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
Feb 28, 2019
Feb 28, 2019
25 min
The guys welcome back Bill to discuss the rediscovery of the world's largest bee, evidence of a now extinct group of domestic foxes from prehistory, and how involuntary movements can tell you if someone has actually learned something you're trying to teach them.
Feb 24, 2019
Feb 24, 2019
52 min
The guys welcome back Bill to discuss the origins of civilization, how to shock your brain out of depression, and how young bone marrow can prevent the elderly from aging.
Feb 21, 2019
Feb 21, 2019
18 min
Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Lee joins the guys to discuss how your poo can make you depressed, what we got really wrong about Megalodon, and how Science finally got a good PR guy.
Feb 18, 2019
Feb 18, 2019
42 min
The guys welcome special guest host, Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Lee to discuss the origins of time itself, how we may have just discovered what consciousness truly is, and how San Francisco is about to be a lot more like Los Angeles.
Feb 15, 2019
Feb 15, 2019
23 min
The guys welcome back Dr Robert to discuss a half-male half-female bird, when America can expect a relief from the opiate epidemic, and why aerosols are like the climate's tiniest little Fonzies.
Feb 10, 2019
Feb 10, 2019
36 min
The guys welcome back Dr Robert to discuss the origins of writing, why a new discovery about the earth's chemical makeup may explain the Fermi paradox, and why scientists have been making a really stupid mistake for the past few decades.
Feb 7, 2019
Feb 7, 2019
23 min
The guys welcome back Dr Troy to discuss how an anti-cancer protein might be causing cancer to grow faster, whether or not an MRI is dangerous for people with tattoos, and how the newly discovered "Oldest Mongolian" somehow didn't have a horse.
Feb 3, 2019
Feb 3, 2019
46 min
The guys welcome back Dr Troy to discuss the history of chemistry, why you should always be concerned about "nudging", and how you can have an entire mammal species (including males) that doesn't have a Y-Chromosome.
Feb 1, 2019
Feb 1, 2019
31 min
The guys welcome back Bill to discuss how lube is saving the world, the setting of the Doomsday clock, and why blaring KISS at your baby will make it go to sleep.
Jan 27, 2019
Jan 27, 2019
38 min
The guys welcome back Bill to discuss the origins of laughter, why a measles outbreak in the Pacific Northwest is a harbinger of things to come, and the most interesting science news article (that may eliminate the 6th leading cause of death in the US) that no one is talking about for some reason.