What first appears to be a send-up of classic science fiction is in fact a thorough examination of the real-world science behind the sensationalism. In the pilot episode, the physics behind a hypothetical alien invasion are explained. With the help of scientists and engineers from NASA, JPL, the Department of Energy, the U.S. Army, a major special effects studio, and various universities, the Sci-Fi Science crew explores force fields, lasers, lightning guns, rail guns, extrasolar planets and other "science fiction" concepts that are in fact, quite real. A campy, animation-rich alien invasion of Los Angeles provides the jumping-off point for real science demonstrations.
The Prince Albert Science Centre at the Gateway Mall was home to the Science Rendezvous hosted by Sci-Fi Science Camps.The afternoon was an opportunity to l
because irreparable conflict and confusion, it s how brains get blown. good morning, i don t have any secrets. the idea of telepathy may seem like fiction, a new book suggests it may actually be possible sooner than we think. the new book, the future of the mind , reveals secrets of the brain and how ideas that were once only found in science fiction are slowly becoming reality. michio joins me now, aside from being a best selling author, he s a professor of theoretical physics at university of new york and host of sci-fi science on the sci-fi channel. great to have you on. great to be on the show. you re a rock star, when you walk in, everyone wants to take a picture, but this takes it so next level for me in that when people ask what super power you would want if you were a super hero, they think telepathy or the ability to erase it all, and
science. we have had ice ages, meteor impacts that have destroyed up to 90% of all life on the earth. well, another meteorite has just hit the earth called humanity. humanity? pollution, deforestation. we re talking about losing the natural habitats of many life forms are causing mass extinctions which could accelerate into the future. you point to this from 1511 to 2011, thrs what the basis of the study is. 80 mammal species have disappeared over the last 500 years. how are we going to lose 18,000 species that are threatened in the next three to 22 centuries? we have lost 1.4% of all plant and animal species on the
let s bring in professor of physics at the city university of new york and also hosts the sci-fi science and michio s coming book physics of the future. this is so weird that it has people on blogs, as you know, michio, going crazy. 5,000 dead birds and now 100,000 dead fish ask definitely an alien invasion in arkansas. would you like to rule out an alien invasion? the internet is burning up with conspiracy theories. sonic waves to collisions with flying saucers have been proposed. look, three possibilities. chemical poisoning, pathogens or disease or blunt trauma. we scientists can eliminate them one by one. because they ve done autopsies on the birds. also chemical poisoning is difficult to detect, but 95% of