Synopsis
Hosted by an Archaeologist, a Stand-Up Comedian, and a different Scientist every week, Science Faction is like a science-centered version of The Daily Show, except it's much, much more offensive.
Episodes
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SF667: Ore-gone!
14/07/2023 Duration: 31minThe guys discuss the new oldest site in Oregon, how a diabetes drug may also be an anti addiction drug, and why you never poo in the cave!
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SF666: The Devil’s Science Faction
07/07/2023 Duration: 30minThe guys discuss a possible Alzheimer's vaccine, why two places on the same fault can experience different earthquakes, and what exactly is wrong with the Irish.
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SF665: The Segway Master!
02/07/2023 Duration: 27minThe guys discuss how humans are technically all gods, why men tend to get cancer more than women, and how the oil industry ruined our plumbing-based forms of public transportation.
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SF664: You Shouldn’t Be Here!
21/06/2023 Duration: 27minThe guys discuss humans found where they shouldn't be, the results of a rare Covid challenge trial, and why Neil DeGrasse Tyson hates us.
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SF663: A Special Polynesian Science Faction
13/06/2023 Duration: 37minFor this very special episode, the guys take a deep dive into the evidence for the Pre-Columbian Polynesian journey to the west coast of South America.
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SF662: Bad at Being Alive
07/06/2023 Duration: 36minThe guys discuss just how bad Americans are at being alive, how effective the Covid-19 vaccines were, and which US state kills you the fastest.
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SF661:Save The Humans!
01/06/2023 Duration: 36minThe guys discuss why a specific group of whales have been attacking and sinking boats, how we can kind of cure HIV, and what happens when you shave the wrong ape.
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SF659: A Slightly Better Alex Jones
17/05/2023 Duration: 33minThe guys discuss an exciting new genetic study about the origins of Native Americans, the vaccine that could have saved America's greatest hero, and why most movies would have been better with all-android casts.
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SF658: Dunning Crapper
11/05/2023 Duration: 35minThe guys discuss something we may have smugly gotten wrong for the past two decades, how to save the planet, and what to whisper in a friend's ear as they are performing a wedding ceremony.
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SF657: Ethnic Origins
05/05/2023 Duration: 33minThe guys discuss a huge space mystery that has finally been solved, a terrifying bird flu unlike all previous bird flus, and a surprising family tree.
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SF656: The Unpicked Life
26/04/2023 Duration: 33minThe guys discuss a "bad habit" that may be one of the causes of Alzheimer's disease, how alcohol can increase the pain you feel, and why 1990's school assemblies lied to us about a vocational skill that was not as profitable as advertised.
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Special Science Faction
15/04/2023 Duration: 41minOur loss (of sleep) is your gain (of a free Patron episode)!
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SF655: Everyone Here is an Idiot!
05/04/2023 Duration: 34minThe guys discuss recent incident of everyone getting biology wrong, the solution to the mysterious childhood hepatitis outbreak last year, and we meet a very different kind of Damian.
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SF654: Batteries and Non-Spaceships
02/04/2023 Duration: 26minThe guys discuss a really exciting new battery technology, a spaceship that was never a spaceship, and why 50's music was stupid.
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SF653: Why Waterbeds Are Worth the Money
26/03/2023 Duration: 32minThe guys discuss why the near future may be free of fat people, why fevers are kinda good for you, and the downside of being Damian's roommate.
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SF652: The Most Expensive Fighting League
19/03/2023 Duration: 27minThe guys discuss how to vaccinate yourself against misinformation, a bacteria that can turn air into electricity, and how to get away with murder.
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SF651: Dualling Alexes
08/03/2023 Duration: 29minThe guys discuss the recent developments in the Lab Leak Hypothesis, how we just learned much of what we knew about ancient Europeans was wrong, and how to out-conspiracy a conspiracy theorist.
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SF650: Something Is Wrong in Space
03/03/2023 Duration: 27minThe guys discuss the mysterious (and seemingly impossible) information from a space telescope, a terrifying infection with a near 100% fatality rate, and how not to die in Florida.
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SF649: Selfish Earthquakes
23/02/2023 Duration: 34minThe guys discuss the science behind the horrible earthquake death toll, a new insight into narcissists, and how to trick your dad back into your life.