SCIENCE FOR PEOPLE WHO GIVE A SHIT

The Real World Science of Fiction

Why is it so important that we share the science of fiction, and what do we do with it once we have it?

That's today's big question, and my guest is Maddie Stone.

Maddie is a prolific science journalist. She is a doctor of earth and environmental sciences. She's the former science editor of the technology website Gizmodo, which I love, and the founding editor of Earther, Gizmodo's climate focused vertical, which I love.

An avid science fiction fan like me, Maddie runs one of my favorite blogs called The Science of Fiction, an email newsletter and a blog, if you're old, that explores the real world science behind fictional monsters and alien planets and stuff like that (which checks all of my boxes).

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INI Book Club:

• Not The End of The World (https://bookshop.org/a/8952/9780316536752) by Hannah Ritchie
• The Right to Repair (https://bookshop.org/a/8952/9781108837651) by Aaron Perzanowski
• Find all of our guest recommendations at the INI Book Club: https://bookshop.org/lists/important-not-important-book-club

Links:

• Subscribe to The Science of Fiction (https://www.sciof.fi/)
• Keep up with Maddie's writing (https://maddiestonewriting.com/) , including her recent story holding Microsoft accountable (https://grist.org/accountability/microsoft-employees-spent-years-fighting-the-tech-giants-oil-ties-now-theyre-speaking-out/) to their sustainability pledges
• Check out the Climate Reality Check (https://www.theclimaterealitycheck.com/) report from Good Energy

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