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
Dec 12, 2019
Dec 12, 2019
23 min
The guys welcome back Dr. Troy Sandberg (@DrTroyScience) to discuss whether ice baths after a workout actually do anything, if taking the birth control pill as a teenager makes you more depressed as an adult, and the startling story of how the Humpback Whale got its name.
Dec 9, 2019
Dec 9, 2019
1hr 15 min
The guys welcome Dr. Troy Sandberg (@DrTroyScience) back for a unique Science Faction in-depth look at one idea: quantum field theory. This one (admittedly quite long) episode will literally take you from knowing next to nothing about physics to having a surprisingly comprehensive understanding of the essential nature of the physical world, as we currently understand it. Also, we throw some shade at Hungarians and make some of the better quantum physics/French Revolution crossover jokes you are likely to hear on a podcast, so it's not all just lame learning.
Dec 6, 2019
Dec 6, 2019
34 min
The guys welcome back Dr AG (from Mueller She Wrote) to talk interesting whale news, what the Taco Bell Dog has to teach us about science, and a whole "scientific" for-profit industry that is based on total BS.
Dec 2, 2019
Dec 2, 2019
43 min
The guys welcome back guest host Dr AG (from the hit podcast Mueller She Wrote) to talk about Koala hyperbole, how the mental ability to swim can be mysteriously removed with a rare medical procedure, and why birds are probably real.
Nov 28, 2019
Nov 28, 2019
25 min
The guys welcome back The Viking Astronomer, Dr Nick, to discuss a Nobel Prize level physics discovery, the worst type of infection you can have (in your eyes), and how a "safe" drug may be causing Parkinson's disease.
Nov 24, 2019
Nov 24, 2019
49 min
The guys welcome back Viking Astro-Physicist Dr Nick to discuss conquering the world in canoes, how to live forever, and a new technology that's going to change archaeology forever.
Nov 22, 2019
Nov 22, 2019
33 min
The guys welcome back Dr Troy Sandberg (@DrTroyScience) to talk about a cure for peanut allergies, an ancient genetics breakthrough that will change our understanding of the world, and how plants gained the ability to grow on land (hint: they stole it).
Nov 18, 2019
Nov 18, 2019
1hr 4 min
The guys welcome back Dr. Troy Sandberg (@DrTroyScience) to discuss how domestication works, how wheat made humankind its slave, and how a relatively simple basic math advancement may increase our ability to investigate neutrinos.
Nov 15, 2019
Nov 15, 2019
33 min
The guys welcome back Bill to talk about when you should put electrodes in your brain, a new strain of HIV, and what's causing the vaping lung disease outbreak.
Nov 10, 2019
Nov 10, 2019
54 min
The guys welcome back Bill to discuss where all your fruit came from, how some left-handed women are completely changing what we think about how the brain works, and how we're all WEIRD because of the Catholic Church.