Big Picture Science – Material Whirl: Nicholas Weidinger

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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And if that's not enough, there's always this popular item from his film making past: The Turkey That Ate St. Louis

October 2017:
On Defense (10/9/17)
It's In Material (10/2/17)
September 2017:
Skeptic Check:
Aliens - The Evidence (9/25/17)
Angles of a Hack (9/18/17)
Plan of a Hack (9/11/17)
Born Legacy (9/04/17)
August 2017:
Elements Never Forget (8/28/17)
Musical Universe (8/21/17)
On Thin Ice (8/14/17)
Skeptic Check:
Busting Myths with Adam Savage (8/7/17)
July 2017:
Caught in a Traps (7/31/17)
What Goes Around (7/24/17)
Eclipsing All Other Shows (7/17/17)
Frogs' Pants (7/10/17)
Skeptic Check:
Rational Lampoon (7/3/17)
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)

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