What The If?

What The If?

What The If?

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A weekly Science and Science Fiction podcast featuring Philip Shane

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What The If?

What The If?

What The If?

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What The If?

What The If?

What The If?

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A weekly Science and Science Fiction podcast featuring Philip Shane
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Terraforming via MOLE? In this encore presentation of one of our most popular episodes -- when we tried out a new format called "Fantastic Voyage" -- Captain GABY takes us to the RED PLANET, and has brought along some of her favorite animals, n
WHALES spend their entire lives inside a medium, water, in which they can’t actually breathe. So throughout the day, and the night, they have to swim to the surface to take a breath of that sweet, sweet ocean air… or they die! We humans, and ot
Got an IF of your own? Want to have us consider your idea for a show topic? Send YOUR IF to us! Email us at feedback@whattheif.com and let us know what's in your imagination. No idea is too small, or too big!---Want to support the show? Cli
Love the show? Click here to give a 1-click iTunes rating: http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1250517051 Thanks!Listen for End-Of-The-Episode Shoutouts! We salute our most dedicated Twitter followers... listen for your name!We continue to be riv
Enjoy the show? Leave an iTunes review! http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1250517051We humans share the Earth with many species, and some people see us Homo Sapiens as the masters of the planet. But that wasn't always the case. Watch Jurassic Park
Using gravity waves, Astronomers announced they discovered two neutron stars colliding in an epic explosion! Forbes Magazine's favorite fact about this natural wonder is that the event created 28 Octillion Dollars worth of Gold! (Priorities, pe
NASA has emergency plans for what to do if they find an alien artifact on the Moon or anywhere in space (for real!). Elon Musk probably does, too. What The IF would happen if we found something left by Aliens? What if it was trash? Like, I dunn
If miracles could be proven by science, oh man, wouldn't things would be better for everyone? Wouldn't it be awesome? And fun? And super helpful? We imagine the wild & wacky day that science discovers that miracles are real, and repeatable, and
Imagine if space was breathable... If you could swim in it, fly in it, go anywhere you want wearing only your bathing suit, or your birthday suit! Would you swim to Jupiter? Paddle to Alpha Centauri? How would life have evolved if it could swim
Stop! What if you could be prevented from reacting too fast to that Friday night email from your boss, that "look" from your SO, that guy who didn't hold the elevator for you? All hopped up on coffee, we imagine a future where global emotional
We imagine trying to tame the quantum world with cute barking dogs, get trapped in a backward flowing river of time, and ponder the outcome of cute little kids with nefarious world dominating plans, and lasers. An epic journey of WTiF!
The great eclipse of 2017 blew our minds! What The IF everyone (!!!) could see the eclipse every day? Would going to space make you crazy, or super awesomely happy, or just hungry? What will be the first thing you do when you get to the Moon? O
6 - When Logic Lets You Down by Philip Shane & Matt Stanley
5 - Fear The Cookies & Tea Apocalypse by Philip Shane & Matt Stanley
4 - How Many Brains Does It Take To Fill The Albert Hall? by Philip Shane & Matt Stanley
3 - Time Dilation, From Head To Toe by Philip Shane & Matt Stanley
2 - Attack Of The Therapy Bots by Philip Shane & Matt Stanley
1 - Astronomy Smells by Philip Shane & Matt Stanley
Inspired by the recent news of Earth's temporary mini-moon 2024 PT5, this episode explores a universe where such celestial visitors become commonplace. What if Earth regularly captured bus-sized asteroids as mini-moons? From space hippie lifest
Buckle up for one of our silliest episodes yet! We've really gone off the rails this time as we blast off into the world of space alcohol. What started as a question from our listener Nigel about phosphine on Venus somehow morphed into a cosmic
What if humans were the latest must-have pet for trendy aliens? This episode explores the hilarious and bizarre scenario of extraterrestrial beings snatching us up like puppies from a shelter. From alien vets poking and prodding us for space pa
Fungal-powered robots are no longer science fiction! Scientists have created robots controlled by fungal mycelia that respond to light stimulation. These fungus-bots could revolutionize how we think about artificial intelligence and robotics. B
Imagine a world where giant, bus-sized nematodes roam the streets, carrying diseases from city to city! In this mind-bending episode, we explore the consequences of scaling up microscopic worms to Dune-like proportions. How would humanity adapt
A speedy little star is racing through the Milky Way at a million miles per hour, fast enough to potentially escape our galaxy. This hypervelocity object, discovered by an amateur astronomer, could be a low-mass star or a brown dwarf. We explor
Imagine a world where gravity fluctuates like the weather, causing chaos in daily life. This episode explores the wild consequences of variable gravity, from spaghettification dangers to the need for gravity forecasts. Discover how changing G-f
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