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
Monday Nov 16, 2015
Monday Nov 16, 2015
In this episode, the gang discusses a newly discovered STD that you may have and not even know it, how taking routine antibiotics can mess you up for an entire year, an Alzheimer’s drug that stops aging in mice and a man who walked into the hospital with a headache and was diagnosed with 30 minutes to live.
Monday Nov 09, 2015
Monday Nov 09, 2015
In this episode the gang discusses how to catch your tapeworm's cancer, how archaeologists are finding ancient geoglyphs in Borat's home country, and how NASA can't explain an engine that appears to defy the laws of physics. All of that plus the most offensive use of the term 'black hole' ever uttered.
Monday Nov 02, 2015
Monday Nov 02, 2015
In this episode the guys discuss when your driverless car should kill you, wasp speciation observed in nature, how men and women have different brains and a new science article that proves that mushrooms can make it rain.
Monday Oct 26, 2015
Monday Oct 26, 2015
In this episode, the gang discusses the possible discovery of an advanced extraterrestrial Dyson Sphere, how vitamins are sending people to the hospital and why Gwyneth Paltrow is the new Jenny McCarthy. All of that plus what the unfortunately named ‘Jak Inhibitors’ do to the human body on this week’s Science Faction.
Monday Oct 19, 2015
Monday Oct 19, 2015
In this special episode, Science Faction: Science In The Media, Science Comedian Joy Lin visits the show to discuss the science of The Martian, the science of movie monsters and to sing a little song about the movie Twilight called ‘Pedophilia or Bestiality’.
Monday Oct 12, 2015
Monday Oct 12, 2015
In this episode, Physicist and Comedian Sebastian Tawa rejoins the guys to discuss how people from the Middle East gentrified East Africa 3,000 years ago, how bacteria can help us fight HIV, elephant cancer and a newly discovered material that defies the laws of nature.
Monday Oct 05, 2015
Monday Oct 05, 2015
In this episode, guest host Mike joins the guys to discuss liquid water on Mars, arsenic levels in American red wines, determining race from fingerprints and getting Hepatitis from Chinese Green Tea. All of that plus we discover how the New World Order is controlling Dr Dre.
Sunday Sep 27, 2015
Sunday Sep 27, 2015
In this episode, Justine rejoins the gang to talk about the bacterial fingerprint you breath out everywhere you go, a paralyzed man who can now walk without surgical intervention, how Jane Goodall does more scientific harm than good and how commonly used antidepressants mixed with commonly used blood-thinners act as a potent anti-cancer drug. All of that plus the meaning of ‘Squatch Dong’ on this week’s Science Faction.
Monday Sep 21, 2015
Monday Sep 21, 2015
In this episode, Jackie is back to chat about a very common virus in cows that new research suggests causes breast cancer in humans, a newly discovered genetic superpower that Inuit people have and a Super STD that is immune to all treatment and spreading. All of that plus a talk with fellow Science-Comedian, Joy Lin about the science of superheroes and Jackie talks some trash about her future successor.
Monday Sep 14, 2015
Monday Sep 14, 2015
In this episode, the guys are joined by Physicist and Comedian Sebastien Tawa to discuss a newly discovered hominid species, a ‘wormhole’ some Spanish scientists created, a bright pink dolphin in Louisiana and Damian’s conspiratorial beliefs about the moon landing.