Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episodes
Agriworlds (Narration Only)
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the past, we had entire civilizations devoted to agriculture, but in the future, we might have entire planets devoted to it.Compare news coverage. ...
Agriworlds
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the past, we had entire civilizations devoted to agriculture, but in the future, we might have entire planets devoted to it.Compare news coverage. ...
Space Hygiene
26 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In order to survive and thrive in space, we have to be able to create and maintain clean and comfortable living spaces, and remain vigilant nothing di...
Space Hygiene (Narration Only)
26 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In order to survive and thrive in space, we have to be able to create and maintain clean and comfortable living spaces, and remain vigilant nothing di...
Double Planets (Narration Only)
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Among the billions and billions of planets and moons in this galaxy, we may encounter many examples of double planets, but what would they be like and...
Double Planets
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Among the billions and billions of planets and moons in this galaxy, we may encounter many examples of double planets, but what would they be like and...
Domes Of Mars (Narration Only)
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Visions of a settled Mars always seem to have vast domes, but is a future on the Red Planet a domed one? And how should they be built?Compare news cov...
Domes Of Mars
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Visions of a settled Mars always seem to have vast domes, but is a future on the Red Planet a domed one? And how should they be built?Compare news cov...
Human Aliens (Narration Only)
12 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As we search the heavens for signs of alien life, is it possible that the easiest place to find aliens is to look in the mirror?Visit our Website: htt...
Human Aliens
12 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As we search the heavens for signs of alien life, is it possible that the easiest place to find aliens is to look in the mirror?Visit our Website: htt...
The Fermi Paradox Compendium of Solutions & Terms (Narration Only)
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the grand theater of the cosmos, amidst a myriad of distant suns and ancient galaxies, the Fermi Paradox presents a haunting silence, where a cacop...
The Fermi Paradox Compendium of Solutions & Terms
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the grand theater of the cosmos, amidst a myriad of distant suns and ancient galaxies, the Fermi Paradox presents a haunting silence, where a cacop...
Rebel Space Colonies (Narration Only)
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout history it has been common for distant colonies to break away from their homeland. In a future where colonies are entire planets and light ...
Rebel Space Colonies
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout history it has been common for distant colonies to break away from their homeland. In a future where colonies are entire planets and light ...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 59: October 29, 2023
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our penultimate monthly livestream Q&A session recorded on Sunday, October 29, 2023, at 4pm EST.Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.netSFIA Discord...
Fortress Worlds (Narration Only)
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In some of our greatest wars on this world we have seen entire regions covered in fortifications, but in great wars across whole regions of our galaxy...
Fortress Worlds
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In some of our greatest wars on this world we have seen entire regions covered in fortifications, but in great wars across whole regions of our galaxy...
Is Life Extension Ethical? (Narration Only)
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As medical science improves and lifespans rise, we must consider not only if life extension is possible, but if it is ethical.Watch my exclusive video...
Is Life Extension Ethical?
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As medical science improves and lifespans rise, we must consider not only if life extension is possible, but if it is ethical.Watch my exclusive video...
Forgeworlds & Industrial Planets (Narration Only)
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The industrial revolution saw the rise of factories so big they often grew entire towns or cities around them to operate, but in the future entire pla...
Forgeworlds & Industrial Planets
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The industrial revolution saw the rise of factories so big they often grew entire towns or cities around them to operate, but in the future entire pla...
Spaceship Factories (Narration Only)
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spacecraft may one day be so common that everyone has flown on one, with thousands of new spaceships being built every year in manufacturies dwarfing ...
Spaceship Factories
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Learn more about the game and see it in action at upperstory.com/spintronicsUse the coupon code ISAACARTHUR for 10% off your total purchaseSpacecraft ...
Zero Point Energy & Vacuum Energy (Narration Only)
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We often wonder where we might find a truly sustainable and abundant source of energy, and the answer might turn out to be in the emptiness all around...
Zero Point Energy & Vacuum Energy
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We often wonder where we might find a truly sustainable and abundant source of energy, and the answer might turn out to be in the emptiness all around...
Science & Futurism Shorts Compilation #1: 1-20 (Narration Only)
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A collection of the first 20 Shorts from SFIA, covering a wide range of topics in science & space.Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.netJoi...
Have Space Suit - Will Travel (Narration Only)
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Space is often called the final frontier, a place of billions and billions of worlds awaiting explorers and pioneers. But what will those journeys be ...
Have Space Suit - Will Travel
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Space is often called the final frontier, a place of billions and billions of worlds awaiting explorers and pioneers. But what will those journeys be ...
Science & Futurism Shorts Compilation #1: 1-20
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A collection of the first 20 Shorts from SFIA, covering a wide range of topics in science & space.Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.netJoi...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 58: September 24, 2023
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session recorded on Sunday September 24, 2023, at 4pm EST.Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.netSFIA Discord Server: di...
Atmospheric Mining (Narration Only)
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Science fiction has popularized asteroid mining and cities in the sky, but could the future of mining be in cloud cities hanging far above distant wor...
Atmospheric Mining
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Science fiction has popularized asteroid mining and cities in the sky, but could the future of mining be in cloud cities hanging far above distant wor...
The Fermi Paradox: Fallen Empires
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The cosmos seem silent and empty of any great interstellar empires, but perhaps they once existed, and if so, what titanic ruins might they have left ...
The Fermi Paradox: Fallen Empires (Narration Only)
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The cosmos seem silent and empty of any great interstellar empires, but perhaps they once existed, and if so, what titanic ruins might they have left ...
Interplanetary Infrastructure (Narration Only)
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
They say space is the future, out among the countless billions and billions of new worlds in our galaxy, but a journey needs a path or road, so what s...
Interplanetary Infrastructure
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
They say space is the future, out among the countless billions and billions of new worlds in our galaxy, but a journey needs a path or road, so what s...
Bussard Ramjet Starship Drive (Narration Only)
10 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To travel between the stars requires vast amounts of fuel and energy, but as it turns out, the ocean of night in deep space is full of fuel, if you ca...
Bussard Ramjet Starship Drive
10 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To travel between the stars requires vast amounts of fuel and energy, but as it turns out, the ocean of night in deep space is full of fuel, if you ca...
Living In Space (Narration Only)
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We often dream of a future out in the galaxy, exploring and settling strange new worlds under the light of alien suns, but what would living in s...
Living In Space
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We often dream of a future out in the galaxy, exploring and settling strange new worlds under the light of alien suns, but what would living in s...
Near Term Space Colonization (Narration Only)
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many millennia from now we may have journeyed out to colonize billions and billions of planets in our galaxy, but every journey has to start somewhere...
Near Term Space Colonization
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many millennia from now we may have journeyed out to colonize billions and billions of planets in our galaxy, but every journey has to start somewhere...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 57: August 27, 2023
27 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
SFIA Monthly Livestream Q&A #57: August 27, 2023 Our monthly livestream Q&A session recorded on 57: August 27, 2023 at 4pm EST.Sign ...
Human Devolution: Morlocks & C.H.U.D.s (Narration Only)
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Humanity has evolved in the face of much hardship and turmoil, and invented technologies to aid us, but could an end to hardships be our undoing and c...
Human Devolution: Morlocks & C.H.U.D.s
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Humanity has evolved in the face of much hardship and turmoil, and invented technologies to aid us, but could an end to hardships be our undoing and c...
Comet Mining (Narration Only)
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comets have awed, amazed, and even terrified humanity for thousands of years, with many believing they heralded the end of the world, but could they b...
Comet Mining
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comets have awed, amazed, and even terrified humanity for thousands of years, with many believing they heralded the end of the world, but could they b...
Cyborg Armies
13 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the future we may deploy armies of cybernetic superhumans to fight our battles, people so augmented they could tear through walls or dodge bullets....
Cyborg Armies (Narration Only)
13 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the future we may deploy armies of cybernetic superhumans to fight our battles, people so augmented they could tear through walls or dodge bullets....
The Last Planet (Narration Only)
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eons from now the last stars will be born, living trillions of years before they too fade out, and in the gathering darkness will come the final sunse...
The Last Planet
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eons from now the last stars will be born, living trillions of years before they too fade out, and in the gathering darkness will come the final sunse...
Planets vs Megastructures (Narration Only) - SFIA 750,000 Subscriber Special Edition
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate 750,000 subscribers we're taking a look at the benefits and disadvantages of settling and terraforming planets vs constructing megastruct...
Planets vs Megastructures - SFIA 750,000 Subscriber Special Edition
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate 750,000 subscribers we're taking a look at the benefits and disadvantages of settling and terraforming planets vs constructing megastruct...
Lunar Space Elevator
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A Space Elevator on the Moon, made of mundane materials, could be built with modern technology, and allow ultra-cheap freight off the Moon.Watch my ex...
Lunar Space Elevator (Narration Only)
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A Space Elevator on the Moon, made of mundane materials, could be built with modern technology, and allow ultra-cheap freight off the Moon.Watch my ex...
SFIA Monthly Livestream Q&A #56 - July 30, 2023
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
SFIA Monthly Livestream Q&A #56 - July 30, 2023Our monthly livestream Q&A session recorded on Sunday July 30, 2023, at 4pm EST.Visit our Websi...
Dropships & Drop Pods (Narration Only)
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The ability to get a strike force anywhere and fast is of vast strategic value, and the future may dropships landing anywhere on a planet within minut...
Dropships & Drop Pods
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The ability to get a strike force anywhere and fast is of vast strategic value, and the future may dropships landing anywhere on a planet within minut...
Ammonia-Based Lifeforms (Narration Only)
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our search for extraterrestrial life assumes alien life based on water and carbon, but could there be biochemistries based on other substances?Get a f...
Ammonia-Based Lifeforms
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our search for extraterrestrial life assumes alien life based on water and carbon, but could there be biochemistries based on other substances?Get a f...
Robots & Warfare (Narration Only)
16 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robots play an ever greater role in every aspect of our lives, including the battlefield, but what will their role be in the wars of the future?Use co...
Robots & Warfare
16 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robots play an ever greater role in every aspect of our lives, including the battlefield, but what will their role be in the wars of the future?Use co...
Mobiles Cities (Narration Only)
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Humanity has often preferred to move its communities, and in the future we might do that by moving our entire cities, by air, sea, or land.Watch my ex...
Mobiles Cities
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Humanity has often preferred to move its communities, and in the future we might do that by moving our entire cities, by air, sea, or land.Watch my ex...
Lunar Mining, Processing & Refining (Narration Only)
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After over half a century, it is time to return to the Moon, and use its vast resources as a bridge to countless new worlds. Go to https://brilli...
Lunar Mining, Processing & Refining
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After over half a century, it is time to return to the Moon, and use its vast resources as a bridge to countless new worlds. Go to https://brilli...
Earth After Humanity (Narration Only)
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We often think that one day the world will come to an end and humanity with it, and possibly with us causing it, but what would our world be like if l...
Earth After Humanity
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We often think that one day the world will come to an end and humanity with it, and possibly with us causing it, but what would our world be like if l...
SFIA Monthly Livestream Q&A #55 - June 25, 2023
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session recorded on Sunday June 25, 2023, at 4pm EST.Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.netSFIA Discord Server: discord...
Life In 2323 A.D. (Narration Only)
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What will life be like 300 years in our future, or for those living 300 million miles away?The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month f...
Life In 2323 A.D.
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What will life be like 300 years in our future, or for those living 300 million miles away?The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month f...
Artificial Afterlives (Narration Only)
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For as long as we have had history and likely before, people have contemplated a life after this one, but might we one day create artificial afterlive...
Artificial Afterlives
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For as long as we have had history and likely before, people have contemplated a life after this one, but might we one day create artificial afterlive...
Higher Dimensional Aliens (Narration Only)
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Could there be universes with more than 3 Dimensions? And if so, could life exist there?Checkout Keysight World Innovate: https://keysig.ht/rX9blUVisi...
Higher Dimensional Aliens
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Could there be universes with more than 3 Dimensions? And if so, could life exist there?Checkout Keysight World Innovate: https://keysig.ht/rX9blUVisi...
Space Towers (Narration Only)
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One day we may retire our rockets and instead reach the heavens by ascending towers so tall they dwarf mountains, and rise above the sky itself. ...
Space Towers
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One day we may retire our rockets and instead reach the heavens by ascending towers so tall they dwarf mountains, and rise above the sky itself. ...
Colonizing the Kuiper Belt (Narration Only)
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We often discuss our future in the Asteroid Belt, and the glorious civilizations we might one day build there. However, it is but a pale shadow of its...
Colonizing the Kuiper Belt
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We often discuss our future in the Asteroid Belt, and the glorious civilizations we might one day build there. However, it is but a pale shadow of its...
Warping Reality
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The goal of science is to understand and master the Universe around us, but could our skill grow so great that we could learn to warp reality itself?V...
Warping Reality (Narration Only)
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The goal of science is to understand and master the Universe around us, but could our skill grow so great that we could learn to warp reality itself?V...
Coexistence with Aliens
21 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One day we may encounter intelligent aliens, but can we ever hope to understand their psychology and coexist with them if we do?Get Nebula using my li...
Hungry Aliens (Narration Only)
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The galaxy is a dark, mysterious, and silent place - perhaps it is quiet and empty because some great predator already consumed all in its path, and i...
Hungry Aliens
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The galaxy is a dark, mysterious, and silent place - perhaps it is quiet and empty because some great predator already consumed all in its path, and i...
Hive Worlds (Narration Only)
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Science fiction often shows us dark, grimy, dystopian mega-cities in the future, but are such planet-wide cities possible, what would they be like, an...
Hive Worlds
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Science fiction often shows us dark, grimy, dystopian mega-cities in the future, but are such planet-wide cities possible, what would they be like, an...
Misconceptions About Space, Time & The Universe
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our Universe is vast, ancient, and mysterious. It's no surprise that in our quest to explore and explain it, many misconceptions have arisen.[skillsha...
Misconceptions About Space, Time & The Universe (Narration Only)
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our Universe is vast, ancient, and mysterious. It's no surprise that in our quest to explore and explain it, many misconceptions have arisen.[skillsha...
The Fermi Paradox: Searching For Dyson Spheres (Narration Only)
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many believe civilizations which survive the challenges of technology will inevitability build Dyson Spheres encompassing their entire sun. So how do ...
The Fermi Paradox: Searching For Dyson Spheres
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many believe civilizations which survive the challenges of technology will inevitability build Dyson Spheres encompassing their entire sun. So how do ...
Smart Cities
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cities in the future will need to be increasingly clever in how they operate, by utilizing more data collection, automation, and artificial intelligen...
Smart Cities (Narration Only)
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cities in the future will need to be increasingly clever in how they operate, by utilizing more data collection, automation, and artificial intelligen...
SFIA Monthly Livestream Q&A #54 - April 23, 2023
23 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session recorded on Sunday April 23, 2023, at 4pm EST.Join Nebula: go.nebula.tv/isaacarthurRegister for the Nation...
Life on Giant Moons (Narration Only)
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We often contemplate life on alien planets, but might giant moons orbiting distant immense worlds be a better candidate for where extraterrestrial lif...
Life on Giant Moons
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We often contemplate life on alien planets, but might giant moons orbiting distant immense worlds be a better candidate for where extraterrestrial lif...
Super Weapons (Narration Only)
16 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our history has been one of inventing ever more devastating and unstoppable weapons, and yet they may pale in comparison to those made to wreck whole ...
Super Weapons
16 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our history has been one of inventing ever more devastating and unstoppable weapons, and yet they may pale in comparison to those made to wreck whole ...
Nuclear Power: Small Modular Reactors
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Small Modular Reactors are a promising area of nuclear technology that may be the pathway forward to cheap, safe, and sustainable energy.Go to https:/...
Nuclear Power: Small Modular Reactors (Narration Only)
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Small Modular Reactors are a promising area of nuclear technology that may be the pathway forward to cheap, safe, and sustainable energy.Go to https:/...
The Fermi Paradox: Galactic Habitable Zones
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our galaxy is a dangerous place for life. A vast storm of stars in which new ones are born and die in deadly displays. How much of the galaxy is truly...