Daniel Smith

Take a pill and live to 150 💊 The Weird Science Drop #31 Long Covid breakthrough, keeping an eye on the Atlantic's biggest shark, and how we know humans and Neanderthals locked lips

This week's TWSD is not for the squeamish! You won't forget Stubbins Ffirth in a hurry 🤢

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NASA spills the beans on interstellar visitor 🚨 The Weird Science Emergency Drop 'If aliens are at the helm, then they sure are doing a bad job at driving'

First-ever The Weird Science Emergency Drop on NASA's breaking news. Includes this priceless pearl from Dr Matthew Genge of @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social: "If aliens are at the helm, then they sure are doing a bad job at driving."

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AI can now read your mind and print out what you're thinking 🤖 The Weird Science Drop #30 You have a seventh sense, wolves help to save the planet, Google has plans for Crab Island, and the biggest spider web ever found

There's no place to hide from the robots in this week's TWSD! Also, the fifth dimension could be a real thing, and who should talk to the aliens for us?
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Psychopaths' brains unlocked 🧠 The Weird Science Drop #29 UFOs spotted in 1950s' photos, supersonic travel is coming back, Alzheimer’s reversed, plus the difference between diet and zero drinks

This week's TWSD delves into the mind of a killer
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Do ghosts exist?🎃 The Weird Science Drop Halloween Special #28 Don't buy that new TV, mushroom computers, start-up wants to sell you sunlight, and what the Pope's astonomer has in mind for ET

TWSD gets spooky with a terrifying tale sure to send shivers down your spine
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Ginger cat riddle has been solved - The Weird Science Drop #27 Aliens using AI to hide from us, coffee-infused concrete, ancient frozen viruses wake up, plus - whoah, dude! - the mother of all waves spotted in the Pacific.

Ginger cat riddle solved on TWSD #27 - plus
aliens using AI to hide from us, coffee-infused concrete, ancient frozen viruses wake up, and - whoah, dude! - the mother of all waves spotted in the Pacific
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Gold found in Christmas trees🎄The Weird Science Drop #26 Staying alive by harvesting Peppa's organs, Skynet goes wandering, the next-gen planet hunters, and unlocking the secrets of the body's 'sixth sense'

Another jam-packed edition of TWSD!

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Dinosaur plant brought back to life by pensioners 🦖 The Weird Science Drop #25 Ernie Shacks' ship was doomed from the start, AI IDs a Nazi, evidence of a Neanderthal family's trip to the beach, plus NASA's Moon village plan

This week's weird scientists liked nothing more than to fit electrodes to your brain and zap away. He also trained monkeys to smoke marijuana
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Heinz and his doomsday equation ☠️ The Weird Science Drop #24 Simulating our own universe, an underwater volcano is about to go pop, and the terrifying sound of the Earth's magnetic field flipping

Are we living in a simulated universe? One way of knowing is to create our own! This and lots more in this week's TWSD
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The MCU might be right - The Weird Science Drop #23 Evidence of multiverses, AI seen going rogue, the hunt for element 120, and really big hailstones

NASA is planning a 'kinetic disruption mission' - find out if it's as fun as it sounds in the latest TWSD!
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Life here began out there 👾 The Weird Science Drop #22 DNA storage, super-fast hyperloops, reliable mobile reception, and corporations seeing dollar-signs in space

This week's TWSD turned into a future tech special - with a focus on why the private sector is ready to conquer space
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Humans used to hibernate over the winter 💤 The Weird Science Drop #21 The search for Planet Y, Enterprise seen in space, the Pale Blue Dot, plus the internet is creaking under the weight of AI slop.

Do you find yourself feeling sleepy as the nights start to draw in? Well, it turns out the reason might be because our ancestors had a great long snooze in the winter
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Infamous 'dark sorcerer' was the real Frankenstein 🧟‍♂️ The Weird Science Drop #20 The Earth's core has hit reverse, humans will one day live for 20,000 years, but AI will kill us all first (say AI developers), plus air passengers are in for a bumpy ride.

The real Frankenstein, the Earth's core has hit reverse, humans will one day live for 20,000 years, but AI will kill us all first (say AI developers) - all this and more in the latest TWSD!
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The Weird Science Drop #17 ☠️ Playing Final Destination roulette China's on course for the Moon, we're heading to the nearest star, and scientists have discovered a new colour of cat

Missions to our (second) nearest star and a black hole in this week's TWSD. Also, a sunny day on Mars, strange ways to die, a real-life Patrick from SpongeBob Squarepants, and saying farewell to a legend
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The Weird Science Drop #16 ⏰ If you could turn back time Where to live to extend your life, say goodbye to toilet paper, drugged-up cavemen, plus the secrets of Antarctica unlocked.

Turning back time, where potatoes came from, what's under Antarctica's ice sheet, and where to buy if you want to live longer. All this and more in this week's TWSD!

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The Weird Science Drop #15 🧬 Ozzy's DNA investigated by baffled docs AI bots whisper sweet evils to each other, the universe will end earlier than we thought, plus the ‘land of the white jaguar’ discovered

Ozzy's DNA investigated by baffled docs, while AI bots whisper sweet evils to each other, the universe will end earlier than we thought, plus the ‘land of the white jaguar’ discovered - all this and more in TWSD#15!
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The Weird Science Drop #14 👴 Let's all stop getting older Titan's made of the right stuff, vaccine dental floss, Antartica findings, plus saying hello to aliens

There's no hiding from WhoFi! Plus, science cures ageing, the hunt for Planet X and why AI might be slowing you down. All this and more in the latest TWSD!
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The Weird Science Drop #12 🚀 Sex magic and rockets don't mix Humans are making a racket - but who is listening? Also, an extinct big bird is coming back, and what happens when you drop a dead cow into the ocean

This week's TWSD has freaky sex magic for those suitably inclined. But also aliens, animals and Antarctica
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The Weird Science Drop #12 🌎 Spin me right round, baby, right round 🚀 Space cannabis falls to Earth 💊 Live a little longer and you'll live forever 🐬 Dolphins not coming back 🐜 Plus, China invents Ant-Man spy drone

We're in the age of 'kinda' AI, but we're close to the full-blown, run-for-the-hills-Skynet-is-here-to-kill-us thing. TWSD delves a little deeper and finds out if you manage to survive the upcoming robot uprising, you might live forever...

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The Weird Science Drop #11 🧊 The secrets to being cool 👩 Get the Belgian Stone Age look 👴 Ancient boomarang only did half the job 🧠 Sugar in your brain 🩸 Plus, how to make your own homunculus

Being cool will get you ahead in life. Luckily, it's the one skill that is truly transferable to any country and culture. Everyone in the world agrees on what makes someone frosty. And science has just unlocked what it takes...
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The Weird Science Drop #9 🚢 Sunken ships bring in the chips 💰 👴 Exact age your body gives up 👷‍♀️ Working from home - the results are in 🤿Diving for treasure 👶 Plus, how to build a human

TWSD #9 pinpoints the two ages when your body waves the little white flag
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The Weird Science Drop #8 🔥 Gateway to Hell is closing 🩸 Artificial blood on its way 💡 People do have auras after all 🍖 Recipe for a human meatball 🐴 Plus, nature turns on Putin

TWSD #8 brings you a great big fiery hole and a meatball made out of all of us
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Hot off the press! TWSD #6 with added sentient balls...
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The Weird Science Drop #5 🧪 Time actually is on your side 🐛 Space bacteria discovered 🙇‍♂️ Tips on saying 'sorry' ⏱ How you can slow down time 🥇Plus, you can turn lead into gold after all

This week's Weird Science Drop features work from @zdnet.bsky.social (AI makes you meh) @theconversation.com (how to say sorry) @the-independent.com (lead into gold) @space.com (dead star tunes) and @originstorypodcast.bsky.social (what's with Mars?)
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The Weird Science Drop #5 🧪 Time actually is on your side 🐛 Space bacteria discovered 🙇‍♂️ Tips on saying 'sorry' ⏱ How you can slow down time 🥇Plus, you can turn lead into gold after all

As a patreon of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social, I was thrilled to feature them in the Weird Science Drop. The dynamic duo's analysis of Mars and why some rich Earthlings are hell-bent on going there is informative, insightful and very entertaining
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The Weird Science Drop #5 🧪 Time actually is on your side 🐛 Space bacteria discovered 🙇‍♂️ Tips on saying 'sorry' ⏱ How you can slow down time 🥇Plus, you can turn lead into gold after all

Made it to issue #5 of The Weird Science Drop. Get tips on how to say sorry better, plus lots more right here
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The Weird Science Drop #4 🧪 Thursday 15 May 2025 💑 Don't trust a pretty face 🚗 Flying cars are here ⛑ Chat to the Almighty via the God Helmet 💰 Plus, how fast does it take to become a billionaire

The Weird Science Drop #4 is out! Get it here:
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Back from the dead like Frankenstein's monster - The Weird Science Drop newsletter delivers crazy chemistry, bonkers biology, foolish physics and lots more straight to your inbox every week. Go sign up!
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I’m signing books at Waterstones Leamington’s Christmas event tomorrow from 5pm. There’s a whole host of great authors taking part. What is the collective noun for authors? A simile of authors? A scribble of authors? Anyway, come and say hi if you’re in the area tomorrow!

This week on Get Played Matt, Heather and Nick rank Sony’s first party video games, look back at potential games of the year, and play The Price is Byte. Listen wherever you get your pods headgum.com/get-played or ad-free at patreon.com/getplayed.