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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 ArthurFermi Paradox: The Prime Directive (Narration Only)
One solution to the Fermi Paradox, the big question of where all the aliens are, is that extraterrestrials might hide from us to avoid altering our society, a…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurInterstellar Trade & Cyclers
Establishing Interstellar Trade and Commerce in the future will require an entirely new approach to moving cargo, as years if not centuries might pass for…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurInterstellar Trade & Cyclers (Narration Only)
Establishing Interstellar Trade and Commerce in the future will require an entirely new approach to moving cargo, as years if not centuries might pass for…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurBecoming a Kardashev- 1 Post-Scarcity Civilization (Narration Only)
The Kardashev Scale measures how powerful a high-tech civilization is, with K-1 indicating a advanced society able to call on all the power of their planet…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurBecoming a Kardashev- 1 Post-Scarcity Civilization
The Kardashev Scale measures how powerful a high-tech civilization is, with K-1 indicating a advanced society able to call on all the power of their planet…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurTerrifying Aliens
Aliens are portrayed in Science Fiction both as our potential saviors and best friends, as well as the stuff of nightmares. Would an extraterrestrial…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurTerrifying Aliens (Narration Only)
Aliens are portrayed in Science Fiction both as our potential saviors and best friends, as well as the stuff of nightmares. Would an extraterrestrial…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSFIA Monthly Livestream 24 - October 25, 2020
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for Octoberr 2020 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Media…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurMars Base (Narration Only)
To become an Interplanetary Species we need to colonize another planet, and Mars will be our first target. To establish a base there, and a future settlement…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurMars Base
To become an Interplanetary Species we need to colonize another planet, and Mars will be our first target. To establish a base there, and a future settlement…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurLow-Tech Spacefaring Civilizations (Narration Only)
We typically imagine interstellar civilizations as vastly superior in technology to modern times, but could the future see planets colonized by spaceships…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurLow-Tech Spacefaring Civilizations
We typically imagine interstellar civilizations as vastly superior in technology to modern times, but could the future see planets colonized by spaceships…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurResponse And Analysis Of Recent UFO Disclosures From The US Military
Recently the Military released Navy footage of 3 separate UFO or UAP - unidentified aerial phenomena - we will review that footage and consider both mundane…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurResponse And Analysis Of Recent UFO Disclosures From The US Military (Narration Only)
Recently the Military released Navy footage of 3 separate UFO or UAP - unidentified aerial phenomena - we will review that footage and consider both mundane…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurMega-Cities (Narration Only)
Science Fiction delights in showing us grim, dark, giant, and dystopian future cities of covered in garbage and where life is cheap, but how realistic are such…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurMega-Cities
Science Fiction delights in showing us grim, dark, giant, and dystopian future cities of covered in garbage and where life is cheap, but how realistic are such…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurReturn To The Moon (Narration Only)
It's been over half a century since we first went to the Moon, and nearly as long since we last went. To Return to the Moon we need a base with a purpose, and…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurReturn To The Moon
It's been over half a century since we first went to the Moon, and nearly as long since we last went. To Return to the Moon we need a base with a purpose, and…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSFIA Monthly Livestream 23 - September 27, 2020
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for September 2020 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Media…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Fermi Paradox: The Phosphorus Problem (Narration Only)
The genesis and origin of life may require a very rare and delicate mixture of certain chemicals. One of those is phosphorus, and trying to figure out how we…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Fermi Paradox: The Phosphorus Problem
The genesis and origin of life may require a very rare and delicate mixture of certain chemicals. One of those is phosphorus, and trying to figure out how we…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Future Of Fission (Narration Only)
Nuclear Fission was once hailed as the solution to our power & energy needs, but has grown unpopular of fears of radiation, meltdowns, and radioactive waste…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Future Of Fission
Nuclear Fission was once hailed as the solution to our power & energy needs, but has grown unpopular of fears of radiation, meltdowns, and radioactive waste…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurAsteroid Defense
Asteroids represent a serious hazard to Earth, past, present, and future, but will be even more of a concern to humanity as we venture out to space beyond…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurAsteroid Defense (Narration Only)
Asteroids represent a serious hazard to Earth, past, present, and future, but will be even more of a concern to humanity as we venture out to space beyond…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurColonizing Cislunar Space And The Lagrange Points
To travel to other planets, we will first have to build up are infrastructure closer to home, in orbit of Earth. The best place to get all the mass for those…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurColonizing Cislunar Space And The Lagrange Points (Narration Only)
To travel to other planets, we will first have to build up are infrastructure closer to home, in orbit of Earth. The best place to get all the mass for those…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurNomadic Space-Based Civilizations (Narration Only)
Spaceships and fleets of the future may host their own unique civilizations of nomads, traveling the space lanes or venturing deep into interstellar space to…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurNomadic Space-Based Civilizations
Spaceships and fleets of the future may host their own unique civilizations of nomads, traveling the space lanes or venturing deep into interstellar space to…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSFIA Monthly Livestream 22 - August 30, 2020
Our monthly livestream Q&A session For August 2020 Watch Paleontology and Jerry Guern's other stories: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnySNJ_gDOdRAdUXbIpxYQw…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurGovernment Types of the Future (Narration Only)
Over the centuries humanity has tried many versions of government and many variations on each type, today we will examine how technology and space colonization…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurGovernment Types of the Future
Over the centuries humanity has tried many versions of government and many variations on each type, today we will examine how technology and space colonization…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Fermi Paradox: Galactic Disasters (Narration Only)
One possible solution to the Fermi Paradox, the big question of where all the aliens are, is that some ancient galactic disaster wiped out extraterrestrial…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Fermi Paradox: Galactic Disasters
One possible solution to the Fermi Paradox, the big question of where all the aliens are, is that some ancient galactic disaster wiped out extraterrestrial…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurTalkative Aliens (Narration Only)
The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, SETI, relies on looking for signals from distant alien worlds where even very powerful signals can weaken to…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurTalkative Aliens
The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, SETI, relies on looking for signals from distant alien worlds where even very powerful signals can weaken to…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurComing and Going: Navigating Space Between Megastructures (Narration Only)
Our future in space may be one of millions or even trillions of vast space station, space habitats, and megastructures. How would a space-faring civilization…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurComing and Going: Navigating Space Between Megastructures
Our future in space may be one of millions or even trillions of vast space station, space habitats, and megastructures. How would a space-faring civilization…
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The Impact Of Superconductors
Superconductors offer us a path to high-efficiency, low-loss power and energy, but the impact they'll have on our civilization through other technologies may…
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The Impact Of Superconductors (Narration Only)
Superconductors offer us a path to high-efficiency, low-loss power and energy, but the impact they'll have on our civilization through other technologies may…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurTechno-Barbarians (Narration Only)
Science fiction often shows us post-apocalyptic future civilizations with techno-barbarians running around in fur & hides but carrying laser weapons or other…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurTechno-Barbarians
Science fiction often shows us post-apocalyptic future civilizations with techno-barbarians running around in fur & hides but carrying laser weapons or other…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSFIA Monthly Livestream 21 - July 26, 2020
Our monthly livestream Q&A session For July 2020 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Media…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurFermi Paradox Disappearing Stars & Cosmic Voids (Narration Only)
If the Universe is inhabited by older alien civilizations, those who have ventured out to the stars and colonized galaxies, we would expect to see a footprint…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurFermi Paradox Disappearing Stars & Cosmic Voids
If the Universe is inhabited by older alien civilizations, those who have ventured out to the stars and colonized galaxies, we would expect to see a footprint…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurLets Dismantle The Solar System! (Narration Only)
Our solar system contains many planets, moons, and asteroid that we may one day call home, but the future might instead be artificial space habitats, stations…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurLets Dismantle The Solar System!
Our solar system contains many planets, moons, and asteroid that we may one day call home, but the future might instead be artificial space habitats, stations…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurBecoming an Interplanetary Species: First Steps (Narration Only)
Our future lies out among the planets and stars, but to climb out in to space we must take many steps to get off, and today we'll look at those first steps to…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurBecoming an Interplanetary Species: First Steps
Our future lies out among the planets and stars, but to climb out in to space we must take many steps to get off, and today we'll look at those first steps to…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurLife as a Brain in a Jar (Narration Only)
Science fiction loves to show us disembodied heads or brains floating in jars, but could this be one route to extending our lives? Or could you already be one…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurLife as a Brain in a Jar
Science fiction loves to show us disembodied heads or brains floating in jars, but could this be one route to extending our lives? Or could you already be one…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurContinent-Sized Rotating Space Habitats (Narration Only)
Mankind's future is among the stars, but not necessarily on other planets. Instead we might forge giant space stations that are entire artificial worlds, and…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurContinent-Sized Rotating Space Habitats
Mankind's future is among the stars, but not necessarily on other planets. Instead we might forge giant space stations that are entire artificial worlds, and…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSFIA Monthly Livestream 20 - June 28, 2020
Our monthly livestream Q&A session For June 2020 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Media…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Impact Of Graphene
Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes, and other hyper-strong materials have generated great interest in recent years, but how do they actually work and what will their…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Impact Of Graphene (Narration Only)
Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes, and other hyper-strong materials have generated great interest in recent years, but how do they actually work and what will their…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSpace Police
As we head out into space we can expect to see crimes and a need for laws and someone to enforce them. Today we'll examine the notion of Space Police and…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSpace Police (Narration Only)
As we head out into space we can expect to see crimes and a need for laws and someone to enforce them. Today we'll examine the notion of Space Police and…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurAfter AI (Narration Only)
Artificial Intelligence seems nearer everyday, and many people worry about a conflict between us and robots & computer minds, but what would life be like After…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurAfter AI
Artificial Intelligence seems nearer everyday, and many people worry about a conflict between us and robots & computer minds, but what would life be like After…