2025-W16 Bronze Age Ambitions: Swordcasting, Biohacking, and Family Adventures

Bronze Sword Replication Project - Inspired by a 3,400-year-old bronze sword found in South Central Germany in 2023

Lost PLA Method - Similar to the lost wax method for metal casting

Cybertruck Experience - Family rented and drove Tesla's Cybertruck

Glowing yeast experiment

CRISPR experiment

DNA athleticism gene testing

Voyage of the Southern Sun - Book by Michael Smith about flying around the world in an ultralight aircraft

Like War - Book about social media's impact on global politics and warfare

Abundance by Ezra Klein - Audiobook being listened to by hosts

Acquired Podcast - Episode on Meituan

Radiohead - Music being enjoyed in the biology lab

Heracles and the Trojan War - Historical/mythological reference point for the bronze sword era

Non-alcoholic beers - Athletic Brewing, Partake, and Sober Carpenter brands mentioned