A weekly wander through the galaxy exploring sci-fi science of all kinds<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
Set Phasers to Stun
Claim This Podcastby Mick Schubert
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9 episodes
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Podcast Overview
A weekly wander through the galaxy exploring sci-fi science of all kinds<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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March 19, 2024
Episode 9: How to Regrow an Arm
Regenerative medicine is a hot topic – not just in modern medicine, but in the science of the future as well. But how does it really work? What can we do with cells and DNA… and what’s still firmly in the realms of the impossible? In this episode of Set Phasers to Stun, we explore the limits of regenerative medicine, discuss how Wolverine and Deadpool heal themselves, and investigate why super-healing isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
February 27, 2024
Minisode: Oceans, Moons, and Megalodon
When it comes to bad science, creature features are the absolute pinnacle. In this minisode, we talk about what the ocean floor has in common with distant moons, whether or not there really could be a surviving Megalodon in the deep, and our favourite pseudoscience from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Meg</em></a>.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
February 20, 2024
Minisode: This Is Your Brain on Digital
Can you upload your consciousness into a digital storage medium? Can you convert yourself into a cyber-person, save yourself to a backup hard drive, or edit your code to remove the bits you’d rather not have? In this minisode, we talk about the reality of brain-computer interfaces and why that’s unlikely anytime in the near future – no matter how much fans of these interfaces may yearn for a digital existence.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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