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Where What If Becomes What's Next, 53 episodes.

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Re-Thinking Thinking: The Birth of AI

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Cutting the Cord: How Wireless Andrew Paved the Way for Today’s Wi-Fi

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Reinventing Animation: The Story Behind Toy Story

4

Materials Science: From Silly Putty to Self-Healing Robots

5

Imagining the Future: One Story at a Time

6

Bold Strokes: Making the Ordinary Pop

7

A New Equation: Teaching Math for an AI World

8

Tech for Good: Rescuing Food to Fight Hunger and Climate Change

9

Down the Rabbit Hole: How Alice Turned Computer Coding Into a Wonderland

10

Encore: Curtain Up - What’s Next for Theatre Arts

11

Bold Builds: How a Class Project Sparked World-Changing Startups

12

The Shape of Everyday Life: How Carnegie Mellon Revolutionized Industrial Design

13

Making Machines Make Music

14

Designing for the Planet: The Clever Thermostat and the Odorless Food Recycler

15

Watching the Universe Change: A New Era in Astronomy Begins

16

The Birth of the Hashtag: How a Simple Symbol Changed the World

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Season 3 Trailer: Where What If Becomes What’s Next

18

Guiding a Safe Future for AI – Part 2

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Guiding a Safe Future for AI – Part 1

20

Unlocking the Future of Gene Therapy

21

Critical Choices: AI in Disaster Management and Healthcare

22

Farm to Future: How Robotics and AI are Revolutionizing Agriculture

23

Cracking the Cosmic Code: How Software Powers the Rubin Observatory

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The Science of Sound - Part 2

25

The Science of Sound - Part 1

26

Happy Fourth of July

27

The Science of Coping with Stress

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Game Theory Decoded - Part 2

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Game Theory Decoded - Part 1

30

Future of AI: DeepSeek’s Transformative Impact

31

Curtain Up: What’s Next for Theater Arts

32

Healing with Intelligence Part 2: Quantum Science Diagnoses Diseases Faster, Better

33

Healing with Intelligence Part 1: AI and Robots Saving Lives

34

Season 2: Where What If Becomes What’s Next

35

Does Compute: Robots in Space

36

Mind to Machine Part 2: What’s Next for AI

37

Mind to Machine Part 1: A Brief History of AI

38

Paleobionics: Dinosaurs Are Back

39

AI Care Part 2: Companion Robots Help the Elderly Feel Less Lonely

40

AI Care Part 1: Robots and AI Transforming Healthcare

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Driven: What’s Next for Autonomous Vehicles

42

AI and Agriculture: How to Pick an Apple

43

Happy Fourth of July

44

Robots to the Rescue: AI Revolutionizes Disaster Response

45

Stellar Observations: AI’s Journey into the Cosmos

46

Clocking In: AI Transforms the Future of Work

47

What’s Next: AI Ventures Beyond the Cosmos

48

AI for Science: What's Next in Research

49

When Drones and Robots Knock on Your Door

50

Finding the Deep Truth About Deep Fakes

51

Strengthening America's Bridges with AI

52

How is AI Tuning Up Your Music?

53

Welcome to Where What If Becomes What’s Next