SciFriday: Stardust, Saturn, and Subterranean Goat

July 10, 2020

Scientists have proposed that life was seeded on Earth by carbon floating into our atmosphere from a burned-out star. We also discuss Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001 and 2010, the importance of Saturn (the planet and the god).

SciFriday: Flying Snakes and Incepted Mice

July 3, 2020

Researchers have learned why flying snakes undulate through the air and how to use light to make mice smell something that isn’t there.

SciFriday: The Marx Brothers Do Science

June 19, 2020

That’s how renowned French microbiologist Didier Raoult describes Oxford’s RECOVERY trial of hydroxychloroquine as a therapy for COVID-19.

SciFriday: Chaos, COVID, and Chatham House Rules

June 12, 2020

Secret meetings may be responsible for the bogus study that pushed the World Health Organization away from a cheap treatment for COVID-19 and toward a much more expensive drug.

SciFriday: The Exodus and the First Horseman of the Apocalypse

May 29, 2020

We discuss the surprising link between the Exodus, Greek mythology, and the Book of Revelation.

SciFriday: Technocracy and Free Will

May 15, 2020

Can human society be reduced manageable algorithms in order to program a perfect society? That’s a question explored by the HBO series Westworld, but it’s also becoming more relevant in these days of contact tracing, social distancing, and the rise of globalist technocracy.