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Think like a physicist. Wonder like a human. Into the Impossible is where Cosmic Conversations happen — uniting Nobel Prize winners, iconoclasts, authors, and technologists to explore reality’s deepest questions. From AI to aliens, from biophysics to the brain, from the cosmos to the multiverse, Brian Keating, Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Physics at UC San Diego covers it all.
If you’ve ever asked What’s out there? or What’s next?, this is where curiosity meets clarity.
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Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

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My response to Moon landing denial claims by Kim Kardashian, Candace Owens, and Bart Sibrel 

I answer all the big questions:

⇨ Why did the flag move with no wind?
⇨ Is there really no gravity on the moon?
⇨ Why haven't we gone back?
⇨ How did the astronauts survive the Van Allen radiation belts?
⇨ Why the boot prints don't match & more!
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The first-ever audiobook from Galileo: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican https://a.co/d/iZPi9Un

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Neil Turok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt5cFLN65fI
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Eric Weinstein vs. Stephen Wolfram https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI0AZ4Y4Ip4?sub_confirmation=1 
Sir Roger Penrose: https://youtu.be/AMuqyAvX7Wo
Sabine Hossenfelder: https://youtu.be/g00ilS6tBvs
Avi Loeb: https://youtu.be/N9lUceHsLRw

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Was The Moon Landing A HOAX? (ft. Kim Kardashian, Candace Owens, & Bart Sibrel)

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What happens when 3I/ATLAS dives toward the Sun? One signature could expose interstellar origins, hidden composition, and non-gravitational forces at play. Loeb pinpoints what to watch: abrupt brightening vs. erosion, outgassing asymmetry, and dust-to-gas shifts that defy textbook comets. 

If it flares the “wrong” way, the implications are seismic—on formation models, radiation-driven activity, even interstellar visitors. Miss this, and you’ll miss the moment the solar corona turns a mystery object into a lab experiment. 

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb joins me to discuss the latest revelations about interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it makes its closest approach to Mars. From HiRISE images to unusual chemistry, polarization anomalies, and even a potential link to the Wow! Signal, this conversation explores whether 3I/ATLAS is a natural comet or a possible technological artifact. Along the way, we cover censorship from Galileo to today’s UAP debates, the “Sputnik moment” of interstellar objects, and what a global response might look like. 

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⏱️ Timestamps

00:00 — October 2025 A Month of Cosmic Chaos

Opening monologue summarizing multiple sky events and why 3I ATLAS matters.

01:44 — Avi Loeb Returns to Into the Impossible

Warm intro, recap of Joe Rogan appearance, setup for anomalies discussion.

03:16 — Brian Cox vs Avi Loeb The Comet Debate

Cox’s tweet calling 3I ATLAS entirely natural and Loeb’s rebuttal begins.

05:34 — Science Is Not a Popularity Contest

Loeb contrasts commentators like Cox with frontline researchers guided by data.

06:56 — Orbital Anomalies Too Perfect to Be Random

Discussion of 3I ATLAS’s ecliptic alignment and fine-tuned planetary flybys.

07:58 — Strange Chemistry Nickel Without Iron and the Sunward Tail

The anti-tail phenomenon and odd metallic ratios have never been seen in other comets.

10:12 — Perihelion The Acid Test for 3I ATLAS

Loeb explains the physics of perihelion and what would happen if the object maneuvered.

16:37 — Inside the Galileo Project New Sky Surveillance

Details on infrared arrays atop the Las Vegas Sphere and triangulation methods.

28:03 — Black Swan Science Why Low Odds Still Matter

Loeb’s argument for studying rare but civilization-shifting possibilities.

36:38 — The Anti-Tail and What It Means for Physics

Deep dive into Hubble data, optical geometry, and jet dynamics toward the Sun.

49:11 — Loeb’s Five Sigma Test for Alien Tech

What evidence would confirm artificial origin maneuvers, radio, and radar imaging?

1:19:53 — Trojan Horse or Cosmic Gift Loeb’s Final Warning

Philosophical close Pascal’s Wager applied to the extraterrestrial contact risk.

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 • Memoir: Losing the Nobel Prize: http://amzn.to/2sa5UpA (http://amzn.to/2sa5UpA)

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Avi Loeb's WARNING: Watch Out for THIS When 3i/ATLAS Nears The Sun!

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The genetic differences we obsess over. The basis for nationalism, racism and tribal thinking emerged in just the last 70,000 years. David Reich is about to show us that the past is far stranger, more violent, and more interconnected than we could ever have imagined. 90% population replacements happened in just a few centuries in the blink of a cosmic eye. David and his team reconstructed human migration patterns and discovered ghost populations, entire civilizations that vanished without any archeological trace. These people built Stonehenge. These people crossed into the Americas. These people left no trace who they are, except for the code that lurks within each of us.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

00:00 Ancient vs. Modern Populations

08:55 Ancient DNA Extraction Methods

11:55 Ancient DNA Extraction Process

16:10 "Decoding the Genetic Code"

24:41 "Neanderthals, Denisovans, Human Genomics"

31:05 "DNA Fragmentation Across Generations"

35:54 "Calibration, Culture, and Heritage"

39:34 Identity, Connection, and Myth Making

47:58 "Future Linguistic Biases and Bottlenecks"

50:44 Human Ancestry and DNA Depth

56:13 "Origins, Identity, and Genetic Stories"

01:02:39 "Dream Specimens and Cosmic Mysteries"

01:06:57 "Decoding Humanity's Collective Memory"

01:10:58 Ancient Origins and Human Connections

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My tell-all cosmic memoir Losing the Nobel Prize: http://amzn.to/2sa5UpA 
 

The first-ever audiobook from Galileo: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican https://a.co/d/iZPi9Un
 

 Watch my most popular videos:📺 
 
Neil Turok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt5cFLN65fI
Frank Wilczek https://youtu.be/3z8RqKMQHe0?sub_confirmation=1
Eric Weinstein vs. Stephen Wolfram https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI0AZ4Y4Ip4?sub_confirmation=1 
Sir Roger Penrose: https://youtu.be/AMuqyAvX7Wo
Sabine Hossenfelder: https://youtu.be/g00ilS6tBvs
Avi Loeb: https://youtu.be/N9lUceHsLRw

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90% of Ancient Humans Vanished. We Reconstructed Their History (ft. David Reich)

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What if cells from your own trachea sitting in a petri dish right now, could spontaneously organize into swimming robots that heal brain tissue? What if frog skin cells with no genetic modification whatsoever, could build copies of themselves from spare parts lying around?

This isn't science fiction. This is the work of Michael Levin at Tufts University and is completely rewriting the rules of biology.

Michael Levin's research challenges our fundamental understanding of what life is and where biological properties emerge from. Michael Levin is a distinguished biologist at Tufts University and director of the Allen Discovery Center, whose groundbreaking research on bio electricity and regenerative biology is reshaping our understanding of how biological systems process information and pursue goals. 

His Xenobots, living robots built from frog cells, swim around, work together, and reproduce in ways that have never existed on Earth.

What does this tell us about consciousness, intelligence, and the nature of life itself?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

00:00 "Bioelectricity: Nature’s Cognitive Glue"
04:57 Neuronal Voltage Gradients Enable Computation
08:17 Magnetic Fields and Living Systems
11:43 "Voltage, Membranes, and Injury Signals"
14:51 "Bioelectric Properties in Cells"
15:59 Cell Circuits and Networks
19:31 "Ion Drugs Overcome Electrode Limits"
22:53 Asymmetric Features in Living Creatures
26:00 Embryo Symmetry Breaking Mechanism
30:11 "Space-Time Effort and Goal Scope"
33:19 "Origins: Universe and Life"
36:29 Causal Integration and Emergence Insights
42:02 Cell Liberation Enables Autonomous Behavior
43:53 "Xenobots: Self-Replicating Robots"
47:04 "Consciousness, Life, and Intelligence"

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My tell-all cosmic memoir Losing the Nobel Prize: http://amzn.to/2sa5UpA 

The first-ever audiobook from Galileo: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican https://a.co/d/iZPi9Un

📺 Watch my most popular videos:📺 

Neil Turok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt5cFLN65fI
Frank Wilczek https://youtu.be/3z8RqKMQHe0?sub_confirmation=1
Eric Weinstein vs. Stephen Wolfram https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI0AZ4Y4Ip4?sub_confirmation=1 
Sir Roger Penrose: https://youtu.be/AMuqyAvX7Wo
Sabine Hossenfelder: https://youtu.be/g00ilS6tBvs
Avi Loeb: https://youtu.be/N9lUceHsLRw

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Could Biological Robots Heal Us from the Inside? | Michael Levin

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What if 85% of the universe is invisible—and the one experiment claiming to have found it is wrong? 

For nearly three decades, Italian physicists have claimed their DAMA/LIBRA experiment detected the elusive particles that make up dark matter—the mysterious substance holding galaxies together. Yet no one else has ever confirmed it.

Join Brian Keating, UCSD cosmologist and host of The INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast, as he visits Kaixuan Ni and his team—scientists building the world’s most sensitive detectors deep underground—to uncover:

 • ⚛️ How detectors using liquid xenon can “fingerprint” single atomic collisions.
 • 💡 Why dark matter’s “heartbeat” signal divided physicists for 30 years.
 • ☢️ How dark-matter detectors are now being repurposed to detect nuclear weapons and monitor reactors remotely.
 • 🌞 The shocking discovery of solar neutrinos and ultra-rare nuclear decays—phenomena rarer than the age of the universe itself.

This is the invisible architecture of reality—where cosmology meets particle physics, and theory meets obsession.

📍 Filmed at UC San Diego’s Mayer Hall and Harold Urey Hall — home to experiments that may finally prove what 85% of the cosmos is made of.

👇 Watch till the end to see how a failed dark-matter search could save the world from nuclear war.

Key Takeaways:

00:00 "Dark Matter Detection Debate"

04:51 "Physics, Peace, and Deuterium"

08:20 "Annual Modulation from Dark Matter"

10:05 Particle Physics' Atomic Fingerprinting Revolution

16:03 "Data Processing for Dark Matter"

18:56 "Boron-8 Neutrinos Observed"

22:43 "Exploring Electron Recall Signal Excess"

24:22 "Xenon Experiment Resolves Signal Mystery"

30:11 S1, S2 Signal Discrimination

33:11 "Radon Control for Clean Detection"

34:26 "From Cosmic Mysteries to Peace"

38:10 Dark Matter: Undetected Mystery

🎥 Directed & Narrated by: Brian Keating
🔬 Featuring: Prof. Kaixuan Ni, Prof. Liang Yang, Zihao Shi (Columbia)
📍 Location: UC San Diego 
🎙️ From The Professor Keating Experiments series

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Did We Detect Dark Matter… or Fool Ourselves?

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Today's guest made bacteria immune to every virus that exists. This breakthrough could revolutionize medicine by creating virus proof cell therapies and potentially extending this protection to human cells. Also demonstrating that we can fundamentally rewrite the language of life itself, something that was previously thought impossible.

George Church is a Harvard Medical School genetics professor and pioneer of synthetic biology. He's an entrepreneur who's found in multiple biotech companies and is known for pushing the boundaries between science fiction and reality. His team just did something that sounds like pure science fiction.

They made living cells completely immune to every virus on Earth. That resistant immune, every single virus that tries to infect your cells just fails.
The viruses can't evolve around it. Here's the wild part. They didn't add anything new. They just removed a few letter from the genetic alphabet. But George isn't stopping there. He wants to do this to human cells. He's talking about engineering astronauts for Mars missions, bringing back wooly mammoths, and maybe even, just maybe, making humans virus proof to the implications are staggering.

The ethics are murky. And the timeline. Well, if church's track record tells us anything is happening far faster than we think.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

00:00:00 – Church’s team made cells virus-proof, a major medical breakthrough
00:02:34 – Radiation resistance may come from DNA repair linked to desiccation
00:04:43 – A few genes can boost bacteria’s radiation resistance
00:07:16 – Panspermia is unlikely due to harsh space conditions
00:10:50 – Space travel may need biological, not just physical, changes
00:14:19 – Regenesis explores synthetic biology's potential
00:18:19 – Height involves many genes, but single ones can have big effects
00:20:57 – Once sci-fi, genome sequencing and pig organs are now real
00:23:20 – Church and Venter are more collaborators than rivals
00:27:17 – Rewriting genes can create virus-proof organisms
00:35:36 – DNA can store data, but reading/writing is slow
00:41:06 – Gattaca and Jurassic Park portray genetics well with small flaws
00:44:03 – Gene therapies can be affordable for all
00:46:44 – Stem cells can create any body cell for therapy
00:49:15 – “Mirror humans” are possible but avoided ethically
00:53:59 – Genomic privacy isn’t an issue since we shed DNA constantly
00:56:09 – Gene editing helps endangered species adapt, not revive extinct ones
01:00:30 – Virus-proof humans are possible, but tough to deliver to all cells
01:02:59 – Gene therapies could reverse aging at the cellular level
01:04:18 – Church avoids saying “impossible,” but admits to timeline optimism

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Will this NEW Scientific Breakthrough Make Us Immune to Everything? | George Church

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Once again, I had the pleasure of speaking to one of the most famous and perhaps the most controversial astrophysicists in the world – Avi Loeb! 

For those of you who don't know him, Avi is a professor of science at Harvard University, theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, and cosmologist. He is also a bestselling author and a dear friend of mine. 

By the time you see this, Avi will have published his new book, Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars. In it, he explains why we need to become an interstellar species to ensure our survival and lays out a plan for how we can settle among the stars.

As usual, we take some time to judge a book by its cover and discuss what went into the making of this book. We also dig into the recent Galileo Project expedition to the Pacific Ocean to retrieve spherules of the first recognized interstellar meteor, IM1, which was led by Avi, and discuss whether they found evidence of alien life. 

Judging a book by its cover: Interstellar (00:44)
On extraordinary evidence (08:13)
Does Avi have proof of alien life?! (13:55)
On David Grusch and government obligations (28:01)
Internet hate, constructive criticism, and the scientific method (42:01)
More on Interstellar and what it means to become an interstellar species (1:10:56)
Elon Musk’s plan to make humankind interplanetary (1:15:12)
On space archaeology (1:21:08)
Rapid fire audience questions (1:39:20)
Outro (1:50:57)

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📚 Interstellar by Avi Loeb: https://a.co/d/gN18ylO

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Neil Turok • Neil Turok Believes Physics Is In Crisis (... 

Frank Wilczek • Nobel Prizewinner Frank Wilczek: Beautiful... 

Eric Weinstein vs. Stephen Wolfram • Stephen Wolfram vs. Eric Weinstein: Mathem... 
Sir Roger Penrose: • Nobel Prize in Physics, Black Holes and Wo... 

Sabine Hossenfelder: • “I Don’t Care About Your Theory of Everyth... 

Avi Loeb: • UFOs & UAPs: The Situation Has Changed! Av... 

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Does Avi Loeb Have PROOF of Alien Technology?

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Brian Keating and James Altucher have an unfiltered talk on humility, arrogance, and the strange mix of traits needed to achieve great things. From the wisdom of the Talmud to the Dunning–Kruger effect, they explore why even Nobel Prize winners wrestle with imposter syndrome.

James shares how writing books requires a mix of blind confidence and humility, while Brian connects scientific resilience to obsession, quests, and flow states. The two also talk candidly about the challenges of writing and publishing science books in today’s world—and Brian previews his bold new project exploring Jim Simons, “Chern–Simons Theory,” and the very arrow of time itself.

What You’ll Learn

 Why success requires balancing humility with courage—and sometimes arrogance with ignorance

 How Nobel Prize winners secretly struggle with imposter syndrome

 Why writing books demands both blind confidence and ruthless editing

 The difference between obsession and quest when pursuing success

 What “Chern–Simons Theory” reveals about time, space, and the structure of the universe

Timestamped Chapters

00:00 Humility and Chutzpah in Science

06:35 "Feel Good Productivity Insights"

08:08 Considering Career Change for Fulfillment

10:36 "The Genius of Science"

13:54 Topology Links Time and Dimensions

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Brian Keating on Humility, Chutzpah, and the Arrow of Time | The James Altucher Show

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Astronaut and bestselling author Chris Hadfield joins me to discuss his new Cold War thriller Final Orbit and the real history behind it—UAPs, Operation Paperclip, and the exiled genius who built China’s rocket program. Along the way, we debate the moon landing hoax, the cost of the ISS, and why humans—not robots—must carry our story into the stars.

Key Takeaways: 

 
00:00 Intro 

 
03:06 The Cold War and space exploration 

 
05:40 Conspiracy theories, UAPs, and whistleblowers

 
10:38 Checklists as a survival tool

 
16:06 Moon landing denial 

 
21:26 Judging a book by its cover 

 
26:38 Apollo-Soyuz collaboration 

 
30:59 The legacy of Wernehr von Braun

 
34:20 McCarthyism and the future of space exploration 

 
38:24 Chinese space program and rivalry 

 
44:19 Is it reckless to send humans to space? 

 
48:54 Outro 

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Chris Hadfield’s Final Orbit! The Moon Landing Hoax, UAPs, China & the New Space Race

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Lou Ignarro went from building pipe bombs as a curious teen to winning the Nobel Prize for discovering how a gas—nitric oxide—regulates blood flow, fuels Viagra, and revolutionized cardiovascular medicine. In this explosive conversation, we trace how one molecule transformed sex, science, and the story of human health.

Key Takeaways: 

 00:00 Intro 

 00:55 The molecule that saves and kills 

 04:00 The invention of the X-ray

 05:44 Nitroglycerin: explosive or life-saving drug? 

 11:07 Fine-tuning and Lou’s religious beliefs 

 14:38 Judging a book by its cover 

 16:56 The importance of curiosity 

 20:00 Thoughts on the Nobel Prize

 24:58 What does Viagra do and how does it work? 

 32:10 The importance of collaboration in scientific research 

 35:15 Achieving the breakthrough discovery 

 41:02 What happens if a woman takes viagra?

 42:55 Other applications of nitric oxide 

 47:57 Lou’s heart-healthy diet 

 52:41 Outro 

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