Big Picture Science – Seth’s Wine Cellar: Jonathan Fortney

Why Warp Speed Will Never Happen

Sometimes the pendulum of our belief swings too far. For example, our perspective on what's possible. Before the Renaissance, there were plenty of things that were deemed absurd. If you... (read more)

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June 2017:
Skeptic Check:
How Low Can You Go? (6/26/17)
Perpetual Emotion Machine (6/19/17)
Science Fiction (6/12/17)
Gene-y in a Bottle (6/5/17)
May 2017:
The Crater Good (5/29/17)
Skeptic Check:
Science Breaking Bad (5/22/17)
100% Invisible (5/15/17)
Time on Your Side (5/8/17)
Eve of Disruption (5/1/17)
April 2017:
Spacecraft Elegy (4/24/17)
Skeptic Check:
Glutenous Maximus (4/17/17)
Your Brain's Reins (4/10/17)
Winging It (4/3/17)
March 2017:
Shell on Earth (3/27/17)
Born Legacy (3/20/17)
What Have You Got To Move (3/13/17)
Cosmic Conundra (3/6/17)
February 2017:
Skeptic Check:
Not So Sweet (2/27/17)
Thinking About Thinking (2/20/17)
Going All to Species (2/13/17) Quantum:
Why We Want 'Em (2/6/17)
January 2017:
DIY Spaceflight (1/30/17)
Skeptic Check:
Amelia Earhart (1/23/17)
Geology is Destiny (1/16/17)
No Face to Hide (1/9/17)
The Light Stuff (1/2/17)
December 2016:
The Fix is In (12/26/16)
Skeptic Check:
Fear Itself (12/19/16)
Are Animals Really That Smart? (12/12/16)
Brain Dust (12/05/16)
November 2016:
What Lies Beneath (11/28/16)
Weather Vain (11/21/16)
Skeptic Check:
Aliens - The Evidence (11/14/16)
And To Space We Return (11/07/16)
October 2016:
Hidden History (10/31/16)
Moral's Law (10/24/16)
Time Travel Agents (10/17/16)
Skeptic Check:
Science and the Election (10/10/16)
Venom Diagram (10/03/16)
September 2016:
Skeptic Check:
Skeptic Seth (09/26/16)
Sex Post Facto (09/19/16)
The Evolution of Evolution (09/12/16)
Asteroids (09/05/16)
August 2016:
DIY Diagnosis (08/29/16)
They Know Who You Are (08/22/16)
Are We Over the Moon? (08/15/16)
Skeptic Check:
After the Hereafter (08/08/16)
On Defense (08/01/16)
July 2016:
Musical Universe (07/25/16)
Raising the Minimum Age (07/18/16)
Microbes: Resistance is Futile (07/11/16)
Science Fiction True (07/04/16)

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