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Non-Carbon Based Life

Non-Carbon Based Life

Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals are free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Science Fiction has long contemplated the idea that alien life not based on...

Technological Stagnation

Technological Stagnation

Go to https://www.expressvpn.com/isaacarthur and find out how you can get 3 months free. We often see science as an eternal march forward, but could a society stop advancing, either by choice or by running out own new things to discover. Visit our...

New Technologies that May be in the Cards

New Technologies that May be in the Cards

Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Every day brings us new technological advances, today we'll explore many of those of such as robotics, automation, rapid delivery, education, medical science, nanotechnology, and...

SFIA Monthly Livestream: March 29, 2020

SFIA Monthly Livestream: March 29, 2020

Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, March 29, 2020, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Isaac & Sarah's Wedding Registry:...

Life on a Low-Gravity Planet

Life on a Low-Gravity Planet

Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals are free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Science fiction loves to take us to desolate alien worlds with low-gravity, and...

The Fermi Paradox: Whispers in the Night

The Fermi Paradox: Whispers in the Night

Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ We often speculate that the reason we can't hear aliens civilizations is because our SETI efforts (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) relies on radio and telescopes to weak...

Can we have a Trillion People on Earth?

Can we have a Trillion People on Earth?

Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Could Earth be home to a trillion people, or even more? We'll explore if we can do this with current technology, what future technologies would help, and what such a...

The Fermi Paradox: Zoo Hypothesis

The Fermi Paradox: Zoo Hypothesis

Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur The Zoo Hypothesis is a Fermi Paradox solution that assumes extraterrestrial civilizations can't be detected by our SETI efforts because they keep our whole world in an...