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Science Fact or Fiction?
by Chrissie
Welcome to Science Fact or Fiction? A podcast all about your favourite science fiction stories and how accurate the science and technology have turned out to be.We will delve into everything from cloning dinosaurs to alien contact, designer babies, and high tech suits.Listen to Manon and Lance as they roast one another, go off on tangents, and generally have a good old laugh.
Episodes
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Ep 7: Gattaca and Designer Babies
This episode is all about the technological innovations from the world of Gattaca. Gattaca was shot in the late 90’s, a time when the world of genomics was exploding, scientists were trying to map the human genome and everyone had grand ideas about what the future of personalised medicine and…
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Ep 6: Life Under a Biodome
This week, we aren't going to look at a particular science fiction imagining, but something very real. Would you live in a biodome for two years? In 1991, eight Biospherians did just that and the outcome was very interesting. Join Manon and Lance as they explore the possibility of living under a...
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Ep 5: Are You Afraid of Killer Robots?
This week we take a look at how Artificial Intelligence (AI) has shaped our current world. We explore what it means to be human through the lens of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and discuss the potential dangers of future AI technology. Join Manon and Lance as they ask pressing questions: If your...
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Ep 4: Green Meat
Would you eat a burger that was grown from a lab? How about plant-based meat in favour of “real” meat? Environmentally friendly and ethically sourced, it sounds like a better alternative. In this episode, we explore whether we are on the verge of becoming like the cult classic Soylent Green and…
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Ep 3: Alien Contact - Radio Signals and Golden Records
This week we discuss the amazing scientific and cinematic masterpiece that is Contact, based on Carl Sagan’s book of the same name. We debate the likelihood of alien contact, gush over how kick-ass Jodie Foster's character is and look at the galaxy and our place in it. We talk numbers, what's the...
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Ep 2: Stillsuits, Not Stool Suits
Desert life in Dune, spacesuits, and swimsuit doping. In this episode, we explore the possibility of creating Frank Herbert's fictional stillsuits. How close is a refrigerator to a stillsuit? Could your bathers be considered as “technological doping”? And how comfortable are you with drinking…
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Ep 1: Dinosaurs and Anti-freeze Strawberries
Gene editing, GMOs and bringing back the woolly mammoth. In this episode we explore everything from the science in Jurassic Park to modern day genetics and gene editing technologies. Just how likely are you to ever see a velociraptor next to the lion cage at the zoo, or should we just be happy…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Science Fact or Fiction? A podcast all about your favourite science fiction stories and how accurate the science and technology have turned out to be.We will delve into everything from cloning dinosaurs to alien contact, designer babies, and high tech suits.Listen to Manon and Lance as they roast one another, go off on tangents, and generally have a good old laugh.
HOSTED BY
Chrissie
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Welcome to Science Fact or Fiction? A podcast all about your favourite science fiction stories and how accurate the science and technology have turned out to be.We will delve into everything from cloning dinosaurs to alien contact, designer babies, and high tech suits.Listen to Manon and Lance as...
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Science Fact or Fiction? is created and hosted by Chrissie.
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