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What The If?

Learn how to think like EINSTEIN! Every week we learn science running imaginative thought experiments. Our brilliant guests are some of the world’s greatest science fiction writers, scientists & science communicators. Leap into a journey to answer the most fascinating question in the universe: What The IF?

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56 - CRUSHED Or BROILED - Choose Your Fate At The...

What The If? ·

2018/08/20

WTiF we survive EXTREME GLOBAL WARMING by living inside nice, chilly AIR CONDITIONED DOMES? But the heating up of our planet won't stop! The BBQ is just getting started, join us!

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00:37:55

55 - Standing On A SIZZLING Earth - Ultra Fast...

What The If? ·

2018/08/13

WHY WAIT decades and decades for us to get HOT? What The IF we sped up CLIMATE CHANGE so we could see it happening before our eyes, and under our feet? This week, we put more EFFECT into the GREENHOUSE EFFECT! Oh, lordy, it's gettin' hot in here! Be cool... click and listen to this SIZZLING hot episode.

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00:49:09

54 - BACTERIA Have Sent You A FRIEND REQUEST!

What The If? ·

2018/08/06

Scientists have discovered a snail that NEVER NEEDS TO EAT because it grows a humongous, self sustaining BACTERIAL FOOD FACTORY in it's gut. What the IF you could do that, too? The MANY FACES and USES of BACTERIA, this week on What The IF! Oh, and yeah... that's sooooo icky!!!! But also kinda cool. ICKY COOL!

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00:43:17

53 - Honey, I Shrunk The UNIVERSE!

What The If? ·

2018/07/31

We shrunk the universe down to the size of a football field. We also shrunk your dorm room. And it's Friday night. Things are about to get downright WTiF! Put on your lampshade and let's party!

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00:47:10

52 - Is Earth A BOSS LEVEL, Or Just A LOOT BOX?

What The If? ·

2018/07/24

Are you enjoying your life in this SIMULATION we call... Earth? Is it a simulation? How would we know? Last week we began to ponder the mystery... and this week we set out... using REAL SCIENCE... to HACK it! Join us as we try to figure out how to FIND THE SEAMS and contact our DIGITAL OVERLORDS. We'll try anyway!

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00:50:52

51 - Do We LIVE In A VIDEO GAME?

What The If? ·

2018/07/17

Elon Musk asked something many of us have wondered (while in various states of sobriety)... "Do we live in a SIMULATION?" Well, we figured if we dooooooo live in a simulation, maybe it's a REALITY TV SHOW or, much more fun, maybe it's a VIDEO GAME? How, how, how, might SCIENCE try to answer this question? Insert your quarter, hit play, and READY IFFER ONE!

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00:40:57

50 - DARK SIDE Of The EARTH

What The If? ·

2018/07/14

WTiF the Earth was STUCK with ONE side always facing the Sun? Is there a battle between the DARK SIDE and the LIGHT? Are you a NIGHT person or a MORNING person? Join us and find just the right spot for you as we explore the SCIENCE behind a tidally locked planet.

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00:52:11

49 - OUMUAMAUA Has It's Eyes On YOU

What The If? ·

2018/07/03

49 - OUMUAMAUA Has It's Eyes On YOU by Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle Paniccia

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00:45:33

48 - The Girl Scouts Make A STARGATE

What The If? ·

2018/06/27

48 - The Girl Scouts Make A STARGATE by Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle Paniccia

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00:30:13

47 - The Early Bird Gets The WORMHOLE

What The If? ·

2018/06/20

47 - The Early Bird Gets The WORMHOLE by Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle Paniccia

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01:02:01

46 - WTiF There's ANIMALS On MARS? Cute Ones!

What The If? ·

2018/06/11

46 - WTiF There's ANIMALS On MARS? Cute Ones! by Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle Paniccia

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00:50:18

45 - The Plato Has Landed

What The If? ·

2018/06/07

(Apologies if you heard this episode earlier, it was accidentally uploaded last week for a brief time. Still... it's a fun one! Enjoy.)

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00:12:30

44b - Bonus! - LOSING THE NOBEL PRIZE - Astronomer...

What The If? ·

2018/05/29

Professor Brian Keating is an astrophysicist with UC San Diego’s Department of Physics. He and his team develop telescopes to study the Big Bang. He is the author of over 100 scientific publications and holds two U.S.Patents. He received the 2007 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers at the White House from President Bush for a telescope he invented and deployed at the U.S. South Pole Research Station called “BICEP". Professor Keating became a Fellow of the American Physical

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00:30:50

44a - Journey To The CENTER OF THE GALAXY - With...

What The If? ·

2018/05/29

Professor Brian Keating is an astrophysicist with UC San Diego’s Department of Physics. He and his team develop telescopes to study the Big Bang. He is the author of over 100 scientific publications and holds two U.S.Patents. He received the 2007 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers at the White House from President Bush for a telescope he invented and deployed at the U.S. South Pole Research Station called “BICEP". Professor Keating became a Fellow of the American Physical

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00:39:34

43 - The World According To Greek Weirdos

What The If? ·

2018/05/23

43 - The World According To Greek Weirdos by Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle Paniccia

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00:43:35

42 - SuperMegaUltraHyperConnectedWORLD!

What The If? ·

2018/05/16

42 - SuperMegaUltraHyperConnectedWORLD! by Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle Paniccia

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00:50:58

41 - M.I.T., The Mysterious Inter-Terrestrial

What The If? ·

2018/05/08

41 - M.I.T., The Mysterious Inter-Terrestrial by Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle Paniccia

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00:43:29

40 - DON'T FLIP OFF THE FRICTION

What The If? ·

2018/05/02

Professor Matt returns to the WTIF Studios to drop some knowledge on all the questions and imaginary scenarios we generated in our last episode when we... whoops!... turned off all the FRICTION in the universe. Snap on your seatbelts and put on your helmet because we're joining the greatest lover of friction ever: Evil Kenevil for a high flyin' episode of big, big IF's!

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00:37:53

39 - Slip Slidin' Away!

What The If? ·

2018/04/20

Did you ever try ice skating? Did you fall, or did you fly??? This week, Philip flips the friction switch! What if we could TURN OFF FRICTION all across the universe? A slip sliding world like we've never seen before! Slap on your slippers and strap on your safety helmet, here we go, go, goooooooooo...!!!!

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00:43:53

38 - KILLER CLUTTER OF QUANTA!

What The If? ·

2018/04/14

Super fan and fellow IFFER Eric is desperate to de-clutter his apartment and, gosh darnit, no matter how much he piles things together, the dagnabbit things don't get smaller... THE UNIVERSE REFUSES TO BE DECLUTTERED! Or... Does it? MAGIC MATT, aka Professor Matt Stanley, Chief Wizard of the IFFERS has a solution! Maybe. Click and listen... And find out if The Power (!!!) of Quantum Mechanics can help Eric turn his apartment from pigpen to Zen!

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