Science Faction Podcast

This episode contains: All sci-fi, Valentines Day, early celebration, bad food, screwing up filet mignon, bland food, Steven’s non-Valentines, gifts

Deadpool: theater too busy, ticket refunds, wine tasting, Devon: 4/5, first Wolverine movie,  funnier than expected, 4th wall, actors playing Professor X, Green Lantern, Ryan Reynolds, Steven: 3/5, marketing, straight forward plot, Ant Man, Captain America, Iron Man, X-Men, Deadpool’s powers, budget cuts, Weapon-X, Fantastic 4, possible sequels to Deadpool, X-Force movie, over-saturation, beating The Force Awakens in Russia, R rated Wolverine movie, R rated Netflix shows, R rated Han Solo movie?, living in an R rated world, we are all extras in Ryan Reynolds life, Drive, Ryan Gosling, Chewbacca as main character

http://www.dorkly.com/post/77347/the-horrifying-secret-behind-deadpools-success

Star Trek Quiz: iota hints, Prime Directive, Klingon home world, Sulu, Kirk and Uhura, founding of The Federation, Seven’s human name, Lt. Tasha Yar

11/22/63: Hulu show, Steven King, hooked quickly, time portal in dinner, time travel rules, no explanation of the physics but who cares?, Devon over-thinks the rules, meat from the past, JFK assassination

The Magicians: no more free episodes, Steven is reading the book

Old Man’s War series: Jon Scalzi, easy reads, humor, humans colonizing galaxy, military control, using old people as soldiers, new genetically engineered bodies, Ghost Brigades, Special Forces, made from scratch, born with BrainPal, choices as theme, Last Colony, Golden Girls, amount of sex in sitcoms, brief mention of World of Tomorrow, Futurama quote, The Earth Collective short story by Steven!, shower thought

Links:

Steven’s short story: http://www.amazon.com/Earth-Collective-Protective-Domingues-dangerous-ebook/dp/B01B5EA022/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456274540&sr=8-1&keywords=the+earth+collective

The Earth Collective: http://www.tecstory.net/

This episode contains: Forgetting names, Periscope, podcast influences, The Skeptics Guide to the Universe, Skeptoid, Stuff You Should Know

The Buzz About Bees: Bee virus is human made—driven by European honey bees, virus is natural, the spread is human, Varroa virus, wing deformity, mites, eating larva, transporting bees for pollination, bee population decline factors, preventative measures, Devon considered bee keeping, badgers that shoot bees out of their mouth

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160204150617.htm

This Week In Space: Gravitational waves, our first episode, prior discovery of gravitational wages and the subsequent debunking, LIGO detector, coming announcement, space-time, relativity, theory, how they detect gravitational waves, comparing wavelengths of perpendicular lasers, distances smaller than atoms, tuning guitar strings, guitar demonstration, *special announcement*

http://www.popsci.com/whats-so-important-about-gravitational-waves

http://www.space.com/31894-gravitational-waves-ligo-search-complete-coverage.html

The Expanse: no longer free on Syfy app, getting better, character back stories, two authors

Nature Watch: CO2 converted to methanol, used to be costly process, one-step process, catalyst produces methanol and water, step towards cleaning the air and producing energy, New Hampshire Primaries, Trump, Bernie, J-Walking, Robot Marco Rubio, back to science!

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160202143949.htm

This Week on Earth: Man did not die from meteor strike, according to NASA, man in India died in small explosion than left a two foot deep crater, victims fund, no one has died from meteor, recent meteor in Russia, Tunguska Event, meteors don’t start fires, meteor myths, new asteroid detection initiative, Devon and bird poop

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/10/asia/india-meteorite-man-killed/index.html

Rick and Morty quote, this ep: 1/5, shower thought

This episode contains: Working double shifts at the law factory, turnover at work, cool kids at work, job security

Update: Volkswagen scandal, 44,000 healthy years lost in Europe, illegal emissions, couple of hours per person, tobacco industry, LA gas leak, forgetting about important issues due to news cycle, Devon’s skepticism, what’s the point?, #nolivesmatter

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160203090940.htm

Biological Imperative: Three parent babies are ethically permissible, mitochondrial replacement therapy, three-person IVF, replacing the nucleus in a healthy egg, “power house of the cell,” majority of DNA still form two parents, current people born with similar procedure, cytoplasm transfer, legalities, banned by FDA in 2001, “playing God,” God-Wins-Law, limitations for use, Jennifer Aniston, Ronda Rousey, Mitochondrial Eve

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/%E2%80%98three-parent-babies%E2%80%99-are-ethically-permissible-us-panel-says?tgt=nr

Last Week in Space: the Moon was produced by head on collision between Earth and a forming planet, immaculate lunar conception, chemical signature of rocks, O-16, same rocks on Moon, Theia, timing of life on Earth, moons of Mars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160129090451.htm

Sci-Fi: Dream Theater, new album (The Astonishing), concept album, young adult sci-fi, Iron Maiden, already parts of The Astonishing that stand out, Aereon, My House on Mars, Universal Migrator Part I: The Dream Sequencer, Universal Migrator Part II: Flight of the Migrator, The Human Equation, Kamelot (Epica and The Black Halo), Faust, selling sole to the devil, Mephisto WDC, historic musical styles, sci-fi time travel opera, historical events portrayed in movies, Arthur (movie), overlapping historical periods, Braveheart, Cracked Podcast re: only certain stories can be told in historical settings, Downton Abbey is an accurate representation of modern Brittian, mid-evil torture devises, Kerbal Space Program, Scott Manley, the ninth planet, Elite: Dangerous, space flight simulator, Wolf 359, difficult docking, power priorities, Futurama quote, shower thoughts

http://loudwire.com/dream-theater-the-gift-of-music-official-video/

This episode contains: "Lumosity" correction, tardigrades correction, early Futurama quote, Steven's baby learning new words, Episode 4-7, Undercover Boss at Starkiller Base, Solo family comic strip, Devon's grandma saw Ep 7, memory and getting old

Please Don't Kill Me Evil Robot Skynet Overlords: Google taught computer to play Go, 2,500 year old game, no brute force, limiting possibilities, beating European Go champion, Facebook AI team, Alfa Go v. Dark Forest, so far from true AI, robot fails,  all in the name of capitalism, 

 http://gizmodo.com/google-just-beat-facebook-in-race-to-artificial-intelli-1755435478

Biological Imperative: Zika virus, in Brazil, moving to the US, President Obama directing resources for study, minor symptoms, causes birth defects, microcephaly, recommended travel restrictions, national health alert, revisiting Ebola, Nationally Notifiable Condition

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/obama-calls-for-rapid-zika-virus-research/

Sci-Fi: new X-Files, The Magicians, Harry potter vibe, releasing a horror upon the world, traveling through clocks, hand movements for magic, Downton Abby, The Expanse, Armada, could have done more, spoilers for end of book, sci-fi tropes, old music outselling new music, Futurama quote, shower thought 

This episode contains: Pocket Mortys, Poke Mon, Rock-Paper-Scissors, rookie mistakes, freemium games, rewards for watching commercials, Black Mirror, Clash of Clans, pay-to-win

This Week in Space: a new ninth planet in our solar system, demotion of Pluto, @Plutokiller, Kiuper Belt objects, odd orbits, clustered orbits, new planet explains orbits, 10K to 20K year orbital period, odds of being wrong, exo-planets, planet X

http://www.iflscience.com/possible-ninth-planet-solar-system-discovered

Human History: Ötzi the Ice Man, found in the Swiss Alps, 3300 BCE, causes of death, Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA, direct descendants, sample sizes, migrations, Ötzi curse

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160114100741.htm

Sci-Fi: No harmonica or guitar, no more pocket Mortys, Star Wars ep VIII release date moved, script rewrite, do not redo Empire!, Marcelo Zuniga, changes to the original trilogy through the years, picture quality, releasing the original trilogy (unedited) on Blu-ray, odd changes, close/open the blast door!, Yoda in ep I, The Expanse, “the next Firefly” (according to Steven), production values, hard sci-fi, lacking a hook (according to Devon), politics of the future, Thomas Jane, ice mining, OPA, gravity torture, blue collar characters, political unrest on Ceres, world building, connecting to characters, Futurama quote, shower thought

This episode contains: Star Wars Battlefront, raid the arcade mix, Armada by Ernest Cline, time signatures, Devon’s reaction to heavy metal, ring tones, Green Day base lines, Crank, Steven playing less video games

Brain Matters: Luminosity being fined by the FTC, brain games, study comparing Luminosity to Portal 2, Steve Novella, effectiveness of brain training, limitations, no advantage to computer over pen and paper, prog metal and time signatures, math metal, Dream Theater, Tool, exercise, mental health, future of brain games

http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/a-brain-training-update/

http://www.vox.com/2016/1/6/10724096/science-brain-games-lumosity

Improving Moral: religious decline does not equal moral decline, traditional morals (e.g. abortion, homosexuality) v. crimes (e.g. stealing, killing), decline of belief in traditional morals, no change to belief in criminal laws, defining morals, harm to an individual v. harm to society, Plato/Socrates defining morality, morality independent of religion, baby Hitler

 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160113101117.htm

Sci-Fi: Powerball, what would we do with the money?, raising your own kids, finding meaning in life after winning the lottery, X-Wing Miniatures game, Apple Music Star Wars channel, squads, Fat Han list, Black Squadron, Outrider, Shadows of the Empire, win/loss record, Dash Rendar, Tantive IV obstacle, Pandora’s Star by Peter F. Hamilton, Night’s Dawn Trilogy, wormhole space travel, Dyson Spheres, building a space ship with wormhole drive, A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr., Audible, Ready Player One, Armada, The Last Star Fighter, plot of Armada, The Expanse, Futurama quote, shower thoughts

This episode contains: More awkwardness, weekend date, X-Wing Miniatures game, Steven's project, what Steven has

Brain Matters: wired for gaming, the brains of gamers, internet gaming disorder, the gaming chair, DSM-5, predisposition?, specific links in the brain, impulse control, addiction, phantom vibration syndrome

 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151221194124.htm

"Sit Boo Boo, Sit. Good Dog": dogs and jealousy, owners paying attention to different objects and measuring dog's reaction, dogs' reactions to fake dogs, story about Zoe, evolution and jealousy, babies are evil, dogs and TVs

http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2014/07/dogs-experience-humanlike-jealousy?intcmp=collection-dogs

Sci-Fi: Star Wars: The Force Awakens DVD extras, Disney Infinity 3.0, Devon's grandparents and Star Wars, Black Mirror, BBC show on Netflix, near future with tech upgrades, ep: White Christmas, minor SPOILERS, in three parts so no talk of third part, Jon Hamm, assisted dating technology, eye implants, disembodied conciseness, Inside Out, house control software, philosophical questions, blocking, future of social media, coming VR, A Young Doctors Note Book, strange point of view

Dune: Steven finally finished it and is happy it's over, anticlimactic, end of T3, sequels to Dune, Paul's failure, the plot of Dune Messiah sort of, the movie, misunderstanding the Fremen, Futurama quote, shower thought 

This episode contains: Drinking through a straw, throw it on the ground, last ep of 2015, distance traveled through the universe, travelling in time and space, Stuff You Should Know Podcast and the Philadelphia Experiment, secret naval technology, degaussing, Almost Educational Podcast ep. 62, Devon sent in a correction, analysis of geek culture and sports, thinking of hypotheticals to discuss, Jack Sparrow and his magical compass, heart’s desire?, Kraken Black Spiced Rum, Steven’s job security

Mother Earth: LA’s gas leak is a global disaster, climate version of the BP oil spill, 1,300 metric tons a day, environmental impact, media coverage, symptoms of methane inhalation, gas explosion in Bay Area (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_San_Bruno_pipeline_explosion), nature gas infrastructure, capping the leak, relief well only half way done-ish, nuke it, natural gas as a cleaner fuel, other leaks, cost of updating infrastructure, changing our way of life, NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard), solar panels sucking up energy from the Sun, Star Killer Base

http://gizmodo.com/las-gas-leak-disaster-is-a-bigger-problem-than-you-real-1750035270

Top Science Stories of 2015: sounding better, 1. Pluto!, so much new information, moons of Pluto, Voltron, Japan challenged the US to a giant robot fight, Battle Bots, Jessica Jones, 2. Water on Mars, 3. Alien superstructure, Dyson Sphere, actual possible explanation but not likely, aliens ruled out, 4. Homo Naledi, women scientists, 5. The 6th mass extinction, 6. First warm-blooded fish, big-ass fish, 7. Fast-food and supplements work the same for workout recovery, same vitamins in both, stigma of fast-food, dissecting a hamburger, 8. First successful penis transplant, 21 year-old in South Africa, how do you lose a penis?

Sci-Fi: 45 min. left in Dune, Red Planet Blues by Robert Sawyer (3 out of 5), Moon (movie), story about Devon and Kiik re: wedding stuff (and Devon’s guilt), proto-hipster, Steven tells another story about Kiik, Green Day, Disney Infinity 3.0, Star Wars characters, Futurama quote, shower thoughts

This episode contains: The force awakens again, 2D v. 3D, why 3D at all?, 3D TV and video games, times seeing the force awaken, IMAX, The Dark Night, Happy Feet, quick Steven Star Wars story, listen to BS Podcast for a full review of The Force Awakens

Brain Matters: How the Brain Wakes You Up, “brain circuit,” phases of sleep, parts of brain talking to each other, waking up quicker and staying awake easier, fall asleep quicker and fall into deeper sleep, sleep disorders affect 10% 20% of population (in Switzerland), important step but therapeutic implementation still a ways off, optogenetics, brain pace maker for seizures, The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton, ability to fall asleep, Dune to fall asleep

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151221111442.htm 

This Week in Space: Space-X finally lands correctly, Falcon 9, reusable rockets, turn around time, making space more accessible, can they do this again?

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/spacex-makes-history-successfully-launches-lands-falcon-9-rocket-n483921 

Sci-Fi: Miles Greb’s Cosplay, our non-spoiler Star Wars: The Force Awakens reviews, Devon: 4 out of 5, Steven: 5 out of 5, re-watch value, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, Snake, psychic boss, clues in dialog, breaking the fourth wall, Cryptonomicon by Neil Stephenson, two timeframes, WWII, data haven, Japanese gold, Bitcoin on the gold standard, long back stories, The Baroque Cycle, required reading by PayPal, digital currency, supply and demand, asteroid mining

Dune: Iron Maiden, Steven is still struggling, Gurney is back, coming to the end, why Devon read Dune Messiah so soon after Dune, Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi, Red Planet Blue by Robert Sawyer, noir, Futurama Quote, anti-joke pick-up line, shower thoughts

This episode contains: Return of the harmonica, Miles Greb and After the Gold Rush, getting sh*t wrong, grinding in RPGs, listening to podcasts while playing video games, Everquest, Fallout, science v. science fiction segments, Thor is a god, dice and ability mods

Guest Item: Domesticating canids, 3,000 year difference, Bronze Age, genome evidence, genetic drift, humans and dogs, defining GMOs, geographic origins of domestication, cave paintings of dogs, domesticating cats still in progress, domesticating foxes, apes and dogs

 http://news.discovery.com/animals/pets/dna-dates-dog-domestication-back-33000-years-151215.htm

Food Stuffs: Vegetarian diets could be more harmful to the environment, caloric differences in foods, lettuce v. beef, growing + processing + transportation + storage, too many variables?, thermodynamics, using official USDA dietary guidelines, three scenarios tested, ideological diets, vegan shoes

 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151214130727.htm

Tech Upgrades: New microscope to see muscle tissue, needle used, Terminator Americans, muscle activity in stroke patients

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mini-microscope-window-live-muscle-tissue

Science Fiction: Our drinking histories, religion and sobriety, family histories of alcoholism, on a lighter note… After the Gold Rush, book 1 finished!, Patreon and Kickstarter, web comic, Hand Foot and Mouth Disease, plot of After the Gold Rush, going out with a bang, The Last of Us (video game), art of the book, style, real landscapes, real psychics and science, Prometheus rite of passage

Star Trek Beyond: Leaked trailer, no non-crappy version of trailer, Fast and Furious in space, the importance of real Star Trek, short term v. long term success, Star Trek shouldn’t compete with Star Wars for action, Star Trek TV series, 2001: A Space Odyssey, plot of new Star Trek, drawing inspiration from TNG, Wrath of Kahn, Genesis Device, The Borg Queen, classic two-part Star Trek episodes, Voyager video game, cynicism in sci-fi

Star Wars: The Force Awakens: One day to release, early reviews, Rotten Tomatoes percentage, Thrawn, Mara Jade, our viewing plans, Shadows of the Empire Luke, who is George Lucas and what is his real role in Star Wars?,  G level cannon, Star Wars card and board games, Star Wars D&D or something

Dune: Between love and hate, Steven is conflicted, Miles is hear to correct our pronunciation, rehashing already established plot points, leveling each other, game theory, politics, religious status and terrible purpose, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune

Back to Star Wars: Comics, I, Jedi, Rouge One, Bothan holocaust, knowledge of old cannon now a liability, Thrawn should be in new movies, filling in the gaps, Bojack Horseman, Han stand alone movie, Futurama quote, Rick and Morty, anti-joke