Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, September 27, 2020, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Get 26% of Curiosity Stream and free access to Nebula by using coupon code "isaac":...
The Fermi Paradox: The Phosphorus Problem
Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. The genesis and origin of life may require a very rare and delicate mixture of certain chemicals. One of those is phosphorus,...
The Future of Fission
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Nuclear Fission was once hailed as the solution to our power & energy needs, but has grown unpopular of fears of radiation, meltdowns, and radioactive waste. However, advances in science and reactor...
Asteroid Defense
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Colonizing Cislunar Space and the Lagrange Points
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ To travel to other planets, we will first have to build up are infrastructure closer to home, in orbit of Earth. The best place to get all the mass for those space stations and rocket fuel depots is from...
Nomadic Space-Based Civilizations
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SFIA Monthly Livestream: August 30, 2020
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, August 30, 2020, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Watch Paleontology and Jerry Guern's other stories: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnySNJ_gDOdRAdUXbIpxYQw...
Government Types of the Future
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Over the centuries humanity has tried many versions of government and many variations on each type, today we will examine how technology and space colonization might impact what types of governments we...
The Fermi Paradox: Galactic Disasters
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Talkative Aliens
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Coming and Going: Navigating Space Between Megastructures
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Our future in space may be one of millions or even trillions of vast space station, space habitats, and megastructures. How would a space-faring civilization going about traveling around such an immense...
The Impact of Superconductors
Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Superconductors offer us a path to high-efficiency, low-loss power and energy, but the impact they'll have on our civilization through other technologies may be far greater, and we'll...
