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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
What 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 Arthur
Multi-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 Arthur
Programmable & 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 Arthur
SFIA 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!…
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Moon: 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 Arthur
Covert 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 Arthur
Synthetic 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…
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The 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…
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Nuclear 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…
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SFIA 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 Arthur
Oceans 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…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Super-Earths
As we find more and more exoplanets, we glimpse enormous "Super Earths" worlds more massive than our own. Could these harbor life and would we be able to…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
The Fermi Paradox: Imprisoned Planets
Getting into space is difficult, but it may be that other worlds have even harder times at it than we do, imprisoned by orbital debris, high gravity, or even…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Kessler Syndrom Planets
Kessler Syndrome is a scenario in which a cascade of orbital collisions could render low orbit a wasteland of dangerous debris. Will it happen to us, and what…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
The Future Of Solar Power
Solar power has been promised for decades as bringing us a bright future, and at last is beginning to see widespread use. What new innovations and…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
SFIA Monthly Livestream 39 - January 30, 2022
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for January 2022 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Media…
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Nuclear Terraforming: Using Nukes to Bring Life to Mars
In the Future, we may use nuclear bombs to help turn dead worlds into living ones, in this episode we'll discuss several different methods of atomic…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Civilizations at the End of Time: The Big Rip
Current science and cosmology tell us the Universe will slowly die and ebb away countless trillions of trillions of years from now, but another model - the Big…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Telepathy
Telepathy and other psychic abilities have often been investigated by science, but could the future offer humanity such talents, and is science they key to…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Hibernating Aliens
One explanation for the Fermi Paradox is that aliens may be undetected because they slumber, quietly hidden away in the galaxy. But how and why might such…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
The New Dawn: The Orion Project Spaceship Revitalized
Before we landed on the Moon, in the early days of the Cold War, Project Orion contemplated using Nuclear Bombs to power spaceships to new worlds and stars…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Challenges & Predicitons For The Next 100 Years
Every year has new challenges, every generation faces its own unique crises, and as we move into the New Year, we will look at the challenges facing us in the…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 38 - December 26, 2021
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for December 2021 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Media…
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Escaping The Galaxy
One day humanity might find itself competition on the galactic stage, and need to flee aliens, artificial intelligence, or even other humans. How could the…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Colonizing Space Staking & Jumping Claims
In the future we may settle the moon, asteroid, planets, and even other stars - but how do pioneers stake claims in space and what keeps other from jumping…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
The Fermi Paradox: Digital Empires & Miniaturization
Many believe the future of humanity is to go Digital, uploading our minds to computers, living in virtual worlds that are vastly more efficient and compact. If…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 37 - November 28, 2021
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for November 2021 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Media…
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How Colonizing Space Can Save Earth
Many believe we need to colonize space to get all of our eggs out of one basket, in case something should happen to Earth, but colonizing space might be the…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Belligerent Aliens
Many feel Humanity walks a thin line between needing ambition to develop and being so aggressive we destroy ourselves. Could aliens civilizations exist that…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Folding Space
To travel to the stars by Folding Space is a method of space travel seen in many science fiction classics like Dune, but could it be possible under known…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Solar System Colonization Strategies
Whether its pioneering spirit and an urge to explore or a chance to make a fortune or new life out in space, colonization of our solar system may pursue many…
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Spaceports: Ascending To The Stars
For centuries we've sailed from ports across the deep blue sea, and to sail into the ocean of the night to new worlds and stars, we will need some Space Ports…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 36 - Halloween, October 31, 2021
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for Halloween 2021 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Media…
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Criminal AI
Artificial Intelligence offers many challenges, including criminals using AI to break the law, but also of AI, robots, and androids becoming criminals…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Convergent Evolution
Science Fiction often shows us aliens who look much like humans, and suggest this is a result of convergent evolution to useful traits. But is such convergence…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Sentient Planets & World Consciousnesses
We often imagine that our planet might be a sentient entity - Gaia - but could something like this evolve under known science? And might a conscious world be…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
The Future Of Farming
Advances in farming have let us feed billions. The future of agriculture offers many more innovations in robotics, hydroponics, aquaponics, aeroponics…
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Standing Out In A Civilization Of Trillions
Many folks feel like their voice is lost in a sea of countless millions. It's hard enough to stand out in the modern world, but how does one stand out in a…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 35 - September 26, 2021
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for September 2021 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Media…
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The Fermi Paradox: Hidden Alien Civilizations
The Universe seems empty of alien civilizations, but could they simply be hiding, and if so, how would they do so? Watch the Video Version…
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Megastructure Death
Megastructures of the future may range in size from cities to entire galaxies, and must be built to withstand damage and time, but how is this done and what…
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Stealth Spaceships
Science fiction is full of stealthy spaceships able to cloak or hide from detection, but will stealth ships be possible in the future? Subscribe for free to…
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Human-Machine Teaming
Teaming up with the machines we’ve designed and created has boosted our production and let us attempt things we never could have before, but as Artificial…
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The Future Of Thorium
Thorium is often suggested as the basis for new, better, and safer nuclear reactors, but is this true, and why? Visit our sponsor, Brilliant…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 34 - August 29, 2021
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for August 2021 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Media…
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The Edge Of The Universe
The Universe is immense. Does it have an edge out beyond the Cosmological Event Horizon? Or in time, before the Big Bang? Or in higher dimensions like…
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Fusion Propulsion
Fusion is the power of the stars, and if we can master it, we will be able to send our spaceships to others stars. Visit our sponsor, Brilliant…
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Aliens Artifacts & Xenoarcheology
A popular concept in science fiction is uncovering ancient alien artifacts, but if we encounter these extraterrestrial relics in the future, how should we…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
The Next Space Station
The International Space Station has been operating for almost two decades, but a successor for the ISS hasn't been chosen yet. Today we will look at some of…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Embracing Nuclear Power
Nuclear power is a controversial source of energy, seen by some as a miracle source of clean and abundant power, and by others as a source of radioactive waste…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
The Galactic Laboratory
We often contemplate future civilizations focusing on science and exploration, but what would such a culture really be like, and could alien empires being…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 33 - July 25, 2021
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for July 2021 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Media…
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The End Of Earth
The End of the World is coming... but when and how? We'll explore all the options from manmade to natural, tomorrow to a trillion years in the future. Visit…
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Mars First vs Moon First
There's a great debate over whether our next step into space should be a permanent Moon Base or our first manned mission to Mars. Get a free month of Curiosity…
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Annoying Aliens
Fictional portrayals of alien invasion or reports of alien sightings and abductions often imply motives which on inspection make little sense... unless perhaps…
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The Geopolitics Of Space Colonization
A new Space Race has begun, and as governments and corporations begin seeking to develop space, the future political landscape will be impacted by asteroids…
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Galactic Domination: Strip Mining The Galaxy
From Asteroid Mining to disassembling entire alien planets all the way out to the Galactic Rim, our galaxy has untold resources, but how can we get to them and…
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Faster Than Light Travel: Cheating Reality
So many of hopes and dreams for colonizing space rely on faster than light travel, and yet the ability to move between stars in moment seems against the laws…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 32 - June 27, 2021
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for June 2021 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Media…
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Brain-Computer Interfaces
BCIs, Brain-Computer Interfaces, are no longer the technology of the future but of today. As this these devices improve and move from the lab to humans, what…