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The COMET from Beyond!
The COMET from Beyond!

It's interstellar, baby!

Welcome to our weekly Science and Science Fiction podcast where we learn amazing things by playing a fantastic game: We make a change to the Universe and then, using only real science, we follow the mind bending ramifications as they ripple outward — wherever they lead!

Our brilliant guests are some of the world’s greatest science fiction writers, scientists & science communicators. Strap on your seat belt and let’s leap into a journey to answer the most fascinating question in the Universe… What The IF?

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Let's CRISPR with Carl ZIMMER!
genetics, biology, evolution, future, experimentation, ethics, scientific research, technology, post human
Let's CRISPR with Carl ZIMMER!
genetics, biology, evolution, future, experimentation, ethics, scientific research, technology, post human

Auto-correct for your DNA?

genetics, biology, evolution, future, experimentation, ethics, scientific research, technology, post human
SEAN CARROLL: Phone Calls from MANY WORLDS!
physics, many worlds, cosmology, parallel universes, alternate dimensions, time, technology, quantum mechanics, cloning, books, experimentation
SEAN CARROLL: Phone Calls from MANY WORLDS!
physics, many worlds, cosmology, parallel universes, alternate dimensions, time, technology, quantum mechanics, cloning, books, experimentation

MANY WORLDS, sooooooooo many!

physics, many worlds, cosmology, parallel universes, alternate dimensions, time, technology, quantum mechanics, cloning, books, experimentation
Is There GOLD In Them ASTEROIDS?
asteroids, mining, commerce, alastair reynolds, Ceres, cience fiction, industry, engineering, elon musk, earth, exploration, future, geology, government, hard sf, kim stanley robinson, robots, audience, Vespa, the expanse, science fiction, super iffers
Is There GOLD In Them ASTEROIDS?
asteroids, mining, commerce, alastair reynolds, Ceres, cience fiction, industry, engineering, elon musk, earth, exploration, future, geology, government, hard sf, kim stanley robinson, robots, audience, Vespa, the expanse, science fiction, super iffers

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

asteroids, mining, commerce, alastair reynolds, Ceres, cience fiction, industry, engineering, elon musk, earth, exploration, future, geology, government, hard sf, kim stanley robinson, robots, audience, Vespa, the expanse, science fiction, super iffers
Inter-Galactic MAILBAG!
australia, big bang, cosmology, geek, government, history, higher dimensions, jupiter, arthur c. clarkes, planet, NASA, physics, astronomy, international, fans, audience, super iffers, community, measurement, units, teaching, students, geometry, cartography, star trek, sun, 2001, 2010, science fiction, science education, stem, senses, skepticism, policy, science outreach, scientific research
Inter-Galactic MAILBAG!
australia, big bang, cosmology, geek, government, history, higher dimensions, jupiter, arthur c. clarkes, planet, NASA, physics, astronomy, international, fans, audience, super iffers, community, measurement, units, teaching, students, geometry, cartography, star trek, sun, 2001, 2010, science fiction, science education, stem, senses, skepticism, policy, science outreach, scientific research

Our fans, aka our Super IFFers discuss our most mind-blowing shows and share their own mind-bending IF's!

australia, big bang, cosmology, geek, government, history, higher dimensions, jupiter, arthur c. clarkes, planet, NASA, physics, astronomy, international, fans, audience, super iffers, community, measurement, units, teaching, students, geometry, cartography, star trek, sun, 2001, 2010, science fiction, science education, stem, senses, skepticism, policy, science outreach, scientific research
CONQUER the SOLAR SYSTEM with Matt Williams!
solar system, space travel, evolution, science fiction, alastair reynolds, babylon 5, the expanse, colonization, asteroids, habitation, space elevators, Mercury, Ceres, Vespa
CONQUER the SOLAR SYSTEM with Matt Williams!
solar system, space travel, evolution, science fiction, alastair reynolds, babylon 5, the expanse, colonization, asteroids, habitation, space elevators, Mercury, Ceres, Vespa

Can humanity handle living so far from their mother?

solar system, space travel, evolution, science fiction, alastair reynolds, babylon 5, the expanse, colonization, asteroids, habitation, space elevators, Mercury, Ceres, Vespa
The HELIOPAUSE That Refreshes - with Kirby "NASA Man" Runyon
solar system, space travel, sun, astrophysics, NASA
The HELIOPAUSE That Refreshes - with Kirby "NASA Man" Runyon
solar system, space travel, sun, astrophysics, NASA

WTiF you could travel to the very EDGE of the SOLAR SYSTEM?

solar system, space travel, sun, astrophysics, NASA
Land A Man On The EARTH! - with Nancy Atkinson
nasa, space travel, moon, apollo, rocket
Land A Man On The EARTH! - with Nancy Atkinson
nasa, space travel, moon, apollo, rocket

WTiF we lived on the Moon and had to send the first mission to EARTH?

nasa, space travel, moon, apollo, rocket
What The MONKEY? Part 2 of Our TWIS Special!
biology, cloning, genetics, evolution, ethics
What The MONKEY? Part 2 of Our TWIS Special!
biology, cloning, genetics, evolution, ethics

Injecting HUMAN cells into a PRIMATE embryo. Happy Birthday…?

biology, cloning, genetics, evolution, ethics

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