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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.

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00:39:46

Paradise Planets

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/06/16

As we reach out to the stars and settle other worlds, could we find or create ones even better for humanity than Earth?

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00:28:46

Oceanic Moons (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/06/13

The galaxy has many stars orbited by many planets, and many of these are orbited by immense icy moons, but could others have oceans on their surface, or even life?

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00:36:12

The Fermi Paradox: Timebombs

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/06/06

Many fear future technologies may doom our civilization, but could the pursuit of technology, and civilization itself, be what dooms humanity?

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00:35:42

The Fermi Paradox: Timebombs (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/06/06

Many fear future technologies may doom our civilization, but could the pursuit of technology, and civilization itself, be what dooms humanity?

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00:28:09

Jobs In Space

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/06/02

We all dream of a future in space, but it will take a lot of work to get there and more to make it a place we can visit and live. Of course, where there’s work to be done, there’s jobs to be had.

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00:29:11

Jobs In Space (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/06/02

We all dream of a future in space, but it will take a lot of work to get there and more to make it a place we can visit and live. Of course, where there’s work to be done, there’s jobs to be had.

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00:31:47

Colonizing Ganymede

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/05/30

Ganymede is an enormous moon, larger than any other we’ve found, including our own, and may one day be the centerpiece of wider human settlements around Jupiter.

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00:31:12

Colonizing Ganymede (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/05/30

Ganymede is an enormous moon, larger than any other we’ve found, including our own, and may one day be the centerpiece of wider human settlements around Jupiter.

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00:26:14

Space Freighters, Cargos & Crews (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/05/26

One day we may settle thousands of planets and trade between them, but what would a space freighter be like, who would crew them, and what would they carry?

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00:26:52

Space Freighters, Cargos & Crews

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/05/26

One day we may settle thousands of planets and trade between them, but what would a space freighter be like, who would crew them, and what would they carry?

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00:36:49

Alternative Intelligence: The Other A.I. (Narration...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/05/23

We think very highly of the human brain, after all, it's what lets us think about anything in the first place, but Nature is vast, and our primate brains are not the end-all and be-all of neural engineering.

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00:32:24

Cosmic Capitals (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/05/16

One day our civilization may settle our whole galaxy, with mighty star empires consisting of millions if not billions of worlds, but what would the centers of such empires be like?

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00:36:59

Alien Embassies (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/05/12

We often imagine encountering many alien civilizations, and establishing trade and relationships with them, but what would being an alien ambassador be like?

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00:44:12

The Fermi Paradox: Interdiction (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/05/09

We often look out into the galaxy and wonder where all the civilizations are, but could it be that we don't see them because they have all chosen to exist in fortress star systems, surrounded by despoiled deserts of their own making?

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00:33:59

The Banks Orbital: God’s Bracelet (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/05/02

The Banks Orbital is a ring-shaped Space Habitat over a million miles across with hundreds of times more living area than the entire Earth.

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00:29:12

Colonization & Habitability Of Binary Star Systems...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/04/28

There are billion of binary star systems in our galaxy, including many of those stars closest to us. Can such systems host life, and what would it be like to live under two suns?

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00:27:41

Colonizing White Dwarfs (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/04/25

Stars give warmth and light to planets and make life possible, until they run out of fuel and die themselves, but could these dead stars still enable life to dwell around them?

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00:26:16

Living In Lava Tubes

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/04/18

Beneath the surface of the Moon lie vast underground caverns, some of which are miles long and wider than football fields, and they may make for excellent settlement sites.

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00:25:45

Living In Lava Tubes (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/04/18

Beneath the surface of the Moon lie vast underground caverns, some of which are miles long and wider than football fields, and they may make for excellent settlement sites.

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00:35:19

Stargates (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/04/14

We are fascinated by portals between worlds, gateways between stars, wormholes through the fabric of reality, but could these be real, and if so, what would the civilizations using them be like?

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