SciFriday: Nibiru is NOT Coming to Destroy Us
Contrary to doomsayers, NASA's discovery of a planet 20 times farther from the sun than Neptune does NOT mean Planet…
SciFriday: Bees and Babel
Technology plays a key role in so-called grassroots protest movements like Italy’s Sardines, Britain’s Extinction Rebellion, and movements like Antifa…
SciFriday: The Holy Land and Giants’ Tombs
We revisit what we did on our summer vacation (three years ago): Historic sites and megalithic marvels in Israel, Jordan,…
SciFriday: In the Year 2100
We look ahead to the year 2100 and see radical life extension, the changes it will have on human behavior,…
SciFriday: The Living Universe and Mushroom Jesus
Science often wanders deep into religious territory. This week, we discuss claims that the entire universe is alive and that…
SciFriday: Prepping for Doomsday
Government agencies around the world are planning for earthshaking catastrophes as an asteroid impact, the zombie apocalypse, and even how…
SciFriday: The Marx Brothers Do Science
That’s how renowned French microbiologist Didier Raoult described last year’s Oxford University trial of hydroxychloroquine as a therapy for COVID-19.…
SciFriday: Toynbee Tiles and Tavistock
We discuss the mysterious Toynbee tiles, social engineering, and the influence of the Tavistock Institute in shaping public opinion (and…
SciFriday: Self-Driving Cars, Spiritual Machines, and Social Credit Scores
We peer into the future to see what’s coming at us: Self-driving electric vehicles, social media running our lives, and…
SciFriday: Westworld and Our Technocratic Future
We discuss season 3 of the HBO series Westworld and compare its take on a technocratic dystopia with the current…