Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Епизоде

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  Mining Mercury: The First Planetary Industrial Base (Narration Only) 04.10.2026 36мин

  Mercury may be the Solar System’s first true industrial world. We explore robotic mines, solar furnaces, mass drivers, mobile cities, and how the innermost planet could help build a Dyson swarm.
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  Mining Mercury: The First Planetary Industrial Base 04.10.2026 36мин

  Mercury may be the Solar System’s first true industrial world. We explore robotic mines, solar furnaces, mass drivers, mobile cities, and how the innermost planet could help build a Dyson swarm.
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  We Can Make Gasoline From Air. So Why Don’t We? (Narration Only) 01.10.2026 33мин

  What if we could make gasoline from air? We explore how carbon dioxide, water, and electricity can become synthetic gasoline, jet fuel, rocket propellant, plastics, and more.
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  We Can Make Gasoline From Air. So Why Don’t We? 28.09.2026 33мин

  What if we could make gasoline from air? We explore how carbon dioxide, water, and electricity can become synthetic gasoline, jet fuel, rocket propellant, plastics, and more.
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  The Economics of Immortality (Narration Only) 27.09.2026 41мин

  What happens when time stops being scarce? From nanobots to mind uploads, we explore the economy of immortality... and what it costs to live forever.
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  The Economics of Immortality 27.09.2026 41мин

  What happens when time stops being scarce? From nanobots to mind uploads, we explore the economy of immortality... and what it costs to live forever.
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  The Prison Planet Problem - Exiled to Space 24.09.2026 33мин

  What happens when a prison planet ceases being a prison? We explore whether penal colonies could really work, and how exile, frontier justice, rebellion, and redemption might turn punishment into civilization.
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  The Prison Planet Problem - Exiled to Space (Narration Only) 24.09.2026 32мин

  What happens when a prison planet ceases being a prison? We explore whether penal colonies could really work, and how exile, frontier justice, rebellion, and redemption might turn punishment into civilization.
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  How Big Could Human Civilization? (Narration Only) 20.09.2026 43мин

  Earth is tiny compared to what human civilization could become. We explore populations of trillions, Dyson swarms, Kardashev civilizations, and futures where humanity spreads across galaxies.
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  How Big Could Human Civilization? 20.09.2026 43мин

  Earth is tiny compared to what human civilization could become. We explore populations of trillions, Dyson swarms, Kardashev civilizations, and futures where humanity spreads across galaxies.
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  Can a Civilization Forget How Its Own Technology Works? (Narration Only) 17.09.2026 32мин

  Advanced technology can outlive the people who understand it. Could future civilizations become dependent on ancient machines they can no longer repair, rebuild, or replace?
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  Can a Civilization Forget How Its Own Technology Works? 17.09.2026 32мин

  Advanced technology can outlive the people who understand it. Could future civilizations become dependent on ancient machines they can no longer repair, rebuild, or replace?
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  Floating Cities Above Gas Giants (Narration Only) 12.09.2026 25мин

  Could humanity someday live in cities floating above Jupiter and Saturn? We explore how cloud cities could work, why bigger may actually be easier, and what could make gas giants vital hubs of future civilization.
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  Floating Cities Above Gas Giants 12.09.2026 25мин

  Could humanity someday live in cities floating above Jupiter and Saturn? We explore how cloud cities could work, why bigger may actually be easier, and what could make gas giants vital hubs of future civilization.
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  The First Space Elevator: Where Would We Build It? (Narration Oly) 10.09.2026 22мин

  A space elevator could transform access to orbit, but where should humanity build the first one? Earth, the Moon, Mars, or somewhere else entirely? We explore the physics, engineering, and best locations.
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  The First Space Elevator: Where Would We Build It? 10.09.2026 22мин

  A space elevator could transform access to orbit, but where should humanity build the first one? Earth, the Moon, Mars, or somewhere else entirely? We explore the physics, engineering, and best locations.
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  Ion Drives: The Slow Rockets That Win Space (Narration Only) 06.09.2026 34мин

  How do ion drives work, and why are they so efficient? Explore ion propulsion, Hall thrusters, xenon fuel, nuclear-electric spacecraft, asteroid cargo ships, and the strange future of slow rockets that just keep accelerating.
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  Ion Drives: The Slow Rockets That Win Space 06.09.2026 34мин

  How do ion drives work, and why are they so efficient? Explore ion propulsion, Hall thrusters, xenon fuel, nuclear-electric spacecraft, asteroid cargo ships, and the strange future of slow rockets that just keep accelerating.
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  The Wow! Signal: Alien Message, Cosmic Fluke, or SETI’s Best False Alarm? (Narration Only) 03.09.2026 34мин

  A mysterious signal. A perfect 72-second rise and fall. No repeat. No confirmed source. The Wow! Signal remains one of SETI’s most tantalizing mysteries... and maybe its best false alarm.
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  The Wow! Signal: Alien Message, Cosmic Fluke, or SETI’s Best False Alarm? 03.09.2026 34мин

  A mysterious signal. A perfect 72-second rise and fall. No repeat. No confirmed source. The Wow! Signal remains one of SETI’s most tantalizing mysteries... and maybe its best false alarm.