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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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00:37:00

Damaged Spacecraft & Shipwrecked Saucers (Narration...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/10/27

Spaceships getting damaged or crashing is common story in science fiction but it's also terrifyingly common with real spaceships. So what do we if our spaceship gets damaged?

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00:37:54

Damaged Spacecraft & Shipwrecked Saucers

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/10/27

Spaceships getting damaged or crashing is common story in science fiction but it's also terrifyingly common with real spaceships. So what do we if our spaceship gets damaged?

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00:38:11

Your Own Personal Spaceship

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/10/20

Many of us dream of one day owning our on spacecraft, of traveling to space and other worlds when we choose to. What technologies must the future deliver to make this dream a reality?

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00:37:24

Your Own Personal Spaceship (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/10/20

Many of us dream of one day owning our on spacecraft, of traveling to space and other worlds when we choose to. What technologies must the future deliver to make this dream a reality?

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00:29:34

Alien Environments (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/10/16

Among the uncounted stars in this Universe there may be unnumbered strange new worlds, many of which may have environments unlike anything we've ever imagined.

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00:30:20

Alien Environments

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/10/16

Among the uncounted stars in this Universe there may be unnumbered strange new worlds, many of which may have environments unlike anything we've ever imagined.

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00:25:25

What Happens If We Can't Leave Earth? (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/10/13

One day our destiny may take us to the stars, but what happens if we find we are unable, or unwilling, to journey to new worlds, and remain only on Earth?

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00:26:11

What Happens If We Can't Leave Earth?

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/10/13

One day our destiny may take us to the stars, but what happens if we find we are unable, or unwilling, to journey to new worlds, and remain only on Earth?

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00:28:56

Colonizing Planetary Rings

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/10/06

Saturn's Moon Titan captures our attention as a future colony, but might the majestic rings of Saturn and other planetary rings be better places to transplant life, and could life arise naturally among those orbital icefields?

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00:28:18

Colonizing Planetary Rings (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/10/06

Saturn's Moon Titan captures our attention as a future colony, but might the majestic rings of Saturn and other planetary rings be better places to transplant life, and could life arise naturally among those orbital icefields?

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00:31:35

Grabby Aliens & The Fermi Paradox (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/09/29

The new Grabby Aliens model proposes that the Universe may already contain several thousand immense alien empires... and that we may soon be one of them.

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00:32:25

Grabby Aliens & The Fermi Paradox

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/09/29

The new Grabby Aliens model proposes that the Universe may already contain several thousand immense alien empires... and that we may soon be one of them.

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01:03:59

SFIA Monthly Livestream 47 - September 25, 2022

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/09/26

Our monthly livestream Q&A session for Sunday, September 25, 2022, where we take questions live from the audience.

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00:36:04

Post Science Civilizations

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/09/22

For centuries now science has unlocked ever more mysteries, but could we one day run out of discoveries or abandon further research?

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00:35:27

Post Science Civilizations (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/09/22

For centuries now science has unlocked ever more mysteries, but could we one day run out of discoveries or abandon further research?

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00:37:44

Barriers to Becoming a Kardashev Civilization...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/09/15

Kardashev Civilizations are beyond immense, with even the first tier of them making any modern nation look miniscule, and there are many barriers to becoming one.

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00:38:17

Barriers to Becoming a Kardashev Civilization

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/09/15

Kardashev Civilizations are beyond immense, with even the first tier of them making any modern nation look miniscule, and there are many barriers to becoming one.

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00:35:27

Alien Impostors & Doppelgangers

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/09/11

The idea that some mimic might steal your identity and replace you, or takeover your mind, is terrifying. But could we encounter aliens that were able to do this?

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00:34:38

Alien Impostors & Doppelgangers (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/09/11

The idea that some mimic might steal your identity and replace you, or takeover your mind, is terrifying. But could we encounter aliens that were able to do this?

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00:32:50

Tethered Ring Space Launchers (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2022/09/08

To get into space in a big way we need to be able to move vast amounts of people and cargo to space at a fraction of modern costs; tethered rings offer a potentially practical path to do that using only modern technology.

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