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Lofstrom Loops and the Physics of Actively Supported Structures
Episode 63
What if we could build structures that reach into space without relying on the strength of steel or concrete? From Lofstrom loops capable of launchin…
4 hours ago
What Will Technology Make Possible in 100 Years?
Episode 62
What will technology look like in 100 years? By 2126, advances in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, energy storage, and space exploration could…
1 week ago
How Stars Work: The Physics of Fusion, Gravity, and Death
Episode 61
How do stars work, what powers nuclear fusion, and why do some stars survive for trillions of years while others burn out in just a few million? In t…
2 weeks ago
Dyson Spheres Are an Outcome, Not a Megaproject
Episode 60
Dyson spheres are among the most iconic megastructures in science fiction, but they're also among the most misunderstood.
What if building a Dyson sph…
3 weeks ago
Have You Ever Considered That We May Not Need Planets at All?
Episode 59
What if planets are actually one of the least efficient places for an advanced civilization to live?
In this episode of Entropy Rising, we explore why…
4 weeks ago
Wormholes: What Physics Says and Sci-Fi Imagine
Episode 58
Wormholes are one of the most fascinating ideas in theoretical physics, but how much of what we see in science fiction is actually possible?
Support u…
1 month ago
The Future of Surveillance: How Far Will AI Go?
Episode 57
AI is making mass surveillance cheaper, faster, and far more powerful, but how far could it actually go?
In this episode of Entropy Rising, we explore…
1 month, 1 week ago
If We Have Spaceships, We’ll Have Space Pirates
Episode 56
Space piracy sounds like something straight out of science fiction, but if humanity builds a large economy beyond Earth, crime will almost certainly …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
First Contact With Aliens Happens Tomorrow. What Do We Do?
Episode 55
What would actually happen if humanity made first contact with intelligent alien life, and would discovering an advanced extraterrestrial civilizatio…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Could Simulation Theory Solve the Fermi Paradox?
Episode 54
Simulation theory, the Fermi paradox, the Zoo Hypothesis, alien civilizations, digital consciousness, and Matrioshka brains all raise one strange pos…
2 months ago