FLOATING Continents!

engineering, audience, biology, climate change, environment, evolution, geology, sea lifePhilip ShaneJuly 29, 2022

No FOSSIL FUEL For You!

biology, audience, climate change, ecology, engineering, environment, geology, history, technologyPhilip ShaneJanuary 29, 2022

"Gift-wrappus PARK?" Dinosaur PETS For Everyone!

scientific method, biology, cloning, genetics, geology, history, history of science, scifiPhilip ShaneJanuary 7, 2022

Riding GRAVITY FORCE ONE with KIRBY RUNYON

scientific method, astronauts, astrophysics, engineering, exploration, geology, nasa, physics, space travel, technologyPhilip ShaneJanuary 6, 2022guests

Stop, In The Name of LAVA! With Robin George Andrews

YOU versus the Volcano?

climate change, engineering, environment, geology, historyPhilip ShaneNovember 6, 2021guests

Waiter, There's a Fly In My PRIMORDIAL SOUP!

How does LIFE get... living?

scifi, biology, evolution, geology, history of science, religion, scientific method, sea lifePhilip ShaneOctober 15, 2021

NAKED Mars Rats!

Is it possible to bring these real life creatures to Mars to slowly terraform it, cultivating the land from underneath, rebuilding the atmosphere, for eventual Earth-like living?

physics, geology, technology, aliens, astronauts, biology, climate change, elon musk, engineering, environment, evolution, genetics, mars, scifiPhilip ShaneAugust 20, 2021

Can You BREATHE Like A WHALE? With Vanessa Pirotta!

Living the life of the whale!

physics, astronomy, astrophysics, geology, history of science, skepticism, teaching, technologyPhilip ShaneAugust 15, 2021guests

The Dark Art of SUNSHINE

physics, astronomy, astrophysics, geology, history of science, skepticism, teaching, technologyPhilip ShaneAugust 6, 2021

Hot Rod Rocket Cars, Burnin' Mars Gas!

In honor of Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos putting their butts on the launch pad, we salute the spirit of hot rods in space!

physics, climate change, ecology, environment, geology, mars, scifi, society, astronauts, economy, economics, elon musk, engineering, history, nasa, space race, space travel, technology, world dominationPhilip ShaneJuly 9, 2021

No OCEANS? Oh, shiiiiii---!!!

Water, water... nowhere!

biology, history of science, physics, aliens, apocalypse, audience, climate change, ecology, environment, evolution, geology, mars, scifi, sea life, society, space travelPhilip ShaneJuly 2, 2021

Put A Man On The EARTH! - with Nancy Atkinson

What The IF we lived on the Moon and had to send the first mission to EARTH?

evolution, geology, physics, scifi, astronauts, elon musk, engineering, exploration, history, mars, moon, nasa, space race, space travelPhilip ShaneApril 30, 2021evolution, scifi, science fiction, movies, funny, guests

GODZILLA vs KONG vs SCIENCE!

Who’s YOUR favorite titan?

biology, evolution, geology, physics, scifiPhilip ShaneApril 23, 2021evolution, japan, scifi, science fiction, movies, funny

Teeny TINY Earth!

What the If Earth was Teeny TINY?

geology, physicsPhilip ShaneJuly 17, 2020geology, planetary geology, science, gravity, space, earth, feature

CATS and EARTHQUAKES! With Geophysicist Celeste Labedz

Could our CATS create an EARTHQUAKE WARNING system?

engineering, exploration, geology, scientific method, technology, world dominationPhilip ShaneFebruary 20, 2020engineering, environment, geology, technology, disaster, earth, experimentation, funny, hard sf, imagination, planet, research, guests

The AZTECS Were Awesome SEISMOLOGISTS - with Robin George Andrews!

Ancient Science Secrets!

Did VENUS Have VENUSIANS? w/Planetary Geologist KIRBY RUNYON!

WTIF we found a ruined city?

Is There GOLD In Them ASTEROIDS?

Listener Daniel asks: WTiF we could get rich from drilling for gold… in space?

PAUL McAULEY shrinks the Sun!

Can we MOVE the Earth to avoid the death of the Sun? Let’s try!

engineering, astronomy, astrophysics, geology, physics, space travelPhilip ShaneJuly 1, 2019sun, science fiction, books, solar, engineering, red giant, death of sun, white dwarf, paul mcauley, planet, earth, future, hard sf, guests

Standing TALL On A Dwarf PLANET

NASA’s Kirby Runyon takes us to PLUTO!

astronomy, engineering, exploration, geology, history of science, nasa, news, robots, scientific method, space travel, technologyPhilip ShaneApril 30, 2019nasa, hopkins apl, pluto, exploration, solar system, astronomy, new horizons, NASA, geology, planet, space travel, space, spaceprogram, guests, guest

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