Science Night
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Displaying all 8 Episode of Science Night with the tag “scifi”.
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Science & Seance: The Victorian Parlor
October 11th, 2023 | Season 3 | 44 mins 28 secs
burned over district, fox sisters, medium, parlor games, psychic, revivalism, science, scifi, seance, spiritualism, victorian era, victorian parlor
This week, as we head into the spooky season, the veil is beginning to thin, and we gather round the parlor table to summon the spirits, wherever they're at. That's right, we're talking about spiritualism and those wacky Victorians that came to count on mediums to help ease their grief.
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The Science of Science Fiction 2023: Presented by Indiana Sciences
September 6th, 2023 | Season 3 | 50 mins 57 secs
bethesda, fallout, gen con, portal, scicomm, science, science fiction, scifi, valve, video games
This week, we have the recording of our annual presentation of the science behind our favorite sci-fi franchises. This year we talked about two video games, Portal and Fallout. We got moon dust, super mutants, and of course a big helping of plasma. Be sure to check out our friends at Indiana Sciences (indianasciences.org) for more fun scicomm.
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Gen Con: The Science of SciFi
August 24th, 2022 | Season 3 | 41 mins 42 secs
ai, biology, epidemiology, evolution, fallout, fusion, games, gaming, mass effect, microbiology, parasites, physics, scicomm, science, scifi, ttrpg, video games
This week we have another special episode from our recent trip to Gen Con in Indianapolis, IN. This time, its some of the audio from both nights of the Science of SciFi panel presented by Indiana Sciences. First up, the Science Night crew talks about the science of the Mass Effect and Fallout series. In Night two, Dr. Bill Sullivan, Matt Sauers, and Rufus Cochran talk about parasites, physics-based traps, and AI. For the full audio and video from both nights make sure you head over to indianasciences.org.
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The 2022 May 4th Spectacular
May 4th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 29 mins
anatomy, biology, blaster, chewbacca, chlorophyll, death star, engineering, jabba the hutt, jedi, lightsaber, midichlorian, mitochondria, sand people, scicomm, science, scifi, sith, star wars, the force, tusken raider, wookie
It’s Star Wars Day and we’ve gathered a plucky team to talk about the science of this beloved saga. We have four great pieces of Star Wars scicomm covering lightsabers and blasters, languages, midichlorians, and Wookie anatomy, plus so much more. Don’t forget to checkout scinight.com for links to learn more about the topics we cover in this episode.
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The 2021 Science Night Halloween Spectacular!
October 29th, 2021 | Season 3 | 48 mins 27 secs
bill sullivan, disease, fiction, halloween, horror, monsters, non-fiction, porphyria, rabies, scary, scicomm, science, science fiction, scifi, spooky, toxoplasma gondii, toxplasmosis, vampires, werewolves, zombie, zombie apocalypse, zombies
Beware, dear listener, this episode of the Science Night podcast is much spookier than our typical offering. We begin our descent into the strange by talking about the scientific origins of the lore of our favorite monsters with special guest, Bill Sullivan. Later, the bravest among you can stay tuned for a dramatic reading of "Bit" from the twisted mind of Cody Sullivan, host of fellow Riverpower Podcast Mill show, Pulp: From Beyond the Veil.
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The Science of SciFi from Gen Con '21
September 18th, 2021 | Season 3 | 25 mins 10 secs
anthropology, big foot, biology, cryptid, cryptids, cryptozoology, geek, gen con, gencon, gritty, indianapolis, jersey devil, monster, nerd, science, science fiction, scifi, yeti, zoology
Here's a quick bonus episode brought to you by our friends at Indiana Sciences! James talked about cryptids for the 2021 Science of Science Fiction panel from Gen Con. If you want to hear more (and you definitely do) check out https://indianasciences.org/ to hear the rest.
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Zombification Featuring: Athena Aktipis
April 16th, 2021 | Season 2 | 54 mins 8 secs
athena aktipis, covid19, psychology, scicomm, science, scifi, zombie apocalypse, zombies, zombification
Is the zombie apocalypse really possible? Worse yet, has it already started? Dr. Athena Aktipis stopped by to answer these questions and more.
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The 2020 Science Night Halloween Spectacular
October 29th, 2020 | Season 1 | 53 mins 13 secs
body snatching, buried alive, death, edgar allan poe, grave robbing, halloween, horror, scicomm, science, science fiction, scifi, victorian
For the spookiest of seasons, we put together a special episode talking about death, body snatching, and being buried alive. Listen to the end for a dramatic reading of Edgar Allan Poe's "Premature Burial"