Science Faction Podcast

This episode contains: Closing the chapter, poorly administered test, confirmation bias, Jurassic Park, the Girl with all the Gifts by Mike Carey (SPOILERS), Seveneves by Neal Stephenson, Spin trilogy by Robert Charles Wilson, the plight of Bruce Willis, Pinky and the Brain, pictures in audio books, TV for the blind, not being blindy enough, Futurama quote, what Steven learned

This episode contains: Heart on Pluto, Pluto’s not a planet—deal with it

Nano-Nano: Pentaquark, five quark particle, hadrons, protons and neutrons, quark flavors, spin, anti-quarks, Large Hadron Collider (LHC), bump hunting, regular hadrons have three quarks, Ghost Busters’ particle physics, 10^-6 seconds after the Big Bang, quark-gluon plasma

http://www.nature.com/news/forsaken-pentaquark-particle-spotted-at-cern-1.17968

This Week in Space:  New pictures of Pluto, New Horizons (probe), Discovery program (not to be confused with space shuttle Discovery), New Frontiers (program), goals of New Horizons, Pluto’s moons: Charon Hydra, Nix, Styx, and Kerberos, Kuiper Belt, instruments on probe, hydrazine, radio isotope thermo eclectic generator (RTG), The Martian is so real!, Lego Millennium Falcon, antenna expansion kit for ultimate Lego Falcon, science package on New Horizons, dust counter, ashes of Clyde Tombaugh, mental images of the planets, Eris, International Commission on Naming Sh*t in Space (ICNSS), H.P. Lovecraft and Cthulhu, Disney’s Pluto on Pluto, The Whale, XKCD pareidolia, Charon (pronounced Share-ON), Mordor on Charon, pixels of Hydra, Irish bashing, more info coming from New Horizons, discovery of Neptune using gravity, discovery of Pluto in 1930, cost of New Horizons, government waste, The Minions (three out of five according to Devon), time travel joke from movie, Futurama Quote, Devon takes his shirt off, what Devon learned, LIVE SHOW!!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Horizons

http://xkcd.com/1551/

This episode contains: Life choices, Nooooooo!, Star Wars App, engagement, gay marriage ruling, asking for hand in marriage tradition, Devon can be romantic

This Week in Space: Quintuple star system, touching binary stars, method of detection, solar systems with even more stars, if Jupiter was a star

http://io9.com/astronomers-have-discovered-an-exotic-quintuple-star-sy-1716473889

Biological Imperative: Chronological age v. biological age, range in how old someone looks compared to how old they actually are, calculating biological age, ambulance drivers, crappy biological age test online, comparing how people have aged, age in Hollywood, Jennifer Lawrence being only 26 (she’s actually only 24 making the point even more)

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/study-examined-pace-aging-revealed-wide-range-results/

Science Fiction: Steven takes the test, The Martian, “Science the Sh*t out of this thing,” talking to you like an adult, cast of movie, the forgettable Jupiter Ascending, spoiler for The Martian, Prometheus 2, non-traditional story telling, facial hair and bathing, other Mars movies, Futurama Quote, what Steven learned.

http://www.biological-age.com/

This episode contains: Exploding on a barge, Inside Out, ideas, GIRL! GIRL! GIRL!, true cider, banana bread beer

Pop Sci: Space X disaster, reusable rockets, Steven and Devon get their wires crossed, mission to ISS, holo-lense, augmented reality, the meteor composition estimation, real space travel v. Sci fi space travel, minor spoiler for The Martian, the importance of gravity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-7

Sexual Encounters of the Fourth Kind: Porn addition and brain activity, defining addiction

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/30/porn-addiction-_n_7696448.html

Nature Watch: All craters found, 128, crater distribution, erosion

http://gizmodo.com/planetary-scientists-are-officially-done-finding-crater-1714503246

Sci-fi: Conventions, OSHA nightmare,  exploding consoles, battle stations, rule of three, lazy writing, all-in-one plot fixing tool, R2-D2 issues, sonic screw driver, the Tim Taylor Rule, 2D space, 3D battle not that hard to understand, infantry, The New Jedi Order, deception in war, Futurama Quote, what Devon learned.

This episode contains: Frantically trying to think of a reference to Inside Out, joys of parenthood, Indiana Jones, Crystal Skull was apparently the best they had (yikes).

Pop Sci: Easy eye surgery, skeptical flags, laser eye surgery, bionic lenses, 20/20 x 3, cowboys don’t wear glasses.

 http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/06/19/the-8-minute-surgery-that-will-give-you-superhuman-vision-forever/

This Week in Space: Blue Hook Stars, birth of stars, gas and spin and gravity, ionized gas, star generations (should be “star populations” and we’re actually talking about “Metallicity” according to Wikipedia), forcing elements to exist.

 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150623095513.htm

Tech Upgrades: Single catalyst water splitter, hydrogen fuel, bad analogies, consequences of green energy methods, separating water into hydrogen and oxygen somehow using a single catalyst, then something else happens n’ stuff…  Devon gives up, on air meeting.

 http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/inside-out-a-neuroscience-metaphor/

Sci-fi: Distinction between attorney and lawyer (there really isn’t one), Inside Out (minor spoilers), Wall-E is Devon’s favorite Pixar movie, why is UP so critically acclaimed? (is it only because of the first 8 minutes?), emotions of Inside Out, the set-up of the world, memories (core memories and long term memories), control room, islands of personality, Steven Novella take on Inside Out, other motions to consider, nature v. nurture, how memories actually work, no point of consciousness in the brain, Batman: Arkham Knight, burning the Joker, Destiny, Futurama Quote, what Steven learned.

This episode contains: Running from dinosaurs, name for baby dinos?, group of dinos?, Steven’s anti-vax story, SFP Ep. 36 (for full discussion of vaccines), arguing with true believers, “Gish Gallop,” defining terms for an argument, emotional based argument.

Nature Watch: Worms detecting Earth’s magnetic field, dividing animals by cute and ugly, up and down using magnetic fields, processing v. detecting magnetic information, fishing with Magneto, men have a better sense of direction (supposedly).

http://phys.org/news/2015-06-sensor-earth-magnetic-field-animal.html

Nano-Nano: Scientist see elements transform at an atomic scale, elements decay into different element observed with electron microscope, fighting cancer, “Hitler’s Poison.”

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150615112424.htm

 Games and Movies: E3, Xbox One, personal console history, Xbox remote, Kinect, voice commands, Advanced Warfare, Titanfall, Destiny, Fallout 4, before the Great War, male and female main characters, immortal dog, Max (movie), Jurassic World (overall we liked it), a by the book/no chances taken movie, biggest opening weekend ever, some minor spoilers for Jurassic World, disappointing plot devices, Skinner Box’d dinosaur, product placement parody paradox, trained raptors, call backs to original JP, free range dinos, safaris, woman killed by lion, 4 out of 5, Space Balls, Jupiter Ascending (2 out of 5), Sense 8, Futurama Quote, what Devon learned (nothing), Jurassic Park is scary in the dark…

This episode contains: Steven frantically gives up, dino feathers, Jurassic Park pre talk.

Nature Watch: drunk chimps, fermented tree sap, making wine, visible signs of inebriation, wine gets the party started, genetic mutation to metabolize alcohol, alcohol helps procreation

http://io9.com/even-wild-chimps-like-to-get-drunk-now-and-then-1710326113

Tech Upgrades: injectable brain implant, nano-polymer mesh, adverse effects?, Steven brings up Fallout… again, and we talk about Mad Max… again, hole in the head, piloting jets with mind, division of society, military applications, medical applications, Devon is afraid of brain surgery, living outside of your body, brain storming story ideas

http://io9.com/new-injectable-brain-implants-take-us-one-step-closer-t-1710047966

Biological Imperative: women gives birth using ovarian tissue frozen in childhood, Devon tries to read the word “follicles” and fails, dumping sterile boyfriend, frozen balls, thinking ahead, impressive organs, reproductive organs not necessary for an individual organism to keep living, still being useful to society, Docapodians,

http://io9.com/woman-gives-birth-using-ovarian-tissue-frozen-in-childh-1710357371

Nutritional Information: crappy studies, meta-studies, why so many nutritional studies are fundamentally and fatally flawed, no magic bullet to health, gluten free, calories v. junk food, don’t be anorexic, self-reporting studies suck, under reporting calorie consumption by a lot, socially acceptable answers skew data, chewing and swallowing monitor?

http://www.vox.com/2015/6/9/8753839/self-reporting-diet-studies

Science Fiction: The Martian trailer look awesome,(YouTube Link) Jurassic World, positive early review, Jurassic Park book v. movie, procompsognathus, dinosaurs getting off the island (“They found a way”), power back on in the park, raptor nest, how many dinosaurs do you have?, baby dinos, genetic hybrids, Spider Goat Returns, feathers, size of raptors, deinonychus (the actual raptor), Jurassic Park/World is showing us our perception of dinos (they’re all genetic monsters), Godzilla movie from the 90s, Tomorrow Land (“sounds whatever”), Influx (2014) by Daniel Suarez, Bender Bending Rodriguez, Futurama Quote, what Steven learned.

This episode contains: Devon's cold, Airborne, "made by a teacher," crap studies, special alien fighting rocks, Simpsons did it, alien bounty hunter pickup line.

Pop Sci: Spider silk, Spider-Man's family, Uncle Ben's rice, micro-structure fibers, strength = ability to absorb energy before failing, Devon's spider silk Hulk workout, springs and sacrificial bonds, spider silk garments and bulletproof vests, spider genes in goats, when will metamaterials pay off?, feasibility and market forces.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150603124543.htm

Biological Imperative: Harvard is not a charity, chimps behavior regarding cooking, chimps like cooked potatoes, understanding transformation of cooking, chimps willing to wait for cooked food, don't give chimps fire, human evolution and cooking, nutrients in cooked food.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150603083330.htm

This Week in Space: Moons of Pluto, Pluto-Charon system, Kuiper belt, Nix, Hydra, Styx, Kerberos, chaotic orbits, Steven says "wooptiedoos," pattern emergence and chaos theory, orbital resonance, quick astronomy history lesson.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150603130447.htm

Stargate and Fallout 4: Stargate movie and series, SGU (Stargate Universe, not Skeptics Guide to the Universe), communication stones, Fallout 4, Rocket Propelled Grande video game, vaults, 1950s advanced future technology, atomic punk, Fallout 3, The Elder Scrolls, Fallout New Vegas, Easter eggs, City in the Edge of Tomorrow (actually supposed to be City on the Edge of Forever), game engines, Boston, speaking protagonist, different vaults, possible release date, Matthew Perry, Steven's YouTube, Futurama quote, what Devon learned.

Fallout 4 Announcement Trailer

This episode contains: Devon’s birthday, last birthday with Ben and Steven (PD Sep. 31), Firefly Yahtzee, Star Wars: Armada, Loot Crate, Power Up Box, need for tailored geek boxes

Pop-Sci: Washing close in hot/cold water, power saving, Hoover Damn output, temperature and hand washing, Steven disobeys his mother and doesn’t die

http://io9.com/why-are-you-still-washing-your-clothes-in-warm-water-1706931003

Nano Nano: Using DNA to construct nano-particles, using nano-tech to make special materials (metamaterials) and their possible uses, cloaking devices

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150525115925.htm

Evolutionarily Speaking: is “evolutionarily” a real word? (Yes. My spell check just fixed my crappy spelling so it obviously already knew the word; and if spell check knows it then it’s real), sexual selection, beetles (not beagles and not The Beatles), study of beetles over ten years using two populations with different sexual selection opportunities, inbreeding used to test gene pool, sexual selection weeds out the week who were lucky enough to not yet be eaten, why having two sexes where only one can actually replicate is still an evolutionary advantage, sexual selection explains traits that do not affect survival (and possibly racial diversity)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150518111547.htm

Star Trek 3: blue berry wheat ale, new Star Trek movies’ directors and writers, Damon Lindelof (boo!), judges and directors, Roberto Orci no longer directing Star Trek 3, Justin Lin now directing, too Star Trekkie?, Simon Peg writing, Star Trek wants to compete with Age of Ultron, each member of the crew gets their own movie, Spock’s romantic comedy, all time box office standings, Gone with the Wind is still number one (WTF?), My Big Fat Greek Wedding in the theaters forever, more box office standings, Devon learns we were talking domestic and Steven learns there’s a whole wide world beyond the shores of our (not so) humble country, Star Trek 3 to be called Star Trek Beyond, interchangeable names for Trek movies, Dawn of the- Rise of the- Ascension of the Planet of the Apes, War of the Planet of the Apes, Apes v. Apes, Civil War of the Planet of the Apes, World War for the Planet of the Apes, Mad Max: Fury Road is a miracle, main character a side kick, Devon addresses Ben Dorst’s criticisms of Fury Road, Road Warrior, Futurama Quote, what Steven learned.

This episode contains: SFP turns 1, the ups and downs of SFP, Daredevil (4 out of 5 according to Devon), The Martian by Andy Weir (5 out of 5 according to Devon), surviving on Mars alone, hard sci-fi, The Martian movie, Matt Damon, “A non-pauser,” Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (4 out of 5 according to Devon with Steven agreeing), Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton (“A rollicking adventure!” according to Steven), What If? By Randall Munroe, X-37B military space plane, no surprise that we have classified military spaceships, speculation on X-37B uses

This Week in Space: More Exo-planets, possible chaotic obits, resonance, butterfly effect, deep space communication network, communicating at the speed of light

http://www.space.com/29406-chaotic-exoplanets-alien-life-search.html?adbid=10152810702411466&adbpl=fb&adbpr=17610706465&cmpid=514630_20150514_45807346&short_code=2zs5a

Medical Awareness: HIV vaccine, South Park, Money is the cure for HIV, using virus to inject new DNA to fight HIV, HIV can result in AIDS, time limit to the vaccine, adverse effects unknown, vaccine protects against all strain of HIV, not a cure, who would this benefit?, potential government programs

http://www.sciencealert.com/potential-new-vaccine-blocks-every-strain-of-hiv?utm_source=Article&utm_medium=Website&utm_campaign=InArticleReadMore

Mad Max: Fury Road (SPOILERS) Movie Review: Rev Head, “An intense thrill ride” according to Devon, 99% Rotten Tomatoes down to 98% is still “higher than everything,” three acts, Imperator Furiosa, The Citadel, War Rig, Gas Town, Immortan Joe, war parties, Bullet Farm, there and back, chase plus characters equals movie, styles of different tribes, three city economy, mothers milk, probable human rights violations in Gas Town and Bullet Farm, manure for gun powder, Furiosa’s redemption (for what?), Vulvani, The Green Place, stilt people, why isn’t Furiosa a breeder and why is she a commander?, Furiosa’s age, the sickness, birth defects, the old world, War Boys’ half-life, Mad Max’s story, used as a blood bag, Nux, The Organic Mechanic, family loyalty, Max’s character arc, Max’s back story, cult mentality, Nux’s character arc, silver spray, supernatural bait-and-switch (according to Devon), The Myth of Mad Max, post apocalyptic Robin Hood, Mad Max: The Wasteland, Max’s car, Futurama Quote, what Devon learned