🥪 Science and Futurism - Youtube Channels and Videos 🥪
Isaac Arthur
Isaac’s channel explores concepts in science with an emphasis on futurism and space exploration. Topics include speculations on alien culture and biology, the near and distant future of humanity, how to colonize space and planets very different from ours, and various possible solutions to the Fermi Paradox.
Recommended videos:
- The Fermi Paradox Compendium
- The Megastructure Compendium
- The Spaceship Propulsion Compendium
- Upward Bound: The Environments of Space Habitats
- Upward Bound: Space Elevators
- Interstellar Travel Challenges
- Life as a Digital Being
- Gods & Monsters: Space as Lovecraft Envisioned it
- Terrifying Aliens
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John Michael Godier
Author and futurist John Michael Godier creates videos that center on science, future technology, space, aliens, and the mysteries of the universe. He has many videos that cover topics like the Fermi Paradox, the possible nature of alien civilizations, and the existential dangers of the universe around us.
Recommended videos:
- 10 Unsettling Solutions to the Fermi Paradox
- The Atmospheres of Terrestrial Worlds
- 10 Mind-blowing Interstellar Propulsion Systems
- Fermi Paradox: Most Alien Civilizations are Aquatic
- Fermi Paradox: The Road to Intelligence Leads to Extinction
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Cool Worlds
This channel has a range of videos covering topics such as space, astronomy, exoplanets, astroengineering and the search for extraterrestrial life & intelligence.
Recommended videos:
- Why We May Be Surrounded by Older Alien Civilizations
- Galactic Colonization
- The First Civilization to Emerge in the Galaxy
- Why Going Faster-Than-Light Leads to Time Paradoxes
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PBS Space Time
Space Time is a show hosted by astrophysicist Matthew O’Dowd. Videos explore the outer reaches of space, the craziness of astrophysics, and the possibilities of science fiction.
Recommended videos:
- Is Interstellar Travel Impossible?
- 5 REAL Possibilities for Interstellar Travel
- Superluminal Time Travel + Time Warp Challenge Answer
- The Cosmic Dark Ages
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Scott Manley
A channel that started by teaching people orbital mechanics and rocket science so they could play Kerbal Space Program, it is now a channel focused on the history, current events, and future of space exploration, as well as other related topics.
Recommended videos:
- How Gravity Assists Work
- How Would Guns Work In Space?
- Does Launching Rockets From A Mountain Really Help?
- How Fast Are Spaceships In 'The Expanse'?
- Why Rocket Exhausts Look The Way They Do
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Miscellaneous video links
Here I will put links to miscellaneous videos that I’ve found helpful, regarding the topics around science and futurism.
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I have also compiled the above resources into a single Google document, if you would prefer to browse through the lists that way. The link can be found here: Sandwich's Writing Resources Compilation Link