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  • Episode 205: An EPIIC Summer, Part 2

    Episode 205: An EPIIC Summer, Part 2
    2026/08/30
    Guests: Abigail Alling & Amelia Lee We check in with Abigail Alling and Amelia Lee on the second-to-last day of their summer internship at Carnegie Science. What have they learned about exploring strange new worlds and seeking out new life and new civilizations over the past 10 weeks? And what do they think of the most recent episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds? Register now for Carnegie Science's next Neighborhood Lecture, "Strange New Worlds: The Science of Star Trek," on September 9, 2026: https://carnegiescience.edu/strange-new-worlds-science-star-trek Learn more about the EPIIC internship at Carnegie Science: carnegiescience.edu/about/working/i…terns/epiic-reu
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    39 分
  • Episode 204: Deep Interiors & Visual Styles

    Episode 204: Deep Interiors & Visual Styles
    2026/08/09
    Guest: Professor Tyler Perez Come for the laser experiments, stay for the lens flares. Prof. Tyler Perez—who studies the material properties of rock at high pressures and temperatures, and who delves into movie visual effects as a hobby—beams aboard to discuss his research on planetary interiors and the visual style of Star Trek.
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    43 分
  • Episode 203: An EPIIC Summer, Part 1

    Episode 203: An EPIIC Summer, Part 1
    2026/07/26
    Guests: Abigail Alling & Amelia Lee How do you introduce Star Trek to a new fan? How is Star Trek continuing to inspire young scientists? How are Carnegie Science interns exploring strange new worlds and seeking out new life and new civilizations? Abigail Alling and Amelia Lee beam aboard to chat about how they've added Star Trek to their educational experience in Carnegie Science's 2026 EPIIC summer internship program! Learn more about the EPIIC internship at Carnegie Science: carnegiescience.edu/about/working/i…terns/epiic-reu
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    33 分
  • Episode 202: Project Hail Mary

    Episode 202: Project Hail Mary
    2026/07/04
    Guest: Em Dobberfuhl Mike's former Carnegie Science intern Em Dobberfuhl beams aboard to share how Project Hail Mary inspired them to pursue astrobiology. "Are we alone in the universe? Five times we thought we found extraterrestrial life" by Em Dobberfuhl: https://www.sequencermag.com/are-we-alone-in-the-universe-five-times-we-thought-we-found-extraterrestrial-life/ Learn more about the EPIIC internship at Carnegie Science: https://carnegiescience.edu/about/working/interns/epiic-reu
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    45 分
  • Episode 201: Morals in Spaaace!

    Episode 201: Morals in Spaaace!
    2026/06/28
    Mike speaks with Jason Kaufman and Bradley Browne on the Dice in Mind podcast about his paper "How to Chart a Moral Future for Space Exploration" (featured on Episode 200 of Strange New Worlds). How does an astrobiologist get inspired to write about space ethics? How did the paper originate and evolve into its published form? And what does recognizing many kinds of moral value in the universe mean for our present era of space exploration? Mike's space ethics paper "How to Chart a Moral Future for Space Exploration": https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02070-3 Check out the Dice in Mind podcast: https://diceinmind.podbean.com/ Follow us on Bluesky! Mike: https://bsky.app/profile/miquai.bsky.social Dice in Mind: https://bsky.app/profile/diceinmind.bsky.social
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    58 分
  • Episode 200: How to Chart a Moral Future for Space Exploration

    Episode 200: How to Chart a Moral Future for Space Exploration
    2026/06/21
    On Episode 200 of Strange New Worlds, Mike Wong reads "How to Chart a Moral Future for Space Exploration," an article he published last year in the journal Nature with Chelsea Haramia, Emilie Lafleche, and Julia DeMarines. Read the paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02070-3
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    24 分
  • Episode 199: Cosplay for Science

    Episode 199: Cosplay for Science
    2026/05/10
    Guest: Gabriel Santos Paleontologist and science communicator Gabriel Santos beams aboard to share how Cosplay for Science, an initiative he co-founded, brings science education to Comic-Cons and other pop culture conventions. Then, he and Mike discuss the paleontology of the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Distant Origin." Learn more about Cosplay for Science: https://www.cosplayforscience.com/
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    52 分
  • Episode 198: Many Ways to Know About Life in the Universe

    Episode 198: Many Ways to Know About Life in the Universe
    2026/04/28
    Guests: Kayla Smith & Prof. Patrick Anderson Astrobiology Kayla Smith and philosopher Patrick Anderson beam aboard to celebrate the diversity of scientific thought that goes into astrobiology, and how astrobiology can continue to grow by pulling on threads from outside of science too. They co-authored a paper called "Epistemic Pluralism & Astrobiology" with host Mike Wong. Kayla, Patrick, and Mike's paper "Epistemic Pluralism & Astrobiology": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10838-025-09760-6 Follow us on Bluesky! Mike: https://bsky.app/profile/miquai.bsky.social Kayla: https://bsky.app/profile/astrokayla.bsky.social
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