Asteroid mining for fun and profit (science video).
Asteroids represent a threat to Earth, says futurist Isaac Arthur, but in the future they may be a boon, serving
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Alien Worlds arriving on Netflix (trailer: new scifi science documentary).
The first season of a new sci-fi/science documentary season arrives on Netflix on the 2nd December 2020, called Alien Worlds. It
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Galactic Trade: a work in progress (science video).
The galactic trade routes are yet to open up, but there is still time to ponder how all those star-freighters
Read MoreVirgin Hyperloop goes hyper-loopy with first human passenger run (news).
Virgin Hyperloop has just tested human travel in a hyperloop pod for the first time in the Nevada desert. Josh
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Aliens are often written into Science Fiction novels and films as both as our potential saviours and good chums (would
Read MoreAliens that horrify (science video).
It’s Halloween time, wa-ha-ha, so what could be better than a half-hour sit-down as we consider a variety of the
Read MoreWaters of the Moon (science news).
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the
Read MoreProject Orion: Nuking your way to space (video).
Simon takes a look at Project Orion, an interstellar starship that would have been propelled by a series of explosions of
Read MoreMeeting Mars (science video).
To become an Interplanetary Species we need to colonise another planet, and Mars will be our first target. To establish
Read MoreDo the Past and Future Exist, and is the future predetermined by Quantum Mechanics? (science video)
In this pair of science videos from the excellent PBS Space Time, we explore some truly mind-expanding and mind-blowing questions
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