Fact and Science Fiction

Fact and Science Fiction

A podcast about the real science behind your favorite science fiction themes and tropes. Each episode, I choose a recurring topic or two in science fiction, and then dive into how it works in reality. If you ever wanted to learn more about genetics, virtual reality, or space travel - this podcast is for you.

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Episoder(35)

Science of Superheroes: Planet Comicon Live

Science of Superheroes: Planet Comicon Live

This special live episode was recorded March 30 in Kansas City MO. I did a round-up of the science of superheroes and superpowers, including Captain Marvel, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, and A...

4 Apr 201943min

Going for Orbit with Kerbal Space Program

Going for Orbit with Kerbal Space Program

I play a video game! Join me as I launch a rocket to space, complete an orbit path, and return back to the planet on Kerbal Space Program. Kerbal Space Program is a popular physics simulator that teac...

2 Mar 201924min

Interview with Author David Siegel Bernstein

Interview with Author David Siegel Bernstein

David Bernstein's Blockbuster Science has been a life-saver for my research for the podcast and I was so happy he agreed to be on the show! We talk about how he got the idea for the book, his favorite...

30 Jan 201933min

Climate Change and Eco Sci Fi

Climate Change and Eco Sci Fi

Climate change is an environmental phenomena that has huge implications for life on Earth in the next few decades. I researched climate change adaptation: what we're going to do when the worst effects...

16 Jan 201927min

Time Travel in Fiction... and Reality?

Time Travel in Fiction... and Reality?

I am back from my hiatus to talk about time travel! Time travel as a theme has been BIG in stories since before the written word. I talk about legends, popular science fiction movies and TV, and then ...

28 Des 201823min

Bigfoot, Mothman and More: Cryptids in History and Today

Bigfoot, Mothman and More: Cryptids in History and Today

For Halloween and the podcast’s first anniversary I dedicate this special episode to cryptids! Bigfoot, Mothman, Wendigos and Loch Ness Monsters. Where do these stories come from? How can cryptozoolog...

8 Okt 201816min

Data Science and Predicting Crime

Data Science and Predicting Crime

Science fiction and reality blurs when it comes to data science and crime. This episode I discuss predictive policing using examples from Minority Report, Person of Interest and Psycho-Pass to shed li...

5 Sep 201821min

Atlantis and Ocean Exploration

Atlantis and Ocean Exploration

What can we learn from early science fiction about the ocean? What technology was inspired from this ocean speculation? This episode I want to take you on a journey through centuries of science fictio...

7 Aug 201821min

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