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Science Faction Podcast

Devon Craft and Steven Domingues and Benjamin Daniel Lawless

A science and science fiction based podcast hosted by two high school friends, and two college friends. Listen and learn and geek out. In this podcast, science meets fact, meets fiction.

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01:19:35

Episode 413: Finger Clickin' Good

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2022/08/10

This episode contains: A 9 year old trash-talked Ben's Mario Kart skills. Steven went to a climbing gym with his daughter and he's still alive! The auto-belay is an awesome piece of rock climbing tech. Belaying is just Batman-ing in reverse. Mechanical advantage: A 'nano-robot' built entirely from DNA to explore cell processes. Did Yoda write this article? How cool is DNA? It's the coolest. 1 piconewton is a trillionth of a Newton: the force of a finger clicking a pen. Steven can't find a clicky pen

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01:29:48

Episode 412: The Future We're Fighting For

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2022/08/03

This episode contains: Steven and Ben rule supreme this episode. Ben walks us through birthday twins and Steven talks about rolling 2D6, whatever that means. Ben also talks about some games he's been playing while recoving from some very minor surgery. Oh and we look at some Webb telescope images and compare them to Hubble. https://www.webbcompare.com/index.html Oh god, oh god why?!: Researchers turn dead spiders into 'necrobotic' grippers. Spiders don't have bones and muscles, but hydraulics and

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01:13:38

Episode 411: Know Your Ions

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2022/07/28

This episode contains: Steven and Devon have been playing D&D. Ben’s son has discovered his love for the ocean. Devon is home alone and is dealing with a multi-week long ear infection. We discuss the Google researcher who was fired for claiming Google has achieved AI. https://www.engadget.com/blake-lemoide-fired-google-lamda-sentient-001746197.html Robot Overlords: Robot dog learns to walk in one hour. Like a newborn animal, a four-legged robot stumbles around during its first walking attempts. But

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01:03:47

Episode 410: The San Francisco of Tennessee

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2022/07/21

This episode contains: Asheville, NC is called The San Francisco of Tennessee. Devon ventures into the Biggest Bass Pro Shop, a pyramid in Memphis. Steven isn't going if there's no LEGO store. Ben's kid and Steven's kid are both going to the same summer camp. AWKWARD. Ben got a wetsuit and has been boogie boarding, lots of happy endorphins. Steven doesn't get a "runner's high." He gets cranky, tired and angry. DO NOT SWIM IN THE ALGAL BLOOM. Do NOT let your kid play in it! Maybe today you could put

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01:12:50

Episode 409: The New Old Days

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2022/07/14

This episode contains: Join Steven and Ben this week but not Devon, who is on vacation. We chat a bit about dad stuff and video games w/ the kids. Steven has gotten back into 3D printing. Ben wants a better way to sort his games on Humble Bundle. Never Swallow the Dentic: Shapeshifting microrobots can brush and floss teeth. We chat about magnetic fields to direct the motion of a robotic microswarm. Then we detour and talk about our own dental hygene and health.

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01:09:16

Episode 408: ER was a Show about an Ice Cream Truck

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2022/07/07

This episode contains: Best friend of the show Matt was mauled by a dog, so Ben took him to the ER. A WILD STORY. "They don't give ice cream in the ER?" asks Devon. Shout out to team "Dad Bod" on season 2 of Floor Is Lava. Get new shirts guys. There are no words: People are getting explosive gastroenteritis at the Grand Canyon. Amazing story full of poop jokes about the Grand Canyon by Beth Mole for Ars Technica. Thanks for the chuckles and the coverage of norovirus, Beth! Turns out if you vomit at

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01:04:51

Episode 407: Time Dilation and Beyond

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2022/06/29

This episode contains: We get together on a Sunday to discuss how our weekends are going. Devon had a pool party and Ben is sick. Steven celebrated his kid’s birthday. Anyway, science: Big Fish, Small Pond: New bacterium roughly the size, shape of an eyelash smashes size record. The discovery greatly expands the scope of known microbial diversity. https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/06/new-bacterium-roughly-the-size-shape-of-an-eyelash-smashes-size-record/ This Week In Space: Scientists release

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01:27:19

Episode 406: It's No Top Gun 2

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2022/06/23

This episode contains: We have a full on dadcast this week. We talk about our respective Father's Days and then Ben talks about linux for a while. You know that old friend who always got you in trouble...: The ghost of Internet Explorer will haunt the web for years. Internet Explorer is finally retired. We talk about why it stuck around for so long, and how it's maiming the internet. https://www.wired.com/story/internet-explorer-dead-security-risks/ This Week in Space: NASA Insists All Is Well as

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01:27:16

Episode 405: Do You Like Peanut Butter?

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2022/06/15

This episode contains: Extra Super Special Guest Tim Barnes joins Ben and Steven this episode. While he's here to push his new show Maurice on Mars on Comedy Central, we talk about a ton of stuff he's done, like writing for Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, the new All That on Nickelodeon and also Warped! (Not to mention his podcast Yub Nub where he talks Star Wars with his co-hosts.) Lend Me Some Sugar, I Am Your Neighbor: NASA plans to get Ingenuity through the Martian winter. We talk about just

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01:27:18

Episode 404: It's Like D-BOX For Your Car

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2022/06/11

This episode cotnains: We make episode 404 and didn't make a FILE NOT FOUND joke. FAIL. Ben finds podracing engines at an airplane museum. A new droid in Galaxy's Edge!? Steven's got the scoop on the C units. Did you know Chopper was cursing a bunch in Star Wars Rebels? Check out the newest ice cream flavor: The Wrath of P'Khan! In the immortal words of Outkast: What’s cooler than being cool? Researchers Made Ultracold Quantum Bubbles on the Space Station. Scientists have produced tiny bubbles of

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01:10:20

Episode 403: It's Always Midnight Somewhere

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2022/06/01

This episode contains: All three amigos are present this episode. Devon talks about his birthday, and Ben and Steven had a BBQ. Welcome to summer, I guess. Welcome to the Desert of the Real: Haptics Device Creates Realistic Virtual Textures. USC Viterbi computer scientists have created a user-driven haptics method. We talk about potential uses. https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2022/05/virtual-textures-i-cant-believe-its-not-wood/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220521093332.htm A

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01:16:27

Episode 402: Vaccines, Vermin and Vasectomies

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2022/05/25

This episode contains: This week we have the entire gang together recording on a Saturday night. Devon is recording form a thunder storm, Ben is drinking Liquid Death, and Steven has to step away to deal with kids. Science: We plan on doing science but get totally side tracked with Ben’s attempt to get another Covid vaccine booster. This turns into a conversation of the state of the pandemic in general. Science Fiction: Ben tells us about the trailer for season 3 of The Umbrella Academy. Steven has

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01:02:38

Episode 401: Doctor Strange New Worlds

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2022/05/19

This episode contains: We record in the daytime for the first time ever, except for the last time. Do Texans eat lunch at 3 in the afternoon? We ask Devon. He never answers. How much do we love brisket tacos? We drink more Liquid Death: Berry It Alive and Mango Chainsaw. So good. Steven doesn't want to drink water that tastes like farts. Fly Me to the Moon: Plants will grow in lunar regolith, but they don't like it. Steven and Ben both picked the same science news to share this week. Lucky pick

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01:30:22

Episode 400: It's A Shared Universe, Get With It

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2022/05/11

Alternate title: LET'S GO!!!! This episode contains: Ben wrote his mother a poem for Mother's Day and he shares with us. Have your tissues handy. Steven went to Hawaii and only had a moderatly good time. No tears for him. Ben gives us an update on the xenoplantation we reported on a few weeks back. https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/6/23060519/pig-virus-heart-transplant-xenotransplantation Gas On The Moon: Lunar soil has the potential to generate oxygen and fuel. Chinese scientists are designing a

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01:25:02

Episode 399: Good. Goooood.

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2022/05/05

This episode contains: The three of us are here and ready to talk Star Wars. Mostly about how it has failed. But we eventually get positive. We get onto the science pretty quick so we can discuss the Wars of the Stars! I Wanna’ Fly Away, Yeah, Yeah…: Drones have transformed blood delivery in Rwanda. The autonomous aircraft have shuttled blood to rural, mountainous areas for years. A new analysis proves they’re faster than driving.

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01:12:15

Episode 398: Violent Sound Bubble

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2022/04/27

This episode contains: Ben hangs up on Steven in this week's Patreon-only content. We have almost 36 minutes extra in this week's unedited ep. https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-398-65566625 Ben is allegedly a good kisser. Steven has some "smelly cat" going from his cold. Steven got a new iPad Air. Wanna know why? He's gonna rewatch The Batman! Ben has been looking for what is leaking in his kitchen for 8 YEARS, and gets sciencesplained by a plumber. Good music noises: Dun dun dunna dun dunna

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01:09:51

Episode 397: Worth Looking Into

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2022/04/20

This episode contains: We talk about sick kids, the easter, LIQUID DEATH, house destruction and possibly starting a proof-reading podcast. Let's Go Fly a Kite: Could high-flying kites power your home? We chat about how kites wind power works and how it possibly couldn't work. Future power solutions are on the way and we are extremely excited. https://knowablemagazine.org/article/technology/2022/could-high-flying-kites-power-your-home https://skysails-power.com/ I Thought It Wasn't Real, But It

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01:02:34

Episode 396: Everything Is Nonsense

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2022/04/13

On this episode: We have a full house: Steven, Ben and Devon. Ben and Devon played some Walkabout Mini-Golf. Steven has been dealing with sick kids. Devon has been spending time alone and building fire pits. Ben does his laundry… Biology, Something, Something: Researchers generate the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome. Scientists have published the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, two decades after the Human Genome Project produced the first draft human genome

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01:13:13

Episode 395: Get Good, Noob

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2022/04/06

This Episode Contains: In the Patreon-only pre-show, does Ben have mono? In Texas, Devon's got pollen covering his black truck. It's now YELLOW! Steven ordered the Lego Delorean, the last Lego he buys for a long time. Dream Theater just won their first Grammy! ROCK ON! If you liked it, then you should've put a ring on it: The Long Goodbye to Saturn's Rings. Ben doesn't want to be alarmist, but Saturn's rings are going bye-bye. They are being vaporized over the course of the next 300M years. Imagine:

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