Scientists at Los Alamos literally held uranium chunks apart with a screwdriver in an experiment called "tickling the dragon's tail" until one day the screwdriver slipped. Listen now at

The actual nuclear reactor is only the size of a truck but needs massive cooling infrastructure because apparently even space gets too hot when you're splitting atoms. Listen now at whattheif.com

NASA wants to put a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030 because two-week-long lunar nights make solar panels pretty useless for powering moon bases. Listen now at whattheif.com

Apple helps ALS sufferer to use an iPad in a demonstration of thought control (via @ambermac newsletter): appleinsider.com/articles/25/...

Cities would install water pipeline infrastructure so everyone can live knee-deep in their living rooms to stay cool. Listen now at

No more sweating means everyone walks around panting like dogs with their tongues out during important meetings. Listen now at whattheif.com

Want to see taxi cabs on alien planets? Just position yourself a billion miles from the Sun and use gravity as your magnifying glass! Listen now at

The Vera Rubin Observatory spotted 2,000 asteroids on its first night - imagine what a telescope the size of Earth's orbit could find! Listen now at whattheif.com

Shake hands with Usain Bolt, get the fast-running genes. Shake hands with Keith Richards, become immortal. Listen now at

Fungi can trade superpowers through Starship elements, but humans just get awkward handshakes. Listen now at whattheif.com

Scientists named genetic elements after Star Trek because they kept seeing Vulcan hand signs in their data. Listen now at whattheif.com

Billions of neutrinos are zipping through your body right now and you can't feel any of them. Listen now at

Wolfgang Pauli was so bad at experiments that people waited for him to leave the city before running them. Listen now at

The Total Perspective Vortex shows you're just a piece of fairy cake in an infinite universe and that's the point. Listen now at

Space is really huge, but Douglas Adams already told us that and we still haven't learned our lesson. Listen now at

Jellyfish swarms are clogging warship engines while thermal layers hide nuclear subs forever. Nature's ultimate defense system. Listen now at

Climate change is creating underwater stealth zones where submarines just vanish completely into thermal chaos. Listen now at

#BattleoftheBigBang is finally here! Take advantage of a 30% discount by using this discount code (UCPNEW) when ordering from: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

The universe might be stuck in cosmic Groundhog Day where every Big Bang leads right back to another Big Bang in an endless loop. Listen now at whattheif.com

This weekend I will be teaching a session within the Sundance Institute's weekend intensive, "NAVIGATING AI IN FILMMAKING" on June 13-15. Registration for the online weekend program is closing very soon, learn more at collab.sundance.org/catalog/Navi...

Infinite copies of you are scattered across millions of light years right now, just waiting their turn to have this exact conversation. Listen now at whattheif.com

The robot revolution begins with a badminton racket to the head after being stuck on easy mode too long. Listen now at

Your Roomba is named Alan Rickman? Ours is Chad GPT because of false AI advertising. Listen now at

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Interesting discussion about Nokia Bell Labs: “Innovation is the Mother of Invention with Sean Kennedy: The AmberMac Show” youtu.be/BD_WVWg85VI?... via @YouTube

Interesting discussion about Nokia Bell Labs: “Innovation is the Mother of Invention with Sean Kennedy: The AmberMac Show” youtu.be/BD_WVWg85VI?... via @YouTube

Interesting discussion about Nokia Bell Labs: “Innovation is the Mother of Invention with Sean Kennedy: The AmberMac Show” youtu.be/BD_WVWg85VI?... via @YouTube

Make America...Hallucinate Again? The AmberMac Show Ep016 youtu.be/sz93xRvI6Yo?... via @YouTube

Robots learn badminton coordination skills, immediately become better at baseball, mining, and existential crises. Listen now at

When sentient buildings start wandering the Great Plains playing badminton, you'll know who to blame. Listen now at

Life emerged from the oceans but what if we never figured out how to breathe on land? Time for some evolutionary do-overs! Listen now at whattheif.com

Boston Dynamics robots can now beat you at badminton. Next stop: folding fitted sheets (still impossible). Listen now at

Dr. Vanessa Pirotta from Australia helps us figure out how to redesign civilization when breathing requires a good dunking! Listen now at whattheif.com

Teaching robots to play badminton seemed harmless until they realized grenades are basically angry shuttlecocks. Listen now at

Robot dogs are learning badminton and suddenly your apartment building wants to join the game too. Listen now at

Swimming to the surface for air? That's so whale. Real humans dive down to get their oxygen fix in this topsy-turvy world! Listen now at whattheif.com

Forget scuba gear - in this world you need air gear to survive on land! Water is where you go to actually breathe. Listen now at whattheif.com

Whales spend their whole lives underwater but can't actually breathe there. What if humans had the same problem but backwards? Listen now at whattheif.com

Imagine buildings filled with water instead of air, and water helmets instead of bike helmets. That's just Tuesday in our upside-down breathing world! Listen now at whattheif.com

What if you had to stick your head in a fishbowl every time you needed to breathe? Welcome to reverse whale life! Listen now at whattheif.com

From metabolic disorders to sickle cell anemia, custom gene editing is about to transform medicine. How will it change YOUR future? Listen now at whattheif.com

Could future space travelers have their genes edited for better bone density and improved blood flow in zero-G? The science is already in progress! Listen now at

One baby, one deadly genetic mutation, and one custom-made cure that changed medical history. The personalized gene editing revolution has begun! Listen now at

Imagine a world where deadly genetic mutations are fixed with mRNA and CRISPR, delivered in just three little shots. The future is closer than you think! Listen now at

Getting your genes edited at your bar mitzvah? Custom CRISPR therapy might make this future reality for conditions like lactose intolerance! Listen now at

From deadly genetic disorders to annoying lactose intolerance - what happens when custom DNA editing becomes as common as a flu shot? Listen now at

Scientists fixed a baby's DNA with a single shot, targeting just ONE letter among millions – welcome to the age of personalized gene editing! Listen now at

When your plumber shows up resistant to bad smells and your electrician grabs live wires with bare hands - specialized immunity takes professional certifications to a new level. Listen now at

Regional human subspecies with thick skulls for falling branches, heat resistance for desert dwellers, and cold immunity for arctic regions. Cultural differences get biological! Listen now at