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Things I Know Nothing About
This is a place where we will explore things we don't know much about, but we are curious and want to know more. The topics covered will explore the research or evidence that exists and try to discuss the topics in a way that is easily understood.
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Elon's Mars Timeline Is Physically Impossible
Why physics says Musk cant get humans to Mars on schedule. We break down radiation, fuel, life support, and launch windows.
The UFO Vault They Wiped Clean
What if crucial UAP evidence was systematically erased? We explore missing Project Blue Book files, secret AATIP briefings, deleted military videos, a...
One Injection Reversed 20 Years of Hearing Loss
A single injection of gene therapy restored hearing in patients who had been deaf for over 20 years. The treatment delivers a working copy of the otof...
The Ocean Floor Is Dissolving Right Now
The ocean has absorbed so much CO2 that it's become 17.5% more acidic in just 40 years. Shells are dissolving on living animals. The seafloor itself i...
The Algorithm That Predicted Every Pandemic Before the WHO
BlueDot's AI flagged COVID nine days before the WHO declared it a public health emergency. It spotted Zika six months early. These algorithms scan new...
Water Found on a Planet That Shouldn't Have Any
JWST detected signs of water and potentially dimethyl sulfide — a molecule only produced by life on Earth — in the atmosphere of K2-18 b, an exoplanet...
Your Immune System Has a Memory Better Than Yours
Your immune system remembers every pathogen you've ever encountered — sometimes for decades. Memory T cells, memory B cells, and tissue-resident senti...
The Star That Refuses to Die
Eta Carinae is one of the most massive and unstable stars in our galaxy — 100 times the mass of our Sun. It already faked its own death in 1843 with a...
AI's Loudest Critic Got Everything Wrong (Fixed)
Ed Zitron built a career as AI's loudest critic. But when you look past the headlines, the arguments fall apart. From mocking Nobel Prize winners to c...
Dark Matter Is Holding the Universe Together — And We Can't See It
85% of all matter in the universe is invisible. We can't touch it, see it, or detect it directly — but without dark matter, galaxies would fly apart a...
A Common Virus You Already Have May Cause Multiple Sclerosis
95% of adults carry Epstein-Barr virus. New research shows it may be the leading cause of multiple sclerosis — a connection that could revolutionize h...
Scientists Just Grew a Spinal Cord in a Lab
For the first time, researchers have grown functional spinal cord tissue from stem cells. This isn't a distant dream — it's published science that cou...
Shape-Shifting Molecules That Could Replace Computers
What if molecules could compute? Researchers are building molecular machines that change shape on command, processing information without silicon chip...
Quantum Physics Is Missing Something Huge
Quantum mechanics is the most successful theory in physics — and it's incomplete. There's a gap between quantum rules and the reality we experience ev...
The Universe Has an Expiration Date — And It's Ticking
The universe isn't eternal. Physicists have mapped out several possible endings — from heat death to vacuum decay to the Big Rip. Some could happen to...
Two Presidents Dropped Alien Bombshells in One Week
Barack Obama said aliens are 'real' on a podcast. Four days later, Trump ordered the Pentagon to release UFO files. We unpack the wildest week in disc...
A Robot Just Learned to Talk by Watching Itself in a Mirror
A humanoid robot developed language by watching itself move in a mirror. No programming, no training data, just self-observation. This might be the cl...
Dear Neil deGrasse Tyson, You're Wrong About the Singularity
Neil deGrasse Tyson says the singularity is overhyped nonsense. We respectfully disagree and here's why his physics-first framework misses what's actu...
Runaway Black Holes Are Tumbling Through the Universe
A supermassive black hole weighing 20 million suns got ejected from its own galaxy and is now barreling through space at 2.2 million miles per hour. P...
Grok's AI-Generated Nudes Are Breaking the Internet
Elon Musk's Grok AI removed its content filters, and the internet did exactly what you'd expect. But the real story is about the battle over who contr...
Brain-Shaped Computers Just Beat Supercomputers at Physics
Neuromorphic chips that mimic the human brain just solved physics simulations faster than traditional supercomputers using a fraction of the power. Th...
Scientists Found the Protein That Reverses Brain Aging
Your brain is retiring its own stem cells. By your 60s, the factory that builds new neurons has practically shut down. But researchers at the National...
A Brain Game Reduced Alzheimer's Risk by 25% - For 20 Years
Twenty-three hours of a computer brain game cut Alzheimer's risk by 25%, and the protection lasted 20 years. This massive NIH-funded trial out of John...
E57: 3 Seconds of Your Voice Is All a Scammer Needs
AI deepfake voice cloning — how it works, real scam cases, and how to protect yourself. Sources: McAfee, The Guardian, FBI, Deloitte.
Is The Singularity Already Here?
A group of former OpenAI researchers just published a detailed timeline showing artificial superintelligence by December 2027. The AI-2027 paper lays...
CRISPR Just Cured a Baby With a Drug Made Only For Him
In February 2025, doctors did something unprecedented - they gave a six-month-old baby a drug designed for one person on the entire planet. Him. This...
China's Artificial Sun Just Broke the Laws of Fusion
China's EAST reactor hit 150 million degrees for 17 minutes. That is ten times hotter than the core of the sun. We break down what this means for fusi...
Quantum Computing Just Hit Its Transistor Moment
Google's Willow chip hit 105 qubits with exponential error correction. Microsoft found a new state of matter for topological qubits. IBM is making qua...
Leaked Pentagon Footage Shows UFOs Going Supersonic | E52
A Hellfire missile hit a UFO off Yemen and bounced off. Two new Pentagon drone videos show objects defying known physics. Alex and Maya break down the...
Morning Sunlight Is Resetting Your Metabolism
People who get bright light before 10 AM weigh on average 1.5 BMI points less — and it has nothing to do with exercise or vitamin D. A Northwestern Un...
Your Blood Pressure Is Predicting Your Brain's Future
For every 5 points your BMI goes up, your risk of dementia jumps by 63%. But it's NOT the fat destroying your brain — it's your blood pressure. A mass...
NVIDIA's AI Empire: The $1 Trillion Stack
NVIDIA isn't just selling GPUs anymore - they've built a trillion-dollar AI empire spanning hardware, software, and cloud. Alex and Maya break down th...
Neuralink: The Brain-Computer Revolution
Neuralink has implanted brain chips in 12 patients, and the results are extraordinary. Alex and Maya dive into how brain-computer interfaces work, the...
Space Data Centers: Computing Beyond Earth
What if we put data centers in orbit? From Elon Musk's Starlink ambitions to China's space computing plans, Alex and Maya explore why companies are ra...
Cancer Breakthroughs 2025: Cracking the Undruggable
Scientists are finally cracking 'undruggable' cancer targets that have eluded researchers for decades. From KRAS inhibitors to mRNA cancer vaccines, A...
Artemis II: Humanity's Return to the Moon
Artemis II is sending four astronauts around the Moon - the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years. Alex and Maya break down the mission profile,...
Exercise Snacks: Why 5 Minutes Might Save Your Life
What if the key to better health isn't spending hours at the gym - but just a few minutes scattered through your day? In this bonus episode, Alex and...
Of Stardust and Supernovae: The Grand Journey of a Star
Ever looked up at the night sky and wondered about the story of a single star? From brilliant birth to explosive death, every star has an epic tale to...
Psilocybin: The Magic Mushroom That Could Change Everything
Psilocybin is a naturally occurring psychedelic compound found in certain types of fungi, commonly known as "magic mushrooms." After being eaten, the...
Warp Drives, Wormholes, & Fusion: The Wildest Sci-Fi Propulsion Systems
Is warp speed possible? Could we ever build a real-life Starship Enterprise or create a stable wormhole? In this episode, we're blurring the line betw...