The Silurian Hypothesis contemplates how long the ruins of a civilization would be detectable, on Earth or even other worlds, and if we could ever know if a world had once been inhabited by a technological civilization. 

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The Silurian Hypothesis: What Traces of Humanity will be Left 50 Million Years from Now?
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 346a, June 12, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
David McFarlane

Graphics:
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Jarred Eagley

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The Silurian Hypothesis: What Traces Of Humanity Will Be Left in 50 Million Years (Narration Only)

We continue our discussion of surveying for habitable exoplanets by touring our possible option for interstellar probes, dumb and smart, flyby and protracted orbital.
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Interstellar Probes
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 347, June 16, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
David McFarlane
Keith Blockus
Sig'Unnr

Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

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Rapid Thrash
Sergio Botero
Udo Schroeter

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"Expedtion" & "So Many Stars"

Interstellar Probes (Narration Only)

Science Fiction has shown us humanity exploring the stars at hundreds of times faster than light speed, but what if the fastest ships we can make never even reach a hundredth of light speed? Can we still settle the galaxy and what will that colonization entail?

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Crawlonizing The Galaxy: Settling Space At Ultra-Low Speeds
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 348, June 23, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
David McFarlane
Jason BurbankDavid McFarlane
Keith Blockus
Sig'Unnr

Cover Art:
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Bryan Versteeg
Jeremy Jozwik
Legiontech Studios
Rapid Thrash
Sergio Botero
Udo Schroeter

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Crawlonizing The Galaxy: Settling Space At Ultra-Low Speeds (Narration Only)

Every known planet, moon, and asteroid in our solar system occupies a volume of space both enormous and yet tiny compared to the vast empty gulf between stars. But interstellar space isn't truly empty and may one day be home to countless billions of isolated deep space habitats.

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IDeep Space Habitats
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 350, July 7, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
David McFarlane
Konstantin Sokerin

Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

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Bryan Versteeg
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik
Sergio Botero
Udo Schroeter

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"Expedition" & "So Many Stars"

Deep Space Habitats

We often imagine Earth being visited by more advanced civilizations, but in the future humanity may encounter more primitive ones on alien worlds. What challenges and dilemmas would we face?

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Alien Civilizations: Primitive Aliens
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 350a, July 10, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
David McFarlane

Graphics:
Darth Biomech
Fishy Tree

Cover Art:
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Martin Rezny, "Lifelight"
Denny Schneidemesser, "Bridge Ambience"
Stellardrone, "A Moment of Stillness", "Cosmic Sunrise", "Limbo", "Red Giant"
Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran"
Miguel Johnson, "Strange New World"

Primitive Aliens (Narration Only)

Primitive Aliens

The galaxy is enormous, ancient, and mostly empty, but from a determined and powerful enemy seeker, even the galaxy may not contain a safe hiding place.

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Extragalactic Sanctuaries: Escaping to the Edge of Space and Time
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 351, July 14, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
David McFarlane
Konstantin Sokerin

Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Fishy Tree
Jeremy Jozwik
Katie Byrne
Ken York
LegionTech Studios
Mike Munt
Segio Botero
Udo Schroeter

Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Stellardrone, "Red Giant"

Extragalactic Sanctuaries

The great mystery of where all the aliens are in our vast Universe contemplates ancient interstellar civilizations building enormous megastructures that rival worlds or even stars in the immensity... and asks why we can't see these giant alien artifacts.

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Event Horizon with John Michael Godier: https://www.youtube.com/c/EventHorizonShow
This Week in Space with Rod Pyle: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space

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The Fermi Paradox: Absent Megastructures
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 352, July 21, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Alex Civitello
Darius Said
David McFarlane

Cover Art:
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Udo Schroeter

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The Fermi Paradox: Absent Megastructures (Narration Only)

Black Holes and Dark Matter are two of those mysterious things in the Universe, but could black holes be the key to unlocking the secrets of Dark Matter?

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Direct detection of primordial black hole relics as dark matter: https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.06348
Search for gamma-ray emission from p-wave dark matter annihilation in the Galactic Center: https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.06261

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Black Holes & Dark Matter
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 353, July 28, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
David McFarlane

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Black Holes & Dark Matter (Narration Only)

Space is deadly and our spaceships and stations are cramped and thin-protected environments, placing enormous stress on those who journey there. So how to we keep from going crazy while we explore strange new worlds?

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Staying Sane in Space
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 358, September 1, 2022
Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Written by:
Isaac Arthur
Logan Smith

Editors:
Andy Nelson
Andy Smith
David McFarlane
Konstantin Sokerin

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Staying Sane In Space (Narration Only)

One day humanity will settle space, but what will that first settlement be like and where will it be? In Orbit? The Moon? Mars? Or somewhere else entirely?

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The First Space Settlement
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 357, August 25, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
David McFarlane
Jason Burbank
Sig'Unnr's Deluge

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Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

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Fishy Tree
Ian Long LITE
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Ken York
Rapid Thrash
Sergio Botero
Space Resources CGI

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