Popcorn Science Podcast

In this episode of "Popcorn Science," John and Catherine hear nothing but the rain while discussing the 2003 Battlestar Galactica miniseries. So grab your gun and bring the cat in. References Battlestar Galactica (2003)

Many Bothans died to bring us this episode. In this episode of "Popcorn Science," John and Catherine discuss the science behind the movie Rogue One. References Star Wars: Rogue One

References Thor Misc In this episode of "Popcorn Science," John and Catherine discuss the science behind the movie Thor!

References Clara (film) Clara on YouTube Misc In this episode of "Popcorn Science," John and Catherine discuss the science behind the 2018 movie "Clara." Clara tells the sotry of a down-on-his-luck astronomer who succeeds in making a momentous discovery with the help of a mysterious artist. Featured in the Toronto International Film Festival, this movie has a familiar science advisor - Dr. John Moores!

References The Core Stevenson (2003) Misc In this episode of "Popcorn Science," John and Catherine discuss the science behind the movie everyone loves to hate: "The Core"! First released in 2003, this movie explores what would happen if the Earth's outer core stopped spinning, and sends a courageous group of "terranauts" down to start it up again.

References The Trouble with the Tribbles Trials and Tribble-ations Misc In this episode of "Popcorn Science," John and Catherine discuss the science behind two Star Trek episodes: "The Trouble with Tribbles" (1967) from The Original Series and "Trials and Tribble-ations" (1996) from Deep Space Nine. In both episodes, the crews try to grapple with an outbreak of a number of fuzzy spheroids known as Tribbles, with the DS9 crew coming from the future to help out Kirk and Spock!

In this episode of "Popcorn Science," John and Catherine discuss the science behind the 1997 movie "Contact". Based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Carl Sagan, Contact explores what would happen if humanity were to receive a message from an extraterrestrial civilization. Topics Science Gripes (4:37) Headphones? (6:01) Opening Sequence (9:40) Hitler, Messenger of Earth (11:20) Arecibo Message (12:28) Arecibo Geography (16:00) Ellie the Astronaut (17:28) Funding (20:08) Arecibo v. VLA (21:15) Timeline Issue (48:35) The Good Things (24:59) On Location (25:05) Science Culture (27:40) Signal from Vega (30:32) Is Space Exploration Worth it? (34:48) Crewed Spaceflight (38:50) Transit Network / Wormholes (#42:25) Of Their Time (44:35) Computer Technology (44:53) Bill Clinton (47:00) Space Industrialists (49:56) Science v. Faith (52:52) Fragile Institutions (54:59) Accuracy and Significance (56:39) References Contact (film) Contact (book) Kent Cullers Frank Drake Arecibo Message Arecibo Telescope (RIP) Project Phoenix Jill Tarter Rendezvous with Rama Robert Zemeckis Carl Sagan The Demon Haunted World Cosmos

References Ender's Game (film) Ender's Game (book) Misc In this episode of "Popcorn Science," John and Catherine discuss the science behind the 2013 movie "Ender's Game". Based on the 1985 novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game follows a young boy as he learns to defend the Earth from an invasion by a mysterious alien species known as the Formics.

Topics Antarctic Meteorite Survey Tunguska References Tunguska Event Tunguska Episode Terma Episode Misc In our first episode of "Popcorn Science," John and Catherine discuss the science behind The X-Files two-parter "Tunguska/Terma". These episodes first aired in November 1996, and follow Mulder and Scully around the world as they try to get their hands on a rock filled with a mysterious alien oil.