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
Mar 20, 2017
Mar 20, 2017
45 min
Eva joins the guys to discuss how a simple infection can drive you insane, the beginning of SkyNet, and how vibration might be as good for you as exercise.
Mar 13, 2017
Mar 13, 2017
52 min
Seb joins the guys to discuss "alien" radio waves, treating Devil Face Cancer, how to give yourself superhuman memory, and how Neanderthals used for painkillers and antibiotics.
Mar 6, 2017
Mar 6, 2017
47 min
Dr. Eva joins the guys to discuss the sensual union of Linguistics and Archaeology, the oldest fossil ever found, why pandas are colored the way they are, and how your life may one day be saved by Dragon's blood.
Feb 27, 2017
Feb 27, 2017
42 min
Ian joins the guys to discuss the habitable planets that NASA just discovered, how horse people invaded Europe 5,000 years ago, The Backfire Effect, how herpes "causes" autism, and the mysterious case of chimp Down's Syndrome.
Feb 20, 2017
Feb 20, 2017
52 min
In this episode, Dr Eva joins the guys to discuss a new way to produce Hydrogen, how we just discovered a new continent, why your brain has nothing to do with being right or left handed, and why Robert De Niro hates science.
Feb 13, 2017
Feb 13, 2017
49 min
Seb joins the guys to discuss the epitome of bad public science writing, how we're discovering new civilizations in the Amazon, how the dick-faced antelope can't catch a break, and how your house will one day be cooled by an amazing new metamaterial.
Feb 6, 2017
Feb 6, 2017
49 min
In this episode, Naomi joins the guys to discuss an interesting genetic mystery, how a new discovery was just made linking autism to anorexia, how too much fruit is killing children, and how 195 million year old dinosaur bones still contain soft tissue.
Jan 30, 2017
Jan 30, 2017
51 min
In this episode we are joined by a new Guest-Scientist to chat about the War On Science, a new LSD study we wish we could have been test subjects in, what we had completely wrong about psychopath intelligence, and why it's important for scientists to create human-pig hybrids.
Jan 23, 2017
Jan 23, 2017
42 min
In this episode, Seb joins the guys to discuss the discovery of the oldest archaeological site in the New World, how your next cavity could be healed rather than filled, how we might soon be making oil from pine needles, and why we don't see the inside of our heads when we blink.
Jan 16, 2017
Jan 16, 2017
22 min
In this very special 'Mistake' episode, the guys discuss zombie mice, why skipping grades is a good idea, and we get a visit from a very Bohring guest.