Episodes — WHAT THE IF?

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GENDER Free World!

GENDER Free World!

news, biology, genetics, psychology, societyPhilip ShaneJune 10, 2022

Pickpocketing GENES?

Pickpocketing GENES?

biology, scientific method, evolution, genetics, virologyPhilip ShaneMay 27, 2022

Panspermia? PANSPERMIA!

Panspermia? PANSPERMIA!

biology, scientific method, aliens, astrophysics, cosmology, evolution, genetics, history of science, mars, nasa, seti, universePhilip ShaneMay 20, 2022

ZAP That Cancer AWAY - with Dr. Frank KEARLY!

ZAP That Cancer AWAY - with Dr. Frank KEARLY!

biology, scientific method, physics, technologyPhilip ShaneMay 13, 2022guest

POWER In The WILD with Lee Alan Dugatkin!

POWER In The WILD with Lee Alan Dugatkin!

communication, biology, evolution, genetics, scientific method, societyPhilip ShaneMay 6, 2022

Summiting On MARS with Chris Carberry!

Summiting On MARS with Chris Carberry!

What the IF your next awesome science conference were taking place... on MARS?

technology, biology, society, astronauts, aliens, communication, engineering, environment, exploration, history, history of science, mars, nasa, news, scifi, space travelPhilip ShaneApril 22, 2022guests

Gecko STICKY Power!

Gecko STICKY Power!

scientific method, engineering, technology, biology, evolution, physics, societyPhilip ShaneApril 15, 2022

Get Parasite, Get Sexy?

Get Parasite, Get Sexy?

Super powers from a tapeworm?

biology, evolution, societyPhilip ShaneMarch 4, 2022

Eat ANYTHING!

Eat ANYTHING!

What the IF you could eat ANYTHING in the WORLD? Mmmmmm!

biology, psychology, evolutionPhilip ShaneFebruary 11, 2022

YOUR Personal Role In Space Exploration — With Casey Dreier (Encore Presentation)

Your personal role in exploring space!

society, biology, exploration, mars, nasa, psychology, space travelPhilip ShaneFebruary 4, 2022guests

No FOSSIL FUEL For You!

No FOSSIL FUEL For You!

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

Berenstain Bears & The MESHUGGENA EFFECT

Berenstain Bears & The MESHUGGENA EFFECT

biology, audience, cosmology, history of science, neurology, occult, physics, psychology, quantum mechanics, scifi, skepticism, society, time travelPhilip ShaneJanuary 21, 2022

No THUMBS For You!

No THUMBS For You!

biology, audience, evolution, space race, technologyPhilip ShaneJanuary 13, 2022

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

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

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

DUNE - Holy Spit!

DUNE - Holy Spit!

communication, scifi, technology, aliens, artificial intelligence, biology, climate change, ecology, economics, engineering, environment, evolution, religionPhilip ShaneJanuary 6, 2022

OhMyCron! Covid News Update

biology, religion, climate change, evolution, news, scientific method, vaccines, virologyPhilip ShaneDecember 9, 2021

Crabs!

Crabs!

aliens, biology, cosmology, evolution, history of science, sea lifePhilip ShaneDecember 8, 2021

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

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

Superman Virus!

Superman Virus!

Viral super powers?

audience, scifi, biology, evolution, neurology, vaccines, virologyPhilip ShaneOctober 8, 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