 1833, Winchester Mystery House, Santa Cruz Mystery Spot, Trump, old couple, objective politics, pushing the food envelope, pizzarito, May the 4th, Revenge of the 5th 

Baby Brain Matters: babies and music triple meter (waltz), brain scans, pattern recognition, Steven's anecdotal evidence

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160425161148.htm

Adult Brain Matters: "free will is an allusion," test design, noting random stimulus, question validity, less time equals better than chance results, subconscious, lag time in perception of real world

http://www.iflscience.com/brain/free-will-may-be-more-illusion-we-previously-thought-claims-study

Sci-Fi: Consider Phlebas, good pace, ending, essays on the war with the Culture, Sleeping Giants, World War Z + The Martian + Michael Crichton, finding large artifacts on Earth, San Andreas, The Rock Clock, The Mountain, Episode VIII, complete Falcon, false script leak, Rey in The Force Awakens, stories about ex-girlfriends and presents, Futurama quote, "Ah dip!" shower thought