A podcast made with love and wonder ✨🎙 Examining the intersection between science and Star Trek 🧬🖖 Hosted by @miquai 🪐👽 See you out there! 🚀💫
Joined April 2022
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Our show is almost five years old, but this Twitter account is brand new! Now that #StrangeNewWorlds (the @StarTrekOnPPlus show) is about to be a thing, tag @scienceoftrek whenever you want to refer to your favorite science of Star Trek podcast! See you out there!
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On the latest @scienceoftrek, Paleontologist and science communicator Gabriel Santos beams aboard to share how Cosplay for Science, an initiative he co-founded, brings science education to Comic-Cons and other pop culture conventions 🦖🎙🖖 soundcloud.com/strange-new-w…
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Learn more about Cosplay for Science ⬇️ cosplayforscience.com
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Podcast: Epistemic Pluralism & Astrobiology
Arizona Astrobiology Center's very own Kayla Smith joins Mike Wong to discuss how astrobiology can benefit from diverse ways of thinking and more.
🎧 Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
📄 Read the paper:
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On the latest @scienceoftrek, astrobiologist @Planetary_Kayla and philosopher Patrick Anderson beam aboard to talk about a new paper they published with @miquai called "Epistemic Pluralism & Astrobiology" 👽🎙🖖 soundcloud.com/strange-new-w…
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On the latest @scienceoftrek, Dr. @AstroKatie uses the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Chrysalis" as a launchpad to talk through scenarios for the end of the universe—and whether there's anything we can do about them ✨🎙🖖 soundcloud.com/strange-new-w…
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Mientras espero a que llegue, la entrevistaron en @scienceoftrek soundcloud.com/strange-new-w…
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On the latest @scienceoftrek, the hosts of the Deep Space Love podcast, Joe & Nicole Praska, beam aboard to tell us about their "Antifascist Star Trek Watch List" published on @TwinCitiesGeeks 📺🎙🖖 soundcloud.com/strange-new-w…
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On the latest @scienceoftrek, @miquai's book coauthor and @carnegiescience colleague Dr. Bob Hazen beams aboard to discuss how they see evolution everywhere—in isotopes, minerals, life, music, science, technology, and (of course) Star Trek 📖🎙🖖 soundcloud.com/strange-new-w…
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Want to learn more? Check out their new book, "Time's Second Arrow: Evolution, Order, and a New Law of Nature," which launches on February 10, 2026. wwnorton.com/books/978132410…
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On the latest @scienceoftrek, Dr. @caleb_scharf, the senior scientist for astrobiology at NASA Ames, beams aboard to discuss how becoming a spacefaring civilization is a major transition in the story of life on Earth 🚀🎙🖖 soundcloud.com/strange-new-w…
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Learn more by reading @caleb_scharf's new book, "The Giant Leap: Why Space Is the Next Frontier in the Evolution of Life" ⬇️ hachettebookgroup.com/titles…
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On the latest @scienceoftrek, Dr. Kristina Šekrst beams aboard to discuss the linguistics of the #StarTrek TNG episode "Darmok" 🗣️🎙🖖 soundcloud.com/strange-new-w…
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Time’s Second Arrow is one of Apple Books’ most anticipated books of winter 2026! Pre-order your copy today! wwnorton.com/books/978132410…
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For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been much more interested in what was above my head than what was below my feet. But this project showed me that looking down and back in time can be an important step toward the future of how we study worlds beyond.
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New PNAS study shows that life’s signature lingers in rocks long after the original biomolecules are gone. Hazen, Wong (@Miquai) & Prabhu (@Anirudh_14) found chemical traces of ancient life in 3.3 BYO rocks.
Let’s get into it. (1/6)
👉 carnegiescience.edu/chemical…
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On the latest @scienceoftrek, @Anirudh_14 joins @miquai to discuss how they use machine learning trained on organic chemical data to detect the "whispers" of life—specifically photosynthetic life—in ancient rocks 🪨🧪🤖🎙🖖 soundcloud.com/strange-new-w…
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This discussion is based on their new paper: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.25…
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On the latest @scienceoftrek, @miquai shares his appearance on Sean Carroll's Mindscape Podcast, where they talk about astrobiology, the origins of life, and complexity. soundcloud.com/strange-new-w…
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Learn more about Sean Carroll's Mindscape Podcast: preposterousuniverse.com/pod…
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Pre-Order "Time's Second Arrow: Evolution, Order, and a New Law of Nature" by Robert M. Hazen and @miquai ⬇️ wwnorton.com/books/978132410…
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