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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 Arthur
Lets 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 Arthur
Becoming 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 Arthur
Life 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 Arthur
Continent-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 Arthur
SFIA 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…
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The 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 Arthur
Space 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 Arthur
After 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…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
The Fermi Paradox: Firstborn
As ancient and vast as the Universe is, it seems like some alien race arose in the galaxy long before us, but who rose before them? What would the cosmos be…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Summer On Jupiter: Making a Second Sun
Jupiter is an enormous gas giant, more massive than all the other planets in the solar system combined... and yet small compared to our Sun and other Stellar…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
SFIA Monthly Livestream 19 - May 31, 2020
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, February 23, 2020, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered!…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 18 - March 29, 2020
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, February 23, 2020, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered!…
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Antimatter Factories & Uses
Antimatter represents both the most powerful weapon and most powerful fuel for a future humanity, if we can ever learn to make it efficiently and store it…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Conscious Stellar Objects
Ancient cultures long thought the Sun had a mind of it's own, but could life form in stars by nature or exist by artificial origins, and what would star with a…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Parallel Universes & Alternate Realities
Parallel Universes, Multiverses, Alternate Timeline & Realities are the focus of many theories of physics and popular science & science fiction. Watch the…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Life As A Digital Being
In the future we might see the rise of minds entirely on computers, be it uploaded humans, transhumans, or artificial intelligence. But what would such an…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Genetic Divergence & Civilization
As humanity reaches out to the stars and make new homes on strange new worlds, how will our genetics & DNA change under those alien planets? Watch the video…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Economies Of The Future
The future of humanity might be one of unrivaled prosperity - a post-scarcity civilization - of abundant power, advanced automation and robotics, and…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
The Future Of Garbage
The other side of the coin to all the new & future wonders we produce is what to do with them when they're old or broken. Today we examine the future of…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Non-Carbon Based Life
Science Fiction has long contemplated the idea that alien life not based on carbon chemistry such as silicon might exist on distant and strange worlds, or…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Technological Stagnation
We often see science as an eternal march forward, but could a society stop advancing, either by choice or by running out own new things to discover. Watch the…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
New Technologies That May Be In The Cards
Every day brings us new technological advances, today we'll explore many of those of such as robotics, automation, rapid delivery, education, medical science…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
The Fermi Paradox: Whispers In The Night
We often speculate that the reason we can't hear aliens civilizations is because our SETI efforts (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) relies on…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Can we have a Trillion People on Earth?
Could Earth be home to a trillion people, or even more? We'll explore if we can do this with current technology, what future technologies would help, and what…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Industrial Belts In Space
Our future in space will require immense industry and infrastructure as we colonize out solar system and beyond. But how will those industries affect that…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
The Fermi Paradox: Zoo Hypothesis
The Zoo Hypothesis is a Fermi Paradox solution that assumes extraterrestrial civilizations can't be detected by our SETI efforts because they keep our whole…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
A Tribute to Freeman Dyson: Architect of the Future
A brief look at the life and work of Physicist and Mathematician Freeman Dyson. Videos of Freeman Dyson to learn more My Middle Class Upbringing…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 17 - February 23, 2020
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, February 23, 2020, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered!…
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Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change can occur from many sources, natural or manmade. In order to handle these problems we may wish to utilize many of the technologies we've…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Postponing The Heat Death Of The Universe
According to modern cosmology, one day all the stars will burn out and the Universe will be full of dead planets, black holes, and other stellar remnants…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Coexistence of Humans & AI
Artificial Intelligence, while still limited to only the most simplistic computers and robots, is beginning to emerge and will only grow smarter. Can humanity…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Moon: Crater Cities
The Moon is covered in vast numbers of craters, some larger than entire Earth-based Nations, which may serve as dome habitats for humanity's future space…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Life On Board An O'neill Cylinder
O'Neill Cylinders space stations are examples of large rotating habitats able to be constructed in space in which people and even a complex ecology might be…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
SFIA Monthly Livestream 16 - January 26 2020
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, January 26, 2020, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered!…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 15 - December 29, 2019
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, December 29, 2019, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered!…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 14 - November 24, 2019
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, November 24, 2019, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered!…
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Why Life Exists
The big question of why life exists has challenged minds for countless centuries, but what does science have to say on this matter? Could life arise on other…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Moon: Industrial Complex
The Moon is gateway to space, and in the future it might serve as an industrial and mining complex fueling vast production of spaceships, rocket fuel…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Fermi Paradox: Could Technology Develop Without Fire
Fire is often considered the foundation of human technology, but there may be many worlds on which it would not be likely to practical, such an ocean planets…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Conspiratorial Aliens
Alien Conspiracy theories are too numerous to count, but are they simply being paranoid about UFOs or might aliens be conspiring against us? Alternatively…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Time Travel
Is time travel possible, and if it is, what sort of civilizations would result? We'll explore the science that might permit it as well as the classic science…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Interstellar Civilizations and Time
As we pioneer our way out from Earth to other planets and eventual the stars, our concept of time will change in more ways than just different calendars. We'll…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Space Pirates
Space Piracy is a classic theme of science fiction, but is there chance we'll see it in the future? We'll examine how it might develop in the next century…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Paranoid Aliens
We often accuse people of being paranoid about extraterrestrials, flying saucers, and UFOs - but what if it's the aliens who are paranoid? Watch the video…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Accessing Earth's Core
All of our civilization exists only a thin layer of Earth's surface, and our deepest mines barely scratch our planet. We often talk about finding new mineral…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Welcome to the Galactic Community!
We often wonder how we might first meet extraterrestrials, picturing flying saucers and UFOs landing and aliens emerging asking to be taken to our leader - but…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Gods & Monsters: Space As Lovecraft Envisioned It
H.P. Lovecraft is known as the father of the Cosmic Horror genre of fiction. The creator of Cthulhu and many other terrifying dark gods in his novels paints a…
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The Fermi Paradox: Late Filters
The Fermi Paradox asks why we don't see any alien civilizations with our SETI efforts. The Late Filters are common solution suggested, that intelligent species…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
AI Aliens
We often consider interacting with Aliens and Robots in the future, but what about Alien Robots? Today we'll ask what artificial intelligence created by aliens…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Spaceship Design
From the most basic rockets to future ships designed for interstellar or even intergalactic flight, spaceship design is all about mission purpose, available…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Cybersecurity
Every age produces new wonders and new challenges, and for the information age one of those is cybersecurity. We'll attempt to demystify the topic and explain…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
The Fermi Paradox: Rare Technology
The Fermi Paradox, the big question of where all the aliens are, has many proposed solutions focusing on what might lower the odds of intelligent species…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
SFIA Monthly Livestream 13 - October 27, 2019
October 27, 2019 livestream Q&A Watch the Video Playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4RcR2ium…bjtlsLaqDwXQiR4mu Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us…
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Mind-Machine Interfaces
The ability to link mind and machine has long been the realm of science fiction, but now improvements in our understanding may allow us to network brain to…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect is the principle that notes that even the smallest actions can have sweeping effects on everything in the long term. Today we'll look at…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
High Tech Search And Rescue
When people get lost, stranded, or stuck in dangerous situations, we go and rescue them. Today we'll look at what new dangers may face us in the future and…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Civilizations At The End Of Time Series Introduction
An Introduction to SFIA's Civilizations at the End of Time series, looking at how we might go about surviving the end of the world, the end of all stars, and…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Winter On Venus
Venus is a desolate scorching world on which no life can exist. Yet if it can be cooled down, there is no other planet we know of more suitable for…
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Generation Ships Series Introduction
An introduction and background on SFIA's Generation Ships & Interstellar Colonization Series See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California…
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Spacesuits
There's many dangerous places on Earth, and everywhere off Earth is downright lethal, from the emptiness of space to the airless and radiation soaked Moon to…