Fiction Science Club

@CosmicLog's podcast from the place where science and technology intersect with science fiction and popular culture.

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New podcast: In a newly published book, law professor James Boyle (@thepublicdomain) argues that we'll eventually have to grant personhood status to our #AI creations. Listen to him explain why on the #FictionScience podcast: https://t.co/WSQki0SZff

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New podcast: https://t.co/OB2ANMMfxq founder Oren
@etzioni and @Annaleen, the author of "Stories Are Weapons," talk about the rising wave of AI-driven #disinformation and how to counter it: https://t.co/aayp0alwwt

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New podcast: Longtime science-fiction editor @AllanKaster talks about trends in hard science fiction, including the prominence that #AI themes are taking on in a new wave of imaginative tales: https://t.co/Sdn0Dfm8Ou ... Illustration by @MManzieri

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New podcast: Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham (better known by their shared pen name, @JamesSACorey) discuss moving on from #TheExpanse sci-fi series to a new saga about the aftermath of a war against aliens that the humans lose: https://t.co/kuOuSYX26R H/T @orbitbooks

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New podcast: @AllenInstitute neuroscientist @LecoqJerome talks about the brain research center's #OpenScope program, a research project that focuses on what magic mushrooms do to brain cells, and a novel "brainstorming" experiment: https://t.co/HAa4rTVPfo

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New podcast: Marketing expert @rjurek discusses how the screwball comedy #FlyMeToTheMoon plays off efforts that @NASA and its contractors made to boost the #Apollo moon program - and how similar efforts might play out for NASA's #Artemis moon program: https://t.co/4nGtt1JEJz

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New podcast: Washington Post columnist @IgnatiusPost talks about his latest spy thriller, #PhantomOrbit - and explains why the real-life prospects for war in space could be even scarier than his novel: https://t.co/FEl8kEpiUB

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New podcast: In honor of "Little Sisters and Other Stories," we look back at the legacy of the late Seattle science-fiction pioneer Vonda N. McIntyre, whose imaginative tales anticipated today's controversies over gender, sexuality and diversity. https://t.co/y1uNanqlXK

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New podcast: Douglas Preston talks about his new thriller, "Extinction," and why efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth could "end up with something really terrifying": https://t.co/dyXStrJPMd H/T @ForgeReads @torbooks @fetaplace ... Mammoth art: @itiscolossal #deextinction

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New podcast: To mark the premiere of "3 Body Problem" on @netflix, we chat with Pete @worden, who leads the @brkthroughprize Foundation's Breakthrough Initiatives, about shifting priorities in the search for extraterrestrial civilizations: https://t.co/yWUpbS8TDm H/T @fetaplace

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New podcast: @TheMarsSociety President @robert_zubrin talks about his latest book, "The New World on Mars," and how startups on Earth could open the way for settlements on #Mars: https://t.co/AzKaHLtvMN H/T @fetaplace @DiversionBooks

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New podcast: Physicist Paul Halpern (@phalpern) lays out the scientific arguments for and against the existence of the #multiverse in a new book - and in the latest #FictionScience podcast, hosted by @b0yle and @fetaplace: https://t.co/OOhibsgNiC H/T @BasicBooks

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New podcast: John Tytus, the president of @PocockRacing, explains how the sport of rowing has changed dramatically since the historic events that inspired #TheBoysInTheBoat. That 1936 tale of an underdog @UW_Rowing team is now a major motion picture: https://t.co/BIQir7dir5

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New podcast: @gmusser talks about the connections between #AI, #quantum physics and the quest to understand the nature of consciousness. It's the theme of his latest book - and has some relevance to this month's @OpenAI drama as well: https://t.co/fhTzXCRScy

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New podcast: @ZachWeiner talks about "A City on Mars," a book he co-wrote with @FuSchmu that focuses on the prospects for building cities in space. TL;DR: Don't plan to boldly go anytime soon: https://t.co/TayH59xcLp H/T @penguinpress @fetaplace

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New podcast: @Laurier physicist Shohini Ghose highlights underappreciated women physicists and astronomers in "Her Space, Her Time" - and talks about what has to be done to bridge the scientific gender gap: https://t.co/bGNeA1biZO

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New podcast: How closely does #TheCreator come to what researchers expect will happen in robotics and artificial intelligence over the next 50 years? Our panel does a reality check on #AI sci-fi at the movies: https://t.co/EzIxpAugxL H/T @RanjayKrishna @kslosh @creatorthefilm

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New podcast: Sci-fi author John @Scalzi talks about #StarterVillain, his satirical novel about supervillains, and discusses the parallels to how today's tech billionaires are carrying on. https://t.co/fcHraFmoWk

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New podcast: Astronomer @ImpeyChris, the author of "Worlds Without End," lays out his scenario for how we'll get the first evidence of alien life - and looks ahead to our future in space. We even talk about #UFOs, a.k.a. #UAP: https://t.co/RI2Cmlj7yE H/T @mitpress @fetaplace