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Science Class in... Ancient Babylon!

Science Class in... Ancient Babylon!

scientific method, communication, history of science, god, religion, teachingPhilip ShaneMarch 25, 2022

AMOK Daylight Savings TIME!

AMOK Daylight Savings TIME!

engineering, history of science, history, physics, technologyPhilip ShaneMarch 12, 2022

Ultra VAX? Bring It!

Ultra VAX? Bring It!

Can we eradicate ALL viruses?

engineering, history of science, physics, quantum mechanics, scientific methodPhilip ShaneFebruary 25, 2022

Atoms The Size of LEGOS!

Atoms The Size of LEGOS!

engineering, history of science, physics, quantum mechanics, scientific methodPhilip ShaneFebruary 19, 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

"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

Crabs!

Crabs!

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

The SUPERSTITION Industrial Complex

The SUPERSTITION Industrial Complex

Factories of LUCK!

history of science, scientific method, quantum mechanics, psychology, religion, skepticism, technologyPhilip ShaneOctober 29, 2021

Theory of Everything: CANCELED? Brian Keating Imagines the Impossible!

Gravity VS The Quantum: FIGHT!

history of science, scientific method, astronomy, astrophysics, black holes, cosmology, einstein, mathematics, physics, quantum mechanics, relativity, universePhilip ShaneOctober 22, 2021guests

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

The Industrial BICYCLE Revolution!

The Industrial BICYCLE Revolution!

What the if there were no internal combustion engines?

history of science, physics, audience, climate change, engineering, history, scifi, society, technologyPhilip ShaneOctober 1, 2021

AVI LOEB Is Hunting For E.T. With MEGAPIXELS, Millions, and MOXY

The serious search for Extraterrestrial life

aliens, history of science, news, scientific method, seti, skepticism, teaching, astronomy, engineering, physics, psychologyPhilip ShaneSeptember 24, 2021guests

UFO's: A Powerful Teachable Moment? A Flying Roundtable Talk With The UCR Podcast!

The Big Phone Home!

aliens, collaborations, communication, history of science, history, news, occult, psychology, scientific method, seti, skepticism, society, teachingPhilip ShaneAugust 31, 2021guests

Can You BREATHE Like A WHALE? With Vanessa Pirotta!

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

The Dark Art of SUNSHINE

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

Reimagining COSMOLOGY From Inside YOU - With Hakeem OLUSEYI

How TINY Are We Really?

biology, psychology, astronomy, cosmology, history of science, physics, scientific method, teaching, universePhilip ShaneJune 25, 2021guests

Multi-dimensional MAILBAG Explosion!

Brilliant and bonkers mail!

physics, scifi, space travel, technology, elon musk, engineering, history of science, news, occult, psychology, scientific method, seti, skepticismPhilip ShaneJune 4, 2021

Secrets Of Making A UFO DOCUMENTARY

Secrets Of Making A UFO DOCUMENTARY

Alien Abduction PRO TIPS!

physics, scifi, space travel, technology, elon musk, engineering, history of science, news, occult, psychology, scientific method, seti, skepticismPhilip ShaneJune 4, 2021

TIC TAC UFO'S Bringing FRESH Science? With MICK WEST!

TIC TAC UFO'S Bringing FRESH Science? With MICK WEST!

How would they change known physics?

physics, scifi, space travel, technology, elon musk, engineering, history of science, news, occult, psychology, scientific method, seti, skepticismPhilip ShaneMay 28, 2021guests