The Physics of FTL Travel
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Could Technology Bring You Back To Life?
Medical Technology has revived people who have stopped breathing or whose heart has stopped, but could it revive those who are already brain dead and, if so, for how long? Technological Resurrection: https://youtu.be/Avp1ThZpDNs Produced, Written...
Lunar Space Elevators
A Space Elevator on the Moon, made of mundane materials, could be built with modern technology, and allow ultra-cheap freight off the Moon. Watch my exclusive video on Retrocausality: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-retrocausality Get Nebula...
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The Stanford Torus
The Stanford Torus is an enormous 10 million ton space station ring habitat designed to house many thousands. To find out more about them and other megastructures, see the Megastructure Compendium: https://youtu.be/1xt13dn74wc Produced, Written...
Will Humans In Space Be Taller?
Adapting to live in space or on strange, alien worlds may change us in many ways, but would we be taller if we lived in low gravity? Life On A Low Gravity Planet: https://youtu.be/CBLCNWpLFBg Zero Gravity Civilizations: https://youtu.be/BcJSz_q2bIk...
Dropships & Drop Pods
The ability to get a strike force anywhere and fast is of vast strategic value, and the future may dropships landing anywhere on a planet within minutes. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Checkout this episode ad-free on Nebula:...
Could Dinosaurs Have Been Killed By Aliens?
Dinosaurs once ruled the world, and scifi often speculates they may have been a technological civilization that was wiped out. Is there even a small chance this is true, and if so, wiped out by what and who? And could we even tell? The Silurian...
Astrochickens & Von Neumann Probes
To explore the trillions of worlds in our galaxy, we will need space probes far more sophisticated than any craft we've ever built, including the ability to build themselves. Self Replicating Spacecraft: https://youtube.com/shorts/rZMVn8iJRU8...
Ammonia-Based Lifeforms
Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any Trade subscription at https://www.drinktrade.com/isaacarthur Our search for extraterrestrial life assumes alien life based on water and carbon, but could there be biochemistries based on other substances? NSS...