Bishop Ring Space Habitat
Bishop Ring Space Habitat is a continent-class space habitat design larger than a country that might house billions or an entire continent's ecosystem
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Is Life Extension Ethical?
As medical science improves and lifespans rise, we must consider not only if life extension is possible, but if it is ethical.
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Episode 417; October 19, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Editor:
David McFarlane
Graphics by:
Jeremy Jozwik
Music Courtesy of
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Stellardrone, "Red Giant"
Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:32 Not Natural
12:18 Immortality Is Wrong
14:16 It Would Get Boring
15:57 Overpopulation
19:50 Unequal Access
23:52 Upward Mobility
27:58 Slows Technological Progress
29:59 Slows Cultural Change
31:22 Erodes Traditional Relationships
32:29 Ends Children
34:55 Makes You Inhuman
37:38 Gradual Life Extension
40:13 Summary
42:04 Dark Stars
43:33 SEDS
44:36 Schedule
46:00 Credits
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Snowball Earth
Earth's temperature is thought to have changed greatly in the past, and even more extreme than in the Ice Ages. We believe once the entire planet may have been frozen over, a Snowball earth.
Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
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Forgeworlds & Industrial Planets
The industrial revolution saw the rise of factories so big they often grew entire towns or cities around them to operate, but in the future entire planets might be used to fuel the titanic projects for conquering the stars themselves.
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Episode 416a; October 15, 2023
Written by:
Briana Brownell
Isaac Arthur
Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Briana Brownell
Brian Ganley
Lukas Konecny
Graphics by:
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik
Ken York
Legiontech Studios
Rapid Thrash
Sergio Botero
Udo Schroeter
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Markus Junnikkala, "Hail The Victorious Dead"
Stellardrone, "Red Giant", "Ultra Deep Field"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth", "Forgotten Stars"
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Spaceship Factories
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Spacecraft may one day be so common that everyone has flown on one, with thousands of new spaceships being built every year in manufactories dwarfing the enormous facilities we build planes and sea-going vessels in.
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Credits: Spaceship Factories
Episode 416a; October 15, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Editor:
Briana Brownell
David McFarlane
Graphics by:
Aryeh Yakov Katz
Gateway Foundation
Jeremy Jozwik
Katie Byrne
Phil Swan
Sergio Botero
Udo Schroeter
Music Courtesy of
Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Stellardrone, "Red Giant", "Cosmic Sunrise"
Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars", "Strange New World"
Chapters
0:00 Intro
04:17 Port George
08:14 The Scrapyard
14:35 Nanotech Self-Replicator
17:47 Clanking Self-Replicator
21:17 Ship Mitosis
24:40 Multiverse Piracy
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McKendree Cylinder Space Habitat
A McKendree Cylinder is a continent-class space habitat design larger than a country that might house billions or an entire continent's ecosystem
Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Graphics: Udo Schroeter
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
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Mysterious Cosmic Explosion
LFBOTs, or Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients, are strange new phenomena of massive and short lived explosions outshining even supernova.
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Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
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Zero Point Energy & Vacuum Energy
We often wonder where we might find a truly sustainable and abundant source of energy, and the answer might turn out to be in the emptiness all around us.
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Credits: Zero Point Energy & Vacuum Energy
Episode 415, October 5, 2023
Written by:
Isaac Arthur
Vlad Ardelean
Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Editor:
David McFarlane
Vlad Ardelean
Graphics by:
Jeremy Jozwik
Music Courtesy of:
Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Stellardrone, "Red Giant" "The Divine Cosmos"
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Titan vs Ganymede: Which Is The Largest Moon?
Some moons are bigger than planets, and Titan is aptly named, long believed to be biggest moon, but should it or Ganymede around Jupiter hold that title? And where to do planets, moons, and stars begin and end?
Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
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Science & Futurism Shorts Compilation #1: 1-20 October 1, 2023
A collection of the first 20 Shorts from SFIA, covering a wide range of topics in science & space.
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Credits: Science & Futurism Shorts Compilation #1: 1-20
Episode 414a, October 1, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
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00:00 Intro
00:30 Quasar Cannon
1:30 Birch Planets: Galaxy-Sized Worlds
2:30 Aliens Beyond the Galactic Rim
3:30 BWC Megastructures & Artificial Planets
4:29 Hegemonizing Swarms
5:29 Solar Moths & Solar Sails
6:27 Fusion Candles
7:12 Non-Equatorial Space Elevators
8:10 Building Artificial Planets
9:10 Computronium
10:13 Deciphering Alien Codes
11:12 Astrochickens & Von Neumann Probes
12:12 Could Dinosaurs have Been killed by Aliens?
13:11 Will Humans In Space Be Taller?
14:02 The Stanford Torus
15:02 Could Technology Bring You Back to Life?
16:02 Is our galaxy going to Collide with Andromeda?
16:58 The Bernal Sphere
17:55 Nuclear Lightbulb Spaceship Drive
18:55 Von Braun Space Station
19:54 Close
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Alderson Disks
The Alderson Disk is a popular but impractical megastructure that seeks to build an enormous flat planet with a Sun at its center, as an alternative to a Dyson Sphere.
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Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
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Have Space Suit - Will Travel
Space is often called the final frontier, a place of billions and billions of worlds awaiting explorers and pioneers. But what will those journeys be like, and what gear will people need for them, and perhaps most importantly of all, what sort of people will make those travels?
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Have Space Suit - Will Travel
Episode 414, September 28, 2023
Produced, Written & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Editors:
David McFarlane
Merv Johnson II
Graphics:
Bryan Versteeg
Darth Biomech
Fishy Tree
Jeremy Jozwik
Sergio Botero
Udo Schroeter
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Stellardrone, "Red Giant", "Ultra Deep Field"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth", "Forgotten Stars"
Taras Harkavyi, "Alpha and ..."
Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars"
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The Great Filter - Are We Doomed or Exceptional?
The Fermi Paradox contemplates reasons why in so an ancient and huge Universe we don’t see enormous alien civilizations everywhere, and the Great Filters approach tries to think of reasons why life, or intelligent life, is rare.
Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
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SFIA Monthly Livestream: Sunday, September 24, 2023 4pm EST
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us on September 24, 2023, at 4pm EST, Sunday, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered!
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How Many Stars & Galaxies Could We Colonize?
The Universe is vast, and even voyages to neighboring stars may decades under known science, so how far can humanity colonize out into our galaxy or beyond?
Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
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Atmospheric Mining
Science fiction has popularized asteroid mining and cities in the sky, but could the future of mining be in cloud cities hanging far above distant worlds?
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
02:08 Venus-like worlds
08:48 Titan Moons
12:38 Ice Giants / Hycean
17:23 Gas Giants
22:02 Starlifting
26:16 Stellar Remnants
27:15 Black Hole Series
Credits: Atmospheric Mining
Episode 413, September 21, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Editors:
David McFarlane
Konstantin Sokerin
Graphics:
Bryan Versteeg
Jeremy Jozwik
Ken York YD Visual
Kristijan Tavcar
Mafic Studios
Sergio Botero
Stephen Huck
Steve Bowers
Tristan3D
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Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Stellardrone, "Red Giant" "Ultra Deep Field"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth" "Forgotten Stars"
Taras Harkavyi, "Alpha and ..."
Miguel Johsnon, "So Many Stars"
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Antimatter Rifles
Antimatter is vastly more dangerous than even nuclear weapons, but warm temperature superconductors may allow it to be weaponized into man-portable machineguns that fired nukes with each shot.
Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
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The Fermi Paradox: Fallen Empires
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The cosmos seem silent and empty of any great interstellar empires, but perhaps they once existed, and if so, what titanic ruins might they have left behind?
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The Fermi Paradox: Fallen Empires
Episode 412a, September 17, 2023
Produced, Written & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Jerry Guern
Konstantin Sokerin
David McFarlane
Graphics by:
Darth Biomech
Fishy Tree
Jeremy Jozwik
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LegionTech Studios
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Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth", "Forgotten Stars"
Stellardrone, "Red Giant" "Between The Rings"
Taras Harkavyi, "Alpha and...."
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China Brain Hive Minds
The China Brain thought problem suggests that if it is possible for a big enough computer to run an uploaded copy of a human mind, then a sufficiently large number of humans run calculations by hand could too. But if they did, would this represent a Hive Mind?
Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
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Interplanetary Infrastructure
They say space is the future, out among the countless billions and billions of new worlds in our galaxy, but a journey needs a path or road, so what sort of roads will we build in space?
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Credits: Interplanetary Infrastructure
Episode 412, September 14, 2023
Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Written by:
Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Andy Nelson
David McFarlane
Merv Johnson
Phil Swan
Graphics:
Ian Long LITE
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik
Katie Byrne
Ken York
Mafic Studios
Phil Swan
Sergio Botero
Udo Schroeter
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Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Stellardrone, "Red Giant" "Ultra Deep Field"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth" "Forgotten Stars"
Taras Harkavyi, "Alpha and ..."
Miguel Johsnon, "So Many Stars"
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Alien Mummies Shown To Congress
Recently the Mexican Congress was shown what appeared to be mummified alien-human hybrid remains.
Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
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Nuclear Bomb Cannons
Nukes are potent weapons, but they can be used as catalysts of even more lethal devices, from Bomb-Pumped Lasers to Casaba-Howitzers.
Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Graphics: SpaceResourcesCGI
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
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Bussard Ramjet Starship Drive
To travel between the stars requires vast amounts of fuel and energy, but as it turns out, the ocean of night in deep space is full of fuel, if you can collect it along the way.
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Credits: Bussard Ramjet Starship Drive
Episode 411b, September 10, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Graphics:
Jeremy Jozwik
Ken York
Sergio Botero
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Loud & Quiet Aliens
The Fermi Paradox looks at the apparent absence of Loud Alien Civilizations, and asks if instead there may be Quiet Aliens, but what are Loud & Quiet Aliens?
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Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
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Living in Space
We often dream of a future out in the galaxy, exploring and settling strange new worlds under the light of alien suns, but what would living in space truly be like?
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
05:55 Lighting
13:31 Gravity
23:42 Non-Human Life
27:26 Costs
30:19 Cultural
33:00 Social Dynamics
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Living in Space
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 411, September 7, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Briana Brownell
Merv Johnson
Shaun Moss
Donagh Broderick
David McFarlane
Konstantin Sokerin
Graphics by:
Fishy Tree
Jeremy Jozwik
Katie Byrne
Ken York YD Visual
Sergio Botero
Music Courtesy of:
Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Stellardrone, "Red Giant" "Ultra Deep Field"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth" "Forgotten Stars"
Taras Harkavyi, "Alpha and ..."
Miguel Johsnon, "So Many Stars"
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