Science, Actually Presents : The Nerd and the Scientist

Astrophysicist Kovi Rose and scicommer Benjamin Salles love space, and bad puns, and are united in their shared belief that they're brilliantly funny.

Science, Actually Presents : The Nerd and the Scientist is a science podcast hosted by Science, Actually, with 89 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Science, Actually hosts Science, Actually Presents : The Nerd and the Scientist, a science show with 89 episodes published.

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  Episode #10

  We Welcome Our AI Overlords : Guest : Dr. Petr Lebedev

  Oct 1, 20261h 12mS9

  Doctor of science, filmmaker of science, and communicator of science - the one and only Petr Lebedev - takes a moment to chat with Kovi and Benjamin about AI. How AI's infiltrating our education system, the workforce, and it doesn't matter how much you thank your AI bot of choice - it's still coming for us all. Maybe. Probably not. 10%. Never mind all that - currently it's incentive is keep us super duper happy, so, you know, nothing to see here.

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  Episode #9

  Hive Mind Book Club : Guest : Dr. Graham Lau

  Sep 17, 20261h 17mS9

  Are there alien civilizations out there looking for us like we're looking for them? Do they want to eat us? Meet us? Or fulfill this episode's guest's secret desire to merge into a hive mind with them? Dr. Graham Lau has watched all the 'Trek', read all the books, and talks to Kovi and Benjamin about the variety of societal and evolutionary impacts astrobiologists dream of as the result of coming into contact with another civilization. Find Graham at : https://cosmobiota.com/ and https://www.bluemarblespace.org/affiliates/graham-lau Follow Benjamin at Science, Actually : https://www.scienceactually.com/ & https://www.facebook.com/actuallyscience Follow Kovi at Fun Fact Science : https://www.funfactscience.com/ & https://www.facebook.com/funfactscience Books mentioned on this episode: Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon Billions and Billions by Carl Sagan Dawn by Octavia Butler Ascent of Information by Caleb Scharf The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin The Tragic Life of Yahoo Serious : https://cosmobiota.substack.com/p/young-einstein-and-the-tragic-life

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  Episode #9

  In the beginning... : Guest : Dr. Jaiden Cook

  Sep 3, 202658 minS9

  In the beginning... ...the was this huge bang from which all this ionized stuff came into the universe. Then a Recombination came along and cooled everything down and changed matter from ionized to neutral. Then the first stars and galaxies came to be, and produced enough UV light to re-ionize everything. So... Kovi and Benjamin ask the REALLY big question... How could there be an ionization before a REionization, but no combination a REcombination? Huh? Answer THAT, Dr. Jaiden Cook. Find Jaiden at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaiden-cook-250929115/ & https://www.atnf.csiro.au/daily-picture/2025/07/22/welcome-jaiden-cooke/ Follow Benjamin at Science, Actually : https://www.scienceactually.com/ & https://www.facebook.com/actuallyscience Follow Kovi at Fun Fact Science : https://www.funfactscience.com/ & https://www.facebook.com/funfactscience

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  Episode #7

  Is That A Laser In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Happy To See Me? : Guest : Dr. Dimos Katsis

  Aug 20, 20261h 8mS9

  Our very first guest and our very first return guest - Dr. Dimos Katsis - becomes our second 'third timer'. He's the principal engineer at Overview Energy - a company that's building the infrastructure to gather solar energy in space with satellites each as big as two football fields, and then beam it down to us here on Earth. To sum it up real quick... Kovi and Benjamin asked, "so, the microwave power plant from the video game Sim City 2000 is for real!?" Dimos, "yep."

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  Episode #6

  Moondial!

  Aug 6, 202657 minS9

  Moondial! Get it? Like 'Mundial' but we made it say 'Moon' because we're space nerds? FIFA World Cup 2026 is over (congrats, Spain!), so get your vuvuzelas ready as Kovi and Benjamin get into some of the science behind soccer. Over time the ball was reengineered to be smoother until it actually ruined its aerodynamics, one venue is almost 1 1/2 miles above sea level where the air is 23% less dense, players lose up to 2% body mass due to sweat each game, and penalty kicks happen faster than the goalie's brain can process what's happening - so it's all chance.

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