Hosted by an Archaeologist/Comedian, a Stand-Up Comedian, and a different Guest Scientist every week, Science Faction is a blue comedic review of the week's published scientific articles.
Episodes
Apr 22, 2020
Apr 22, 2020
23 min
The guys discuss a way to improve the research granting process and one of the dirtiest little secrets of the scientific world (that most scientists don't even know).
Apr 19, 2020
Apr 19, 2020
24 min
We dive deep into the weekly Corona news including the drugs that do and do not work, why the headlines about death rates changing may be BS, and some surprising good news about this whole pandemic thing.
Apr 18, 2020
Apr 18, 2020
18 min
The guys get together (digitally) to discuss the joys of being Russian, the real problem with cougars, and the biggest hole you've never seen.
Apr 15, 2020
Apr 15, 2020
20 min
The guys discuss a 35 million year old monkey mystery and how to finally date your favorite pottery.
Apr 12, 2020
Apr 12, 2020
34 min
Bobby goes through the second installment of the Weekly Corona Update, including the science on masks, why you didn't unknowingly get Corona last fall in California, whether a malaria drug works to treat Covid-19, and how a dog-coughing disease may save us all.
Apr 10, 2020
Apr 10, 2020
28 min
The guys get together remotely to discuss the oldest human genetic information ever located, the secrets of Lucy's brain, and what happens when you give a woman a man's hands.
Apr 8, 2020
Apr 8, 2020
26 min
The guys discuss non-Corona-related science news including a possible blood test for early Alzheimer's diagnosis and a very interesting paper that will tell you exactly how to give your fetus psychosis.
Apr 6, 2020
Apr 6, 2020
31 min
Bobby does a special Corona-only episode breaking down the science, as we currently understand it, surrounding the pandemic.
Apr 3, 2020
Apr 3, 2020
28 min
The guys get together (remotely) to discuss how to supercharge a vaccine for old people, when it's super healthy to eat way too much salt, and a mystery in Antarctic geography.
Mar 29, 2020
Mar 29, 2020
29 min
The guys continue their Coronavirus quarantine with the one piece of super important Coronavirus news you somehow haven't heard, how your gut bacteria might be giving you cancer, and how basset hounds have stepped up to the front lines of the fight against the virus.