Exploration of the viability of non-carbon-based life forms in high-temperature environments.
Discover the chemical truth about silicon-based life. Forget 'Rock Men'. We travel to an Oven World to dissect the Crystallus mobils and understand inorganic biochemistry.
Can a forest exist at 800°C? In this Speculative Biology episode, we travel to the Oven World to discover the Silidendron: glass trees that move like muscle and feed on storms. Forget carbon biology.
In the Oven World, evolution created a living tank that hunts with electricity. Meet Fulgoris imperator: a muscle-less predator that kills at the speed of light.
Discover a sea that is neither liquid nor gas. In the Oven World, Silica Sponges thrive in a state of matter impossible on Earth. Speculative biology based on high-pressure physics.
What if intelligent life is so slow we can't see it? In this Speculative Biology episode, meet the Lithosapiens: silicon minds that think in centuries.
Oxygen is not life, it's a weapon. Witness the instant extinction of a silicon civilization when a human ship releases O2 into their atmosphere.
In a world where skin cannot stretch, life must be modular. Meet the Tesselated Nomad: a swarm intelligence made of magnetic bricks.
Can a living being digest granite? Meet the Ferrovore Rex: a biological tank with liquid metal blood and a superacid stomach. Extreme speculative biology.
What if life spoke through earthquakes? Meet the Sonic Communicators of the Oven World. Speculative biology based on seismology.
What if dying meant becoming an indestructible statue? In the Silicon Saga finale, we visit the Glass Graveyards of the Oven World.