You guys had so many science questions that our resident scientists couldn't answer them all in just one episode! In this episode, Rob & Jon Mound tackle important questions such as time travel, the mutability or lack thereof of the laws of physics, and dragon taxonomy. Also, why we are not going to Mars.

• Show Notes:
• The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
• The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis
• The Time Machine (1960)
• Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee
• The Walking Dead
• World of Warcraft corrupted blood incident
• Game of Thrones dragons
• Coelacanth
• Unusual anal fin offers new insight into evolution
• Tiktaalik
• Total Recall (1990) terraforming Mars scene
• Spaceballs (1987)

Keep the conversation going, or ask the Science Bros more questions by joining our Discord or Facebook group!

Suspension of disbelief is a cornerstone of speculative fiction, but as writers and fans, we often find ourselves wondering just how grounded in reality our favourite stories really are. We asked you, our listeners, for questions like:

• What would happen if I went through a wormhole?
• Does a Star Trek transporter just kill you and create a new copy of you?
• What kind of technology can or can’t you use to blow up the world?

And then we got biologist Rob Mound and geophysicist Jon Mound to answer the questions you sent. There were so many we had to split it into two parts! In this part, we look at jumping out of a spaceship without a suit (why?), octopus people (yes!), sex in space (obviously!), and more!

• Show Notes
• The Core (2003)
• The Expanse - 5x07 | Naomi's Leap From The Pella
• A City On Mars, Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith
• Star Trek Voyager "Cathexis" on Memory Alpha
• Gattaca (1997)
• When You Nut In Space, It Push You Backwards (NSFW)
• "There Are Four Lights," scene from Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Best Served Cold, Joe Abercrombie
• Gerald Bull
• The Martian growing poop potatoes

Keep the conversation going, or ask the Science Bros more questions by joining our Discord or Facebook group!

Sci-fi and fantasy has always had an optimistic current, whether it’s utopian space-age cities or noble chosen ones vanquishing a dark lord. In recent years, with the popularity of romantasy and cozy fantasy, it’s easier than ever to immerse yourself in a more hopeful world.

But what if instead we made you feel bad?

In this wide-ranging conversation with multitalented author and editor Nick Mamatas, we talk about crushing your joy, corporate greed in the publishing and music production industries, and why the 80s and 90s were objectively the best time for music.

Show Notes:

• Alex Rowland’s original hopepunk post.
• Buy 120 Murders
• Nick’s Bluesky
• Perfect Crime Party
• Dark Yonder Issue 1
• Nick’s website that never gets updated
• That Slayer meme

Have you bought Blight yet? If you like dark things, you should!

• Buy it from your favourite online retailer
• Buy direct from the publisher

"Do You Love the Colour Of the Sky?" in Trollbreath Magazine