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Fear the fungus in 'Unfamiliar Garden' Jan 18, 2022

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Benjamin Percy, author of "The Unfamiliar Garden," talks about his Seattle-centric, science-centric update of the classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" plotline - plus, how writing for comic books made him a better novelist.

'Don't Look Up': A comedy about cosmic threats Dec 06, 2021

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Amy Mainzer, the science adviser for "Don't Look Up," talks about the real-life astronomy behind the movie's fictional killer comet.

Cat Rambo explains how to launch a space opera Nov 11, 2021

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Award-winning science-fiction writer Cat Rambo talks about their new novel, "You Sexy Thing," a tale about space pirates, a sentient starship and gourmet mercenaries that's been called a cross between "Farscape" and "The Great British Baking Show."

Neal Stephenson on the metaverse and the climate crisis Nov 06, 2021

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Science-fiction writer Neal Stephenson discusses his new climate-change thriller, "Termination Shock," and the status of the metaverse - a concept he came up with nearly 30 years ago.

Christof Koch on the mysteries of consciousness Oct 31, 2021

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Allen Institute neuroscientist Christof Koch talks about his quest to understand the nature of consciousness, his magic mushroom experience and his role in the documentary film "Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness."

Fact and fiction in the billionaire space race Jul 26, 2021

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Jeffrey Kluger, editor at large for Time magazine and author of the sci-fi novel "Holdout," talks about the fact and the fiction surrounding commercial spaceflight and NASA exploration.

Octavia E. Butler's classic sci-fi reborn as graphic novel Jul 17, 2021

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Damian Duffy and John Jennings talk about how they transformed Octavia E. Butler's prescient science-fiction tale, "Parable of the Sower," into a graphic novel.

The meaning of life, death ... and black holes Jun 06, 2021

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Radio astronomer Heino Falcke, one of the leaders of the Event Horizon Telescope project, discusses how the first image of a black hole's shadow was captured - and why it's so intriguing.

Outer space gets stripped down in 'Voyagers' Apr 08, 2021

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Veteran production designer Scott Chambliss says he took a page from SpaceX's playbook when he created the look of the multi-generational spaceship for the movie "Voyagers."

Why Michio Kaku believes the God Equation will be our salvation Apr 06, 2021

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Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku talks about his latest book, "The God Equation," and explains how we might be able to use the theory of everything to escape the eventual death of our own universe.

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