Show overview
Science Faction Podcast launched in 2014 and has put out 11 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 2 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 8 min and 16 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Science show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 10.8 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2015, with 9 episodes published. Published by Science Faction.
From the publisher
A #podcast about unbelievable scientific discoveries. Told with only the 1000 most used words.
Latest Episodes
Chris Hadfield Promo
Chris Hadfield Promo by Startup podcast by two National Geographic Explorers
EPISODE 8 – The End!
"The End" of Science Faction has arrived! For our 8th and final show, hear from three great Canadian researchers, planetary scientist Dr. Alan Hildebrand, immunologist Dr. Matthew Miller, and climate champion Merran Smith, talk about three possible ways the world could end and how we can avoid TEOTWAWKI (a.k.a. the end of the world as we know it).
EPISODE 7 – Spider Silk Superpowers
Spidey senses tingling? This month on Science Faction, we learn about how spider silk can be used by humans in many strange and unexpected ways. We speak with Utah State University's Dr. Randy Lewis & BioArt Laboratories' Jalila Essaïdi about "Spider Silk Superpowers."
EPISODE 6 – I Look Like My Mom's Ex
Dr. Angela Crean from the University of New South Wales Australia tells the Science Faction team about her shocking experiments that reveal that a mom’s previous mating partner can influence the appearance of her future offspring, at least in flies. Join us this month for “I Look Like My Mom’s Ex”.
EPISODE 5 – Fish With Feet
This month on Science Faction we visit the laboratory of Dr. Emily Standen at the University of Ottawa to learn about fish that can walk. This story about present-day Polypterus fish walking is actually a story about our distant past & how it is that ancient fish gave rise to four-legged land animals, including us.
EPISODE 4 – Remaking Memory
Have you ever had a bad memory that you wanted to change into something better? This once impossibility is now possible, at least for mice, thanks to research led by Nobel laureate Dr. Susumu Tonegawa of the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics. Join us this month on Science Faction.
EPISODE 3 – Space Bursts
Strange radio bursts from deep outer space are the subject of this month’s Science Faction episode as we chat with astrophysicist Dr. Victoria Kaspi from McGill University about her team’s amazing discovery and speculate on some of the possible sources of these mysterious signals.
EPISODE 2 – Powered Plants
This episode brings us to the chemical engineering laboratory of Dr. Michael Strano of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where a group of scientists has developed a way to integrate microscopic technology into the leaves of plants, transforming them into the self-powered machines of the future.
EPISODE 1 – Fire Ant Physics
In this episode, the Science Faction team speaks with mechanical engineer and biologist Dr. David Hu from the Georgia Institute of Technology about the fascinating physics of fire ants and how these tiny creatures are inspiring new branches of robotics.
A Few Little Exceptions
An exception to every rule! Science Faction takes on the challenge of explaining difficult scientific concepts using only the 1000 most common words... well almost. Here are "A Few Little Exceptions" to our 1000-word rule.
Science Faction Teaser
Experience the first 21 seconds of Science Faction with our tantalizing teaser by creative producer Nick Schofield.