Cloning & Duplication: Me, Myself, and I

Cloning & Duplication: Me, Myself, and I

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. Cloning people is a staple of science fiction, and now something science can do, but what are the...

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Space Whales & Bioships

Space Whales & Bioships

Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ The idea of spaceships or other machines that were essentially alive and able to repair and operate themselves has long been a popular one in science fiction. We'll take a look today at how that might be...

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Weaponizing Black Holes

Weaponizing Black Holes

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. Black Holes are often considered the most dangerous objects in the Universe, especially in science...

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Black Hole Ships

Black Hole Ships

Sign up with Skillshare for 2 months of Free classes: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur10 Black Holes are often considered the greatest dangers to spaceships in science fiction, but they may turn out to be the perfect power source for future spaceships. Check out PBS...

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Post-Apocalyptic Civilizations

Post-Apocalyptic Civilizations

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Clarketech: Anti-Gravity

Clarketech: Anti-Gravity

Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Perhaps one of the most common technologies seen in science fiction is anti-gravity and gravity manipulation. Today we'll examine if there's an scientific pathways in physics to permit such...

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Techno-Primitivism

Techno-Primitivism

Sign up with Skillshare for 2 months of Free classes: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur9 Fears about technology and it's impact on our civilization, or on individuals even when new tech is net benefit, are often shown to us in fiction as giving rise to technophobic cultures...

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Clarketech: Technologies Indistinguishable from Magic

Clarketech: Technologies Indistinguishable from Magic

Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Science Fiction often presents us technologies that go far beyond the realms of known science, but many of these, such as force fields, inertial dampeners, anti-gravity, or faster than light travel might...

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Parasitic Aliens

Parasitic Aliens

Use my link http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "ISAAC" to 500-500 to get a free book including a copy of "Who Goes There?" and a 30-day free trial of Audible. Alien puppeteers arriving on UFOs, body snatchers, and mimics are a staple of science fiction, but are they...

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