Celebrities That Have Made Scientific Discoveries

See my new documentary feature Oldest and Newest Places On Earth on Nebula! Sign up at http://www.nebula.tv/joescott and get 50% off your annual subscription. Celebrities are just like us! Some not that bright. Some very smart. And some have even made scientific and engineering discoveries that changed our lives. So we thought we’d call out the celebrity scientists and engineers that have entertained and enlightened us. Want to support the channel? Here's how: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2YHgc363EdcusLIBbgxzg/join T-Shirts & Merch: https://laughsmarter.com Book of Mysteries: https://a.co/d/0gRx0qvM Documentary: https://nebula.tv/oldestnewest Check out my 2nd channel, Joe Scott TMI: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqi721JsXlf0wq3Z_cNA_Ew And my podcast channel, Conversations With Joe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJzc7TiJ2nnuyJkUpOZ8RKA You can listen to my podcast, Conversations With Joe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify 👉 https://spoti.fi/37iPGzF Apple Podcasts 👉 https://apple.co/3j94kfq Google Podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3qZCo1V Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@answerswithjoe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/answerswithjoe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/answerswithjoe LINKS LINKS LINKS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/alcatraz-escape https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/hedy-lamarrs-wwii-invention-helped-shape-modern-tech https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/image/4790640jpg https://www.americanscientist.org/article/random-paths-to-frequency-hopping https://youtu.be/FcArnepkhv0?si=EKg2QEqRmNRqzVUa&t=18 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8200028/ https://stemettes.org/zine/articles/meet-lisa-kudrow/ https://www.npr.org/transcripts/5201825 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Portman https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed075p1270 https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/12/03/natalie_portman_garden_state_interview.shtml https://www.iflscience.com/celebrities-you-might-not-have-known-are-into-science-66807?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/brian-may-guitarist-astrophysicist https://dornsife.usc.edu/magazine/rock-star-virologist/ https://www.proquest.com/docview/2071314868 https://www.proquest.com/docview/304879069/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5969448/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/bedtime-reading-from-beatrix-potter-amateur-mycologist-88892658/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Daguerre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulevard_du_Temple_(photograph) https://www.lewiscarroll.org/carroll/study/math/ https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/ada-lovelace-the-first-tech-visionary https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/02/15/90049132.html?pageNumber=41 https://www.npr.org/2025/05/03/nx-s1-5385888/sweeping-cuts-hit-nea-after-trump-administration-calls-to-eliminate-the-agency https://nafme.org/blog/support-federal-funding-impacting-arts-education-fy-2026/ https://hub.jhu.edu/2019/03/06/singing-for-science/ https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/einstein-famous-quote-misunderstood/ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 0:59 - Hedy Lamarr 2:56 - Lisa Kudrow 3:48 - Danica McKellar 4:37 - Natalie Portman 5:31 - Brian May 6:14 - Dexter Holland 6:55 - Beatrix Potter 7:39 - Ada Lovelace 8:10 - Zeppo Marx 9:10 - The Art/Science Connection 12:00 - Sponsor - Nebula