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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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00:26:13

The Space Habitat Diaspora – Humanity Spreads Without...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/04/02

Humanity may not colonize planets—we may build our own worlds. Explore how rotating space habitats could spread across the Solar System and beyond, forming a vast diaspora of artificial worlds that reshape civilization and interstellar expansion.

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00:33:48

The End of Science (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/31

Is science nearing its limits? We explore whether humanity could ever run out of discoveries—or if the universe guarantees endless questions, deeper mysteries, and new frontiers forever.

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00:34:10

The End of Science

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/31

Is science nearing its limits? We explore whether humanity could ever run out of discoveries—or if the universe guarantees endless questions, deeper mysteries, and new frontiers forever.

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03:42:39

Civilizations at the End of Time - How Intelligence...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/28

How advanced civilizations survive extinction, preserve themselves, and rise again after cosmic collapse.

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03:40:36

Civilizations at the End of Time - How Intelligence...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/28

How advanced civilizations survive extinction, preserve themselves, and rise again after cosmic collapse.

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00:28:11

Biohacks & Brain Mods - The Coming Age of Implant...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/26

Biohacks and brain implants are coming fast. From memory upgrades to neural meshes, how will implant culture reshape identity, economics, and civilization itself?

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00:28:36

Biohacks & Brain Mods - The Coming Age of Implant...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/26

Biohacks and brain implants are coming fast. From memory upgrades to neural meshes, how will implant culture reshape identity, economics, and civilization itself?

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00:25:06

Micro Planets: Building Artificial Worlds with Black...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/22

What if we built entire planets around tiny black holes? Explore engineered micro worlds, artificial gravity, and the future of compact megastructures.

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00:24:45

Micro Planets: Building Artificial Worlds with Black...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/22

What if we built entire planets around tiny black holes? Explore engineered micro worlds, artificial gravity, and the future of compact megastructures.

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00:30:42

Colonizing Brown Dwarfs – Life Around Failed Stars

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/19

Colonizing brown dwarfs: habitats, megastructures, and hidden homes around failed stars. Could these dim embers power civilizations for trillions of years?

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00:30:17

Colonizing Brown Dwarfs – Life Around Failed Stars...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/19

Colonizing brown dwarfs: habitats, megastructures, and hidden homes around failed stars. Could these dim embers power civilizations for trillions of years?

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00:25:26

Beyond Rockets - 100 Years of Rocketry and What Comes...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/15

From Goddard’s first rocket to space elevators and mass drivers, we explore 100 years of rocketry—and the launch technologies that could carry humanity beyond rockets.

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00:28:36

What Happens When AI Runs the Entire Economy?

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/12

What happens when AI controls prices, jobs, markets, and growth itself? Explore the future of an economy run by machines—and what it means for work, power, and humanity.

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00:28:13

What Happens When AI Runs the Entire Economy?...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/12

What happens when AI controls prices, jobs, markets, and growth itself? Explore the future of an economy run by machines—and what it means for work, power, and humanity.

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00:32:00

Boron-Based Life – Aliens of the Crystal Deserts...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/10

What if alien life isn’t carbon at all? Imagine crystal organisms growing across deserts, powered by lightning and forming vast mineral ecosystems. Could boron-based life exist somewhere in the universe—and even evolve intelligence?

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00:32:25

Boron-Based Life – Aliens of the Crystal Deserts

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/10

What if alien life isn’t carbon at all? Imagine crystal organisms growing across deserts, powered by lightning and forming vast mineral ecosystems. Could boron-based life exist somewhere in the universe—and even evolve intelligence?

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00:26:37

Post-Scarcity Black Markets (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/08

In a post-scarcity civilization where material needs are met, black markets don’t vanish—they evolve. Explore why scarcity shifts to identity, risk, privacy, and desire.

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00:24:23

Interstellar City States (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/05

Interstellar city-states may dominate future space travel, governing the laser highways that connect stars and shape galactic civilization.

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00:25:10

Interstellar City States

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/05

Interstellar city-states may dominate future space travel, governing the laser highways that connect stars and shape galactic civilization.

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00:24:52

Panspermia: Could Alien Comets Be Seeding Life...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/01

Could life on Earth have arrived from space? Explore panspermia, alien comets, and how life might spread across the galaxy.

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