September 2017
Episode 69 - Interstellar Consultants
30/09/17 10:11 Filed in: Space
This week I have an interview with astrophysicist Steve Kilston of Interstellar Consultants. One of Steve's projects is a practical and well thought out 500 year plan for building a ship that could take us to another star system. This is not pie-in-the-sky stuff, this is grounded in practical knowledge.
Also, Australia gets its own space agency.
Australian Space Agency
Interstellar Consultants web page
(Interstellar Consultants)
Also, Australia gets its own space agency.
Australian Space Agency
A plan for interstellar travel
Interstellar Consultants web page
(Interstellar Consultants)
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Episode 68 - All News Show #4
23/09/17 11:23 Filed in: News
This week is an all news show in the new show format. We have Osiris Rex, human embryo editing, 3d printed aluminum, high tech guitar strings, and more.
(NASA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asima_Chatterjee
https://phys.org/news/2017-09-revolutionary-guitar-world.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0H1ZJ55J7M
http://www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagazine/22_september_2017?folio=1225&pg=21#pg21
http://www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagazine/22_september_2017?sub_id=qQuCOFPYtydc&u1=41569489&folio=1221&pg=17#pg17
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/22/us/nasa-osiris-rex-slingshot-past-earth/index.html
https://www.universetoday.com/137253/300-asteroids-explored-fleet-nanosatellites/
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/18/551792129/stanislav-petrov-the-man-who-saved-the-world-dies-at-77
(NASA)
Sources for this week's news
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asima_Chatterjee
https://phys.org/news/2017-09-revolutionary-guitar-world.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0H1ZJ55J7M
http://www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagazine/22_september_2017?folio=1225&pg=21#pg21
http://www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagazine/22_september_2017?sub_id=qQuCOFPYtydc&u1=41569489&folio=1221&pg=17#pg17
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/22/us/nasa-osiris-rex-slingshot-past-earth/index.html
https://www.universetoday.com/137253/300-asteroids-explored-fleet-nanosatellites/
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/18/551792129/stanislav-petrov-the-man-who-saved-the-world-dies-at-77
Episode 67 - Civil War
16/09/17 10:10 Filed in: civilization
This week an essay on a darker topic - whether the US will have another Civil War in the near future. Can it be avoided? Are we already locked in conflict, and how do we break out?
Also, a change in show format.
(civilwar.org)
https://www.thenation.com/article/are-we-on-the-verge-of-another-civil-war/
http://www.businessinsider.com/civil-war-2017-america-no-america-is-not-heading-for-new-a-civil-war-2017-8
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/is-america-headed-for-a-new-kind-of-civil-war
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/06/28/what-are-the-chances-of-a-second-american-civil-war-a-best-defense-update/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/22/american-politics-civil-war-alt-right-left-wing
Also, a change in show format.
(civilwar.org)
Notes
https://www.thenation.com/article/are-we-on-the-verge-of-another-civil-war/
http://www.businessinsider.com/civil-war-2017-america-no-america-is-not-heading-for-new-a-civil-war-2017-8
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/is-america-headed-for-a-new-kind-of-civil-war
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/06/28/what-are-the-chances-of-a-second-american-civil-war-a-best-defense-update/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/22/american-politics-civil-war-alt-right-left-wing
Episode 66 - All News Show #3
09/09/17 11:06 Filed in: News
This week I've got a bunch of cool short news bits I've been saving up, it's time to catch up. Cassini, Voyager, Mars, Universal Basic Income, Robot artists, and more
(NASA-Cassini)
Sources for this week's show:
Dogmatic thinking study https://scienmag.com/studies-help-understand-why-some-people-are-so-sure-theyre-right/
Future food shortages https://qz.com/1064653/the-world-could-run-out-of-food-two-decades-earlier-than-thought/
Demand for concrete is killing rivers (need material science research, I have previously covered concrete making methods with less impact) http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-41123284
Scotland to begin a UBI test https://futurism.com/scotland-will-begin-funding-universal-basic-income-experiments/
Robot mural artist https://qz.com/1040982/watch-this-robot-can-spray-paint-giant-murals/
Voyager’s 40th https://nasa.tumblr.com/post/164871712984/voyager-the-spacecraft
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/index.html
Peggy Whitson http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/03/548295156/-american-space-ninja-peggy-whitson-back-on-earth-after-record-breaking-flight
https://www.space.com/36285-astronaut-peggy-whitson-spacewalk-record.html
NASA announces accelerated time table for Mars sample return mission http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2017/20170828-mars-2020-sample-return.html
Cleaning up space debris http://www.popsci.com/amp/space-debris-clean-up-spacecraft
Two stars in the far future of our solar system https://motherboard.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/599awz/in-13-million-years-the-solar-system-will-briefly-contain-two-stars
Cassini at the end of it’s mission https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html
(NASA-Cassini)
Sources for this week's show:
Dogmatic thinking study https://scienmag.com/studies-help-understand-why-some-people-are-so-sure-theyre-right/
Future food shortages https://qz.com/1064653/the-world-could-run-out-of-food-two-decades-earlier-than-thought/
Demand for concrete is killing rivers (need material science research, I have previously covered concrete making methods with less impact) http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-41123284
Scotland to begin a UBI test https://futurism.com/scotland-will-begin-funding-universal-basic-income-experiments/
Robot mural artist https://qz.com/1040982/watch-this-robot-can-spray-paint-giant-murals/
Voyager’s 40th https://nasa.tumblr.com/post/164871712984/voyager-the-spacecraft
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/index.html
Peggy Whitson http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/03/548295156/-american-space-ninja-peggy-whitson-back-on-earth-after-record-breaking-flight
https://www.space.com/36285-astronaut-peggy-whitson-spacewalk-record.html
NASA announces accelerated time table for Mars sample return mission http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2017/20170828-mars-2020-sample-return.html
Cleaning up space debris http://www.popsci.com/amp/space-debris-clean-up-spacecraft
Two stars in the far future of our solar system https://motherboard.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/599awz/in-13-million-years-the-solar-system-will-briefly-contain-two-stars
Cassini at the end of it’s mission https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html
Episode 65 - Alvin Toffler pt2
02/09/17 08:15 Filed in: futurism
This week is a further examination of Alvin Toffler's writings and ideas. He wrote about the near future, which we are living in today.
Also, new cancer treatments, an asteroid flyby, and water on exoplanets.
(NASA-JPL-CALTECH)
Leukemia Treatment
Nanomachines fight cancer
Asteroid Flyby
Water on Exoplanets
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Shock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Wave_(Toffler_book)
https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/06/29/alvin-toffler-powershift/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Wealth
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36675260
Also, new cancer treatments, an asteroid flyby, and water on exoplanets.
(NASA-JPL-CALTECH)
News items
Leukemia Treatment
Nanomachines fight cancer
Asteroid Flyby
Water on Exoplanets
Alvin Toffler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Shock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Wave_(Toffler_book)
https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/06/29/alvin-toffler-powershift/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Wealth
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36675260