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Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur explores humanity’s long-term future through space exploration, advanced technology, and big-picture science. Hosted by National Space Society President Isaac Arthur, each episode uses real science and careful speculation to examine space colonization, megastructures, artificial intelligence, post-scarcity economies, and the physics shaping civilization beyond Earth.
Episodes
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurAlien Refugees [Narration Only]
Aliens may one day visit Earth not to invade us but to seek refuge from an invasion or other calamity, how can we respond and should we? Sign up for a…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSFIA Monthly Livestream 45 - July 31, 2022
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for July 31, 2022 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net SFIA Discord Server: discord.gg/53GAShE Support us on Patreon…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurBlack Holes & Dark Matter
Black Holes and Dark Matter are two of those mysterious things in the Universe, but could black holes be the key to unlocking the secrets of Dark Matter? Visit…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurBlack Holes & Dark Matter (Narration Only)
Black Holes and Dark Matter are two of those mysterious things in the Universe, but could black holes be the key to unlocking the secrets of Dark Matter? Visit…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Fermi Paradox: Absent Megastructures (Narration Only)
The great mystery of where all the aliens are in our vast Universe contemplates ancient interstellar civilizations building enormous megastructures that rival…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Fermi Paradox: Absent Megastructures
The great mystery of where all the aliens are in our vast Universe contemplates ancient interstellar civilizations building enormous megastructures that rival…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurPrimitive Aliens
We often imagine Earth being visited by more advanced civilizations, but in the future humanity may encounter more primitive ones on alien worlds. What…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurPrimitive Aliens (Narration Only)
We often imagine Earth being visited by more advanced civilizations, but in the future humanity may encounter more primitive ones on alien worlds. What…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurDeep Space Habitats (Narration Only)
Every known planet, moon, and asteroid in our solar system occupies a volume of space both enormous and yet tiny compared to the vast empty gulf between stars…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurDeep Space Habitats
Every known planet, moon, and asteroid in our solar system occupies a volume of space both enormous and yet tiny compared to the vast empty gulf between stars…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurLife As A Planetary Explorer
We conclude our journey begun in Interstellar Probes by exploring an alien world and asking what life will be like as a Planetary Explorer. Go to…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurLife As A Planetary Explorer (Narration Only)
We conclude our journey begun in Interstellar Probes by exploring an alien world and asking what life will be like as a Planetary Explorer. Go to…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSFIA Monthly Livestream 44 - June 25, 2022
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us on 4pm EST, Sunday, June 25, 2022, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered!…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurCrawlonizing The Galaxy: Settling Space At Ultra-Low Speeds
Science Fiction has shown us humanity exploring the stars at hundreds of times faster than light speed, but what if the fastest ships we can make never even…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurCrawlonizing The Galaxy: Settling Space At Ultra-Low Speeds (Narration Only)
Science Fiction has shown us humanity exploring the stars at hundreds of times faster than light speed, but what if the fastest ships we can make never even…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurInterstellar Probes (Narration Only)
We continue our discussion of surveying for habitable exoplanets by touring our possible option for interstellar probes, dumb and smart, flyby and protracted…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurInterstellar Probes
We continue our discussion of surveying for habitable exoplanets by touring our possible option for interstellar probes, dumb and smart, flyby and protracted…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Silurian Hypothesis: What Traces Of Humanity Will Be Left 50 Million Years From Now?
The Silurian Hypothesis contemplates how long the ruins of a civilization would be detectable, on Earth or even other worlds, and if we could ever know if a…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Silurian Hypothesis: What Traces Of Humanity Will Be Left in 50 Million Years (Narration Only)
The Silurian Hypothesis contemplates how long the ruins of a civilization would be detectable, on Earth or even other worlds, and if we could ever know if a…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Megastructure Compendium
In the future humanity may build enormous structures, feats of mega-engineering that may rival planets or even be of greater scope. This episode catalogs…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Megastructure Compendium (Narration Only)
In the future humanity may build enormous structures, feats of mega-engineering that may rival planets or even be of greater scope. This episode catalogs…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurWhat Are Ancestor Simulations... And Are We Living In One
Our capability to render virtual realities better and better makes it seem likely one day we could simulate our world flawlessly, and perhaps our minds too. If…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurWhat Are Ancestor Simulations... And Are We Living In One (Narration Only)
Our capability to render virtual realities better and better makes it seem likely one day we could simulate our world flawlessly, and perhaps our minds too. If…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurDark Sky Stations, Stratospheric Satellites, and Ultra Low Orbit Infrastructure
Many don't realize that most of our satellites and space stations aren't intended to be far from Earth, but rather, as close as we can get them and still…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurDark Sky Stations, Stratospheric Satellites, and Ultra Low Orbit Infrastructure (Narration Only)
Many don't realize that most of our satellites and space stations aren't intended to be far from Earth, but rather, as close as we can get them and still…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSurveying For Habitable Interstellar Star Systems (Narration Only)
One day humanity might journey to new worlds and settle them, or discover life already on them, but first we'll have to find those exoplanets under aliens…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSurveying For Habitable Interstellar Star Systems
One day humanity might journey to new worlds and settle them, or discover life already on them, but first we'll have to find those exoplanets under aliens…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurLost Space Colonies
A Galaxy of trillion of worlds, all separated by vast gulfs of time and space, it is very easy for pioneers and colonists to disappear. But what happens to…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurLost Space Colonies (Narration Only)
A Galaxy of trillion of worlds, all separated by vast gulfs of time and space, it is very easy for pioneers and colonists to disappear. But what happens to…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurMaking a Magnetosphere for Mars
We believe Mars may once have had oceans and sky, but lost them from a lack of a magnetosphere. How does this happen, and how can we create a magnetosphere for…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurMaking a Magnetosphere for Mars (Narration Only)
We believe Mars may once have had oceans and sky, but lost them from a lack of a magnetosphere. How does this happen, and how can we create a magnetosphere for…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurGodlike Aliens
Science Fiction often shows us alien civilizations so advanced they are godlike, but how realistic are they, and what would such entities be like? Visit…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurGodlike Aliens (Narration Only)
Science Fiction often shows us alien civilizations so advanced they are godlike, but how realistic are they, and what would such entities be like? Visit…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurIs A Technological Singularity Inevitable?
As computers have improved at an accelerating rate for generations now, fears of some emergent super intelligent computer mind have grown, but is such a…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurIs A Technological Singularity Inevitable? (Narration Only)
As computers have improved at an accelerating rate for generations now, fears of some emergent super intelligent computer mind have grown, but is such a…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSFIA Monthly Livestream 42 - April 24, 2022
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us on 4pm EST, Sunday, April 24, 2022, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered!…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurTraveling Around Other Worlds
In the future we will journey to new worlds, but how will we travel around on them? Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurTraveling Around Other Worlds (Narration Only)
In the future we will journey to new worlds, but how will we travel around on them? Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurWhat If Earth Became A Rogue Planet?
Is it possible the Earth might be separated from the Sun or the Sun go out? And if so, could we survive under an eternally dark sky? Sign up for a Curiosity…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurWhat If Earth Became A Rogue Planet? (Narration Only)
Is it possible the Earth might be separated from the Sun or the Sun go out? And if so, could we survive under an eternally dark sky? Sign up for a Curiosity…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurMulti-Species Empires
Interstellar civilizations home to hundreds of peacefully cooperating alien species are a common theme in science fiction, but are such civilizations likely or…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurMulti-Species Empires (Narration Only)
Interstellar civilizations home to hundreds of peacefully cooperating alien species are a common theme in science fiction, but are such civilizations likely or…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSelf-Growing Habitats & Space Bases (Narration Only)
In the future we will build outposts and bases in space and on distant worlds, but what if we could make it so they built themselves instead? Visit…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSelf-Growing Habitats & Space Bases
In the future we will build outposts and bases in space and on distant worlds, but what if we could make it so they built themselves instead? Visit…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurProgrammable & Smart Matter
The future may see advancements in claytronics, memory metals, and catoms to allow shapeshifting materials that can take on any form and perform any job -…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurProgrammable & Smart Matter (Narration Only)
The future may see advancements in claytronics, memory metals, and catoms to allow shapeshifting materials that can take on any form and perform any job -…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSFIA Monthly Livestream 41 - March 27, 2022
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us on 4pm EST, Sunday, March 27, 2022, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered!…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurMoon: Mega City
The Moon may one day be colonized and grow to be covered in domes and bases spanning the entire once-barren surface, a single mega-city sprawling not just over…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurMoon: Mega City (Narration Only)
The Moon may one day be colonized and grow to be covered in domes and bases spanning the entire once-barren surface, a single mega-city sprawling not just over…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurCovert Aliens
Clandestine conspiracies and covert alien activity are popular theories involving UFO & UAP sightings as well as in science fiction, but what would covert…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurCovert Aliens (Narration Only)
Clandestine conspiracies and covert alien activity are popular theories involving UFO & UAP sightings as well as in science fiction, but what would covert…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSynthetic Life
We often discuss cybernetic, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, and hybrids of them, but what truly is synthetic life? And what is it like? Sign up…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSynthetic Life (Narration Only)
We often discuss cybernetic, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, and hybrids of them, but what truly is synthetic life? And what is it like? Sign up…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Million Year Machine
In order to build a future able to stretch across millions of years, we may need to be able to build machines able to endure the brutal erosion of deep time…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Million Year Machine (Narration Only)
In order to build a future able to stretch across millions of years, we may need to be able to build machines able to endure the brutal erosion of deep time…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurNuclear Transmutation
All we are made of comes from dying stars, those rare supernovae and other cosmic death throes that forge those scarce heavier elements, but could we learn…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurNuclear Transmutation (Narration Only)
All we are made of comes from dying stars, those rare supernovae and other cosmic death throes that forge those scarce heavier elements, but could we learn…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSFIA Monthly Livestream 40 - February 27, 2022
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us on 4pm EST, Sunday, February 27, 2022, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurOceans In Space: Marine Space Habitats & Preserves (Narration Only)
In the future humanity will look to build new lives out among the stars, forging new worlds and megastructures for us to live on. But what about deep sea…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurOceans In Space: Marine Space Habitats & Preserves
In the future humanity will look to build new lives out among the stars, forging new worlds and megastructures for us to live on. But what about deep sea…