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67 - KEPLER'S Planets & EGOMANIACAL Mathematicians!
This week, the ground-breaking, sky-breaking, star-breaking, NASA telescope, Kepler, got arthritis and, creeeeaaaaaakkkk.... slipped into a well earned and well deserved retirement, now free to loun…
Published on 7 years, 1 month ago
66 - Danger, SLOW BRAIN Ahead! TIME DILATION From Head To Toe
When scientists discovered that our brain communicates with our body through electrical signals, they had a scientific and philosophical freak-out: if it took a not insignificant amount of TIME for o…
Published on 7 years, 1 month ago
65 - Can You Trust Your Family ROBOT?
Attack of the FRIENDLY Robots! Will Robots really CARE for us? Or will they be faking it? Do all our screens WANT to be TOUCHED? This wildly imaginative episode, one of our original fan favorites, wi…
Published on 7 years, 1 month ago
64 - Physicist CLIFFORD JOHNSON Peers Deep Into A BLACK HOLE And Finds...?
Superstar Theoretical Physicist CLIFFORD JOHNSON, author of the incredible graphic novel, “THE DIALOGUES: Conversations About The Nature Of The Universe” joins us for a very special show. He asks us …
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
63 - Astronomy SMELLS - The Art & Science Of Data Visualization
On Feb 22, 2017, astronomers announced four additional exoplanets around TRAPPIST-1, bringing it's total number of EXOPLANETS to seven. SIX of those (!) could possibly reside in the HABITABLE ZONE of…
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
62 - GHOSTS!
What the IF... We could get scientific evidence of GHOSTS? Trick or Treat, once again we dive into the crazy realm of the PARANORMAL... as we learn REAL science!
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
61 - FLAT EARTH YouTube LIVE Special! - Joining Forces With The NonSequitur Show
Philip & Matt were honored to be invited onto the hilarious and super smart NonSequitur Show. The hosts of this popular YouTube channel invited us to play What This IF with one of their favorite topi…
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
60 - See The RADIO WAVES All Around YOU! The Science & Wonder Of Electromagnetic Fields
60 - See The RADIO WAVES All Around YOU! The Science & Wonder Of Electromagnetic Fields by Philip Shane, Matt Stanley, Gabrielle Paniccia
Published on 7 years, 3 months ago
59 - DEEPER Into THE SUN We Go - Flying And Frying... For Science!
Our journey continues... to the CENTER of the SUN!
Published on 7 years, 3 months ago
58 - How To THINK Like A BIRD! The Science of Animal Consciousness With DR. KIKI
DR. KIKI SANFORD, host of the incredible, long-running science podcast, THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE (TWiS.org), joins us for our most amazing, astounding, iff-iest episode yet! What The IF... WE WERE BIRDS?…
Published on 7 years, 3 months ago