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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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00:43:21

Defending Earth

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/04/11

The galaxy is an immense and mysterious place we may one day explore and settle, but for now, we have only one planet, and the galaxy holds many dangers, so what can we do to defend Earth?

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00:42:45

Defending Earth (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/04/11

The galaxy is an immense and mysterious place we may one day explore and settle, but for now, we have only one planet, and the galaxy holds many dangers, so what can we do to defend Earth?

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00:37:14

The Fermi Paradox: The Cronus Scenarios (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/04/07

We often worry that the reason we hear nothing in our search for extraterrestrial intelligence is that travel to other stars is just too hard, but what if a civilization decides it’s just too dangerous to allow?

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00:37:50

The Fermi Paradox: The Cronus Scenarios

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/04/07

We often worry that the reason we hear nothing in our search for extraterrestrial intelligence is that travel to other stars is just too hard, but what if a civilization decides it’s just too dangerous to allow?

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00:32:42

Clean Energy From Space (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/04/04

Space offers a variety of clean and abundant sources of power, but how can we get them down to Earth? And which are safe and economical?

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00:32:24

Multi-Planetary Empires (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/03/31

One day humanity may settle countless worlds, but could any nation hope to govern multiple planets or even star systems?

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00:34:50

Kugelblitz Black Holes (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/03/28

Black Holes can swallow anything, even light, and small black holes made from light itself may offer us abundant clean energy and a pathway to the stars.

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00:32:26

The Fermi Paradox: Rare Complexity (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/03/21

Life is incredibly complicated, but for most of Earth’s history it was much simpler. Is it possible the Universe is full of planets with very simple life, and complex organisms are rare?

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00:50:59

Automated Justice (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/03/17

As ever more automation works its way into our legal system and courts, we must ask what challenges and advantages AI has in justice, and if AI will come to be our judge and jury.

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00:26:43

Settling Mars: Phobos And Deimos

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/03/14

The Red Planet beckons us toward it, and the day draws closer when humans will walk on its dusty surface, and the moons of Mars, Phobos & Deimos, may be our gateway to that future.

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00:26:08

Settling Mars: Phobos And Deimos (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/03/14

The Red Planet beckons us toward it, and the day draws closer when humans will walk on its dusty surface, and the moons of Mars, Phobos & Deimos, may be our gateway to that future.

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00:15:13

Alien Beer Is To Die For... (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/03/10

A look at the possible effects of alien food, drink, and microbes on us or our ecosystem.

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00:28:35

Is Terraforming Planets Ethical? (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/03/07

In the future we may be able to claim new worlds and forge them into paradises, but should we?

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00:29:27

Is Terraforming Planets Ethical?

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/03/07

In the future we may be able to claim new worlds and forge them into paradises, but should we?

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00:36:50

Primordial Planets

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/03/03

Our world is ancient, but the Universe is far older. What were those first planets like, and how soon can life emerge on new ones?

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00:36:17

Primordial Planets (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/03/03

Our world is ancient, but the Universe is far older. What were those first planets like, and how soon can life emerge on new ones?

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00:35:10

Life on an Interstellar Ark Ship (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/02/29

The vast gulfs between stars may take decades or even centuries to travel, requiring enormous generation ships carrying families and whole ecosystems with them. What will life be like on board such arks?

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00:28:56

Vacuum Trains

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/02/25

We often fly through thin air to get to places faster, but in the future we might travel through no air at all, even here under the sky.

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00:28:24

Vacuum Trains (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/02/25

We often fly through thin air to get to places faster, but in the future we might travel through no air at all, even here under the sky.

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00:29:48

Can We Terraform The Moon? (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/02/22

We have gazed upon the Moon with wonder since the dawn of humanity, and named its craters as seas, but could those become true seas one day?

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