[Q&A+] Exciting Science in 2026, Nature of Dark Matter, Forever Travelling Light

I have taken down all of the names, Megan, Adam, John Michael, go J and Kipling. I’m obviously not caught up on the most recent interviews because apparently Meghan‘s news, so I am going to check that out however, your interviews are amazing and I have never felt like you were pushing, I think you were pulling a little bit to get information but not an aggressive way. Don’t change for us. I’m pretty sure we all love just exactly what you’re doing and how you’re doing it but I will watch some more. I’m like I don’t know 14 post behind so I’ve missed you all and I have another hour and a half that I have dedicated to my pad and my paper and a great enjoyment of everything you do for us. Thank you Fraser it’s appreciated.

I do apologize I feel like my last statement was for the video before so I apologize for any confusion

I’m just enjoying be able to spend some time getting caught up if I may make a suggestion as a young grandmother lol. Crunch labs is awesome. You can find the series on YouTube. I don’t do YouTube. Actually I only found it from Netflix but you can actually purchase and I hate to use that word but you can actually buy a couple of things and then you and the kids of all ages starting at 4. Can build and learn about science. I also want to give a quick shout out to Emilys. Wonder lab just started watching it today but I love science fiction. I am the biggest science fiction nerd you will ever know. No definitely not. I’m sure you know more than I do but anyways, science is the key, and then you all can build and make some wonderful things and learn tons of stuff and then maybe they can make their own movie I mean technology new wave. I’m sure your parents are totally good with that. I mean you put dog faces on everything

In Australia we have a channel, SBS. They ran Neon Genesis Evangelion, I think in the 1990's, and it was so popular that they ran the whole series 3 times, back to back. I watched it all the way through. There were other anime that were played on other channels before that. The first I remember seeing was in the 1960's, called Tobor the Eighth Man. For its' time it was great. Then Astro Boy arrived and I was hooked. I think Star Blazers really got me started into deep anime fandom, though. I am still deep into anime fandom, even in my 70's. I am currently watching 16 shows a week, but they are distilled from the hundreds of shows available. Maybe one show out of ten is good enough to make the cut. As for conversational encounters with like minded people, I find I learn much more from people, and have my mental horizons widened, when having a conversation with them. Interviews and conversations both have their place. Just keep up the good work, Fraser. You mean the Universe to us.

for the record, I think "bounce off" for reflection is not the best analogy to make. I wouldn't mention this, but you repeated it 3 times, last time saying "light can absolutely bounce off things" which sounds like it's the same light coming back from the mirror that went in. And while the two are very similar, they are not the same. Light didn't just turn around. The physics of mirrors is quite fascinating

It was absolutley Dragonball Z. I was obsessed with everything about this show. I started watching at a time that the US only had so many episodes dubbed and it would end mid Freiza Saga and repeat. I would spend nights on dial up internet looking up power levels and loading up 20, 30 sec clips of stuff we didnt have yet just to watch them in the morning. I still watch the series to this day 30 years later. I wish I could love something(outside of family of course) as much as I loved DBZ.

Bring on the conversational interviews Fraser! It’s more important for us that you also have fun, that energy is transmitted through the screen. On top of that, by this time, 20+ years in, your knowledge of astronomy is vast and interesting to listen to. And if you are sharing your opinion, you are always carefully forming and underpinning them.

Two cartoons that I really enjoyed as a kid was Goldorak and Transformers. I just loved robots and the anime was amazing!

Dragon ball is lit

For me, the anime with the biggest impact was Future Boy Conan, the directorial debut of Hayao Miyazaki. It was shown on Portuguese TV around 1982/3 and it was just incredible, with the original Japanese voices and pt subtitles. Highly recommended.

I really enjoy the conversational style interviews, you always ask the questions I'm thinking about. Excited for the interviews in 2026.

The US has astronauts. Russia/USSR has cosmonauts. China has taikonaut. India has vyomanauts. Does Canada have cannauts and Australia have ausnauts?

I was only 3 years old by the time I had clear memories of watching Star Trek: TNG and DS9 on the television; pretending I had the job of Geordi LaForge or that I was visiting the planet Bajor. I'm sure I was already doing these things before I was even conscious of them. So, really, there was never a time for me when I didn't have the idea of other worlds and peoples and cultures and ways of being and experiencing the universe in my head. I really wish my parents or anyone else in my extended family had ever cared to enter that frame of reference with me and see what I was seeing, but that is probably why I was left to gather culture from television instead of experiencing it first-hand to begin with.

For me it was definitely Cowboy Bebop, and from there I fell straight down the cyberpunk rabbithole with Ghost in the Shell and Serial Experiments Lain, which were definitely deeply formative for me. Also, since you watched Robotech as a kid, have you ever seen any of the original Macross, or any of its follow ups? They're for the most part quite good, and I'd put Macross Frontier in particular easily in my top 3 of all time.

The interview with Megan Gialluca was utterly brilliant, chefs kiss. She was great and you did a brilliant job. Your chatty style of interviews i dont perceive them as interuptions as you know your onions and add to the experience. Animation wise, grew up in England watching Stingray, Terrahawks*, Tranformers and Mask, Ulysses 31 (incredible!). Personal game changers tho in my teen years were Akira, Fist of the North Star, Devilman and the Legend of the Overfiend. New culture, mind blown! Recently loved Delicious in Dungeon and Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, highly recommend the latter.

C’mon u talk to much saying nothing

G force, classic Dr. Who, classic star trek, classic Battlestar Galactica...

I am slightly older than you and from rural Australia, so we didn't have much choice on TV. However, Battleship Yamato and GeForce were cool escapes for me (along with classic Doctor Who and Blakes Seven) that helped propel me into Maths and Physics at university and beyond. Quality fictional media and even "kids" programmes aren't just brain rot, but can inspire the enquiring mind.

Going to seriously show my age here. LOL Stingray (British puppet show), Thunderbirds , Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. Anime, Marine Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Speedracer, and Astro Boy. Throw in Ultraman for good measures.

one of such anime's i watched loong time ago that really brought that genre to me was appleseed