Space Elevators, Asteroid Mining, Buckets of programmable matter, à la carte physical features and printable houses. We are joined by authors of 'Soonish', Dr Kelly and Zach Weinersmith.

Dr Kelly Weinersmith works in the BioSciences department at Rice University, and is the co-host of; Science . . . Sort Of, a top-rated science podcast. Her research has been featured in the Atlantic, National Geographic and BBC World.

Zach Weinersmith is the creator of the popular webcomic, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. His work has also been featured in a variety of publications, including the Economist, the Wall Street Journal, Slate and Forbes.

In this action-packed show, we talk about:
Space elevators
Asteroid mining
Fusion Power
Programmable matter
Ethical questions
Buckets of stuff
Inexpensive Construction
Robots v humans
3D Printed houses
Synthetic Biology
Genetics
DNA manipulation
Crisper cast 9
Made to order looks for your kids
J Craig Venter
Brain Interfaces
Improving memory and cognitive ability

Find out more about Kelly and Zach here: http://www.weinersmith.com/ https://smbc-comics.com/soonish/