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SFIA 100k Subscribers Special
Today the channel has reached 100,000 subscribers and to celebrate that we'll take a look back at the channel's origins and thank some of the folks who've helped the channel grow. Our regularly scheduled episode will still appear Thursday morning....
Fermi Paradox Great Filters: Space and Time
This episode begins our look at solutions to the Fermi Paradox - the question of why the Universe appears empty of intelligent life besides ourselves - by looking at some of the reasons why life may simply be very uncommon. Before we can...
Fermi Paradox Great Filters Trailer
A quick glimpse of our upcoming series on possible Great Filters of the Fermi Paradox, which might make intelligent extraterrestrial life so rare there are no other civilizations in our galaxy. Music: "Cosmic Soup" by Liam Davis of Lombus...
Upward Bound: Space Towers
Today we look at using Space Towers, Buoyant Structures, Airships, and Space Fountains as means of launching spaceships, as well as their other applications to create enormous structures that normal materials could never permit. Visit our Website:...
Tips from Kardashev 2 Engineers, part 2
Part 2 of our look at mega-engineering projects civilizations may tackle on their way to achieving Kardashev 2 status. Teaming up again with Fraser Cain & Universe Today, we look at artificial magnetospheres, mining and disassembling comets,...
Launch Loops
The Launch Loop is a type of space vehicle launch assist mechanism that allows us to transfer vast amounts of energy and momentum from ground based generators to a launch vehicle high in the upper atmosphere. View Lofstrom's 2009 updated paper:...
Psychohistory
A look at methods for predicting the future, how plausible they are and what hurdles they face, with a focus on Isaac Asimov's concept of Psychohistory, from the classic Foundation series. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join the...
Industrializing the Moon
We return to the Moon to explore ways to go beyond simple Lunar Bases to a full-fledged productive colony that can help us travel to other worlds and expand our own. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join the Facebook Group:...
Infinite Improbability Issues
Science Fiction loves the Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, but its implication go far beyond basic Alternate Universes and histories. Today we will explore some of the mind-bending consequences of this theory. ANU Quantum Random...