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Can We Open A PUB On MARS? With Chris Carberry, author of ALCOHOL IN SPACE!
astronauts, biology, history, mars, nasa, psychology, religion, space travel
Can We Open A PUB On MARS? With Chris Carberry, author of ALCOHOL IN SPACE!
astronauts, biology, history, mars, nasa, psychology, religion, space travel

We're joined by Chris Carberry, the distinguished CEO of EXPLORE MARS and author of the awesome new book, ALCOHOL IN SPACE.

astronauts, biology, history, mars, nasa, psychology, religion, space travel
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I Married A NEANDERTHAL - A SciFi Love Story
Science, biology, evolution, neanderthal, genetics, dna, relationships, species, love, xenophobia, films, movies, science fiction, culture, myth, breeding, interbreeding, heredity, ancestry
I Married A NEANDERTHAL - A SciFi Love Story
Science, biology, evolution, neanderthal, genetics, dna, relationships, species, love, xenophobia, films, movies, science fiction, culture, myth, breeding, interbreeding, heredity, ancestry

You're 2% Neanderthal!

Science, biology, evolution, neanderthal, genetics, dna, relationships, species, love, xenophobia, films, movies, science fiction, culture, myth, breeding, interbreeding, heredity, ancestry
SEAN CARROLL: Phone Calls from MANY WORLDS!
physics, many worlds, cosmology, parallel universes, alternate dimensions, time, technology, quantum mechanics, cloning, books, experimentation
SEAN CARROLL: Phone Calls from MANY WORLDS!
physics, many worlds, cosmology, parallel universes, alternate dimensions, time, technology, quantum mechanics, cloning, books, experimentation

MANY WORLDS, sooooooooo many!

physics, many worlds, cosmology, parallel universes, alternate dimensions, time, technology, quantum mechanics, cloning, books, experimentation
Land A Man On The EARTH! - with Nancy Atkinson
nasa, space travel, moon, apollo, rocket
Land A Man On The EARTH! - with Nancy Atkinson
nasa, space travel, moon, apollo, rocket

WTiF we lived on the Moon and had to send the first mission to EARTH?

nasa, space travel, moon, apollo, rocket
What The MONKEY? Part 2 of Our TWIS Special!
biology, cloning, genetics, evolution, ethics
What The MONKEY? Part 2 of Our TWIS Special!
biology, cloning, genetics, evolution, ethics

Injecting HUMAN cells into a PRIMATE embryo. Happy Birthday…?

biology, cloning, genetics, evolution, ethics
Physicist CLIFFORD JOHNSON Peers Deep Into A BLACK HOLE And Finds...?
Physicist CLIFFORD JOHNSON Peers Deep Into A BLACK HOLE And Finds...?

WTiF our entire solar system drifted TOO CLOSE (!!!) to a BLACK HOLE?

Do We LIVE In A VIDEO GAME?
Do We LIVE In A VIDEO GAME?

How, how, how, might SCIENCE reveal we are LIVING inside a SIMULATION? Insert you quarter, hit play, and READY IFFER ONE!

ASTROLOGY??? Heaven Help Us!
ASTROLOGY??? Heaven Help Us!

Astrology is super complicated and totally crazy. But! What The IF it Astrology were REAL? Would there be "personality rays" shooting out of the planets? So many, many questions. Our crack Crazy Elaborate Systems Construction Department is working overtime to make this Astronomy thing work in a genuinely SCIENTIFIC way.

The "T" in "E.T." stands for TEASE. Arghhhh!
The "T" in "E.T." stands for TEASE. Arghhhh!

PART THREE OF THE WTiF UFO CHRONICLES. Philip rubs his hands together and plots how to score an interview with one of the aliens who've abducted him. We urge ALL CITIZENS to take one for the team (EARTH!) and get some photos of your travels on a UFO. PLUS: More secrets from behind the scenes of what it's like when you're making a UFO documentary. How to do it, without selling your soul to the Vogons.

 

 
 

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