54 episodes

Cosmic Log's podcast from the place where science and technology intersect with science fiction and popular culture, hosted by science writer Alan Boyle and science-fiction writer Dominica Phetteplace. Become a supporter for less than (or more than) a dollar a month. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-science/support

Fiction Science Alan Boyle

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Cosmic Log's podcast from the place where science and technology intersect with science fiction and popular culture, hosted by science writer Alan Boyle and science-fiction writer Dominica Phetteplace. Become a supporter for less than (or more than) a dollar a month. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fiction-science/support

    How de-extinction could change our destiny

    How de-extinction could change our destiny

    Douglas Preston, author of a techno-thriller titled "Extinction," talks about his fictional murder mystery as well as his concerns about the real-world quest to revive the woolly mammoth and other extinct species.


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    • 31 min
    Get a reality check on the search for aliens

    Get a reality check on the search for aliens

    Pete Worden, chairman of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, talks about the real-world search for extraterrestrial civilizations and how it's different from Netflix's "3 Body Problem" series.


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    • 43 min
    Bonus: Talking fiction with Nathaniel Rich

    Bonus: Talking fiction with Nathaniel Rich

    Nathaniel Rich, author of "Second Nature," "Losing Earth" and the sci-fi novel "Odds Against Tomorrow," discusses the state of contemporary fiction with Fiction Science co-hosts Dominica Phetteplace and Alan Boyle.


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    • 17 min
    Exploring 'The New World on Mars'

    Exploring 'The New World on Mars'

    Mars Society President Robert Zubrin, author of "The New World on Mars," talks about the life that future settlers are likely to create on the Red Planet — and why they should go.


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    • 41 min
    What's so mesmerizing about the multiverse?

    What's so mesmerizing about the multiverse?

    Physicist Paul Halpern, author of "The Allure of the Multiverse," traces the history of the scientific quest to detect parallel universes and alternate cosmic timelines.


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    • 35 min
    Rowing tech picks up the pace

    Rowing tech picks up the pace

    John Tytus, the president of Pocock Racing Shells, talks about how the technology of rowing has changed since "The Boys in the Boat" won Olympic gold in 1936.


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    • 22 min

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