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Bringing you the positive STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) news every Monday explaining why these new futuristic innovations are meaningful. The goal is to leave you feeling optimistic and say ”That‘s Cool!”

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Bringing you the positive STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) news every Monday explaining why these new futuristic innovations are meaningful. The goal is to leave you feeling optimistic and say ”That‘s Cool!”

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The End Of The Podcast

11/20/2023
Yes it is true. Listen to this episode to gain more understanding as to why I (Adam) am ending the podcast and where I am feeling called to. Tweet Thread Referenced: https://twitter.com/AdamJBuckingham/status/1725546293399875627 Subscribe if you are interested in my new podcast "Refactoring My Christianity": https://pod.link/1716428812 If you are interested in taking over of the podcast reach out to me through email: thatscoolnews@gmail.com It has been a fun and blessed ride. I love you all. Bye!

Duration:00:06:52

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176. Saving Data on Glass, Minimal Brain Implant, Removing Pollutants can be Shocking

10/23/2023
Headlines: Microsoft's Project Silica saves data on glass plates for 10,000 years | PCWorld (00:58) Blue Origin’s New Spacecraft Can Build Projects in Space | PCMag (06:37) Superficial Brain Implant Could Have a Deep Impact | IEEE Spectrum (10:07) Scientists unveil 'atlas' of the gut microbiome | Live Science (17:19) HET tech shocks soil on location to remove pollutants | New Atlas (23:43)

Duration:00:29:42

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175. Major Bionic Hand Test, Curing Deafness Trial, Ultrasound Improving Chemo

10/16/2023
Headlines: Woman's Experimental Bionic Hand Passes Major Test With Flying Colors | Gizmodo (01:10) Raytheon to build new detonation engine for DARPA missiles | Interesting engineering (09:18) First-ever gene therapy trial to cure form of deafness begins | Ars Technica (14:25) This AI tool can predict virus mutations before they occur | Interesting Engineering (18:39) Focused ultrasound turns chemo from shotgun blast to sniper shot | New Atlas (23:29)

Duration:00:31:15

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174. Standing/Climbing Wheelchair, 3D Printing Brain Repair, Speeding Up Starlink with Space Lasers

10/9/2023
Headlines: Special wheelchair gets users standing and climbing stairs | New Atlas (01:56) Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water | MIT News (08:27) New 3D printing approach offers hope for brain injury repair | Interesting Engineering (15:42) Amazon Prepares to Challenge SpaceX’s Starlink With Maiden Satellite Launch | Gizmodo (22:26) Starlink launches V2 mini-satellites with 'space lasers' | Interesting Engineering (26:29)

Duration:00:32:47

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173. Drug Mimicking Exercise, Microsoft Goes Nuclear for AI, Earbud Detecting Alzheimer’s

10/2/2023
Headlines: Scientists Intrigued by Drug That Mimics the Effects of Exercise in Mice | Futurism (01:02) Powerful new EV charger starts field tests in Arizona this weekend | Ars Technica (07:02) Microsoft is going nuclear to power its AI ambitions | The Verge (14:52) Japan pharma startup developing world-first drug to grow new teeth | Japan Times (23:24) High-tech earbud may detect Alzheimer's far earlier than ever before | New Atlas (27:56)

Duration:00:33:57

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172. Neuralink Human Trials, Cancer Spotting AI-Microscopes, Low Power Desalination Tech

9/25/2023
Headlines: Neuralink is recruiting subjects for the first human trial of its brain-computer interface | The Verge (00:54) RoboFab is ready to build 10,000 humanoid robots per year | TechCrunch (09:26) Google and the Department of Defense are building an AI-powered microscope to help doctors spot cancer | CNBC (15:58) Europa’s underground ocean seems to have the carbon necessary for life | New Scientist (20:50) Low-power desalination tech may provide drinking water at disaster sites | New Atlas (24:20)

Duration:00:31:30

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171. Tesla’s Car-Building Breakthrough, Ancient Wound Treatments Work, Single Blade Floating Wind Turbine

9/18/2023
Headlines: Tesla's new car-building process could be a huge industrial breakthrough | The Verge (01:12) A NASA astronaut will finally spend a full year in space | Ars Technica (07:42) Reviving Ancient Wisdom: Historical Recipes Inspire Modern Medical Innovations | SciTechDaily (12:59) Moon's ice not as old as believed, study finds | Interesting Engineering (17:23) Single-bladed floating wind turbine promises half the cost, more power | New Atlas (20:40)

Duration:00:27:27

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170. Robotaxi Mass Production, The “Perfect Motor”, Dialysis Freeing Artificial Kidneys

9/11/2023
Headlines: Cruise ‘just days away’ from approval to mass-produce Origin robotaxis without steering wheels | The Verge (01:12) Apple spending “millions of dollars a day” on developing conversational AI | Supercharged (10:35) Mahle combines two innovative concepts to field the "perfect motor" | New Atlas (16:49) Scientists grow whole model of human embryo, without sperm or egg | BBC News (22:42) Can an Artificial Kidney Finally Free Patients from Dialysis? | UC San Francisco (27:45)

Duration:00:36:32

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169. Pocket-Sized Infection Detection, Exoskeleton Suit for Health Workers, Robot Speeds up Solar Cell Development

9/4/2023
Headlines: New pocket-sized device for clinicians could spot infected wounds faster | Frontiers (01:09) New blood test could make preeclampsia easier to predict, early study suggests | Live Science (07:12) Powered exoskeleton designed to take the strain out of senior care | New Atlas (15:42) Tesla wins permit approval for Diner and Drive-in Movie Supercharger in LA | Teslarati (21:51) New robot searches for solar cell materials 14 times faster | Ars Technica (25:50)

Duration:00:31:49

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168. Uncovering the Y-Chromosome, Multilingual Translation AI, Speaking Through a Digital Avatar

8/28/2023
Headlines: Scientists finally uncover complete Y-chromosome sequence | Interesting Engineering (01:25) Breakthrough creates stem cells without any “memories” | Free Think (07:33) Meta’s “massively multilingual” AI model translates up to 100 languages, speech or text | Ars Technica (13:25) Naked mole-rat's 'longevity' gene extends lifespan and health of mice | New Atlas (18:14) How artificial intelligence gave a paralyzed woman her voice back | ScienceDaily (23:02)

Duration:00:30:04

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167. Positive Net Fusion Energy, Liquid Metal Batteries In The Grid, Musk vs Zuckerberg…Literally

8/14/2023
Headlines: Physicists achieve fusion with net energy gain for second time | Ars Technica (01:08) Nvidia reveals new A.I. chip, says costs of running LLMs will 'drop significantly' | CNBC (04:39) Liquid-Metal Battery Will Be on the Grid Next Year | IEEE Spectrum (07:44) Could TENS pads replace CPAP masks for treating sleep apnea? | New Atlas (13:10) Musk vs Zuckerberg fight to take place at Roman Colosseum | Interesting Engineering (16:27)

Duration:00:20:50

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166. China’s Nuclear Investment, Boring Las Vegas Tunnels, Big Tech Maps Team Up

8/7/2023
Headlines: China Approves Six Nuclear Reactors at $17 Billion Investment | Bloomberg (01:70) New pill targets “undruggable” protein to selectively kill cancer cells | New Atlas (07:15) The Boring Company will dig a 68-mile tunnel network under Las Vegas | Ars Technica (13:33) Meta, Microsoft and Amazon team up on maps project to crack Apple-Google duopoly | CNBC (18:05) Humans unable to detect over a quarter of deepfake speech samples, research shows | TechXPlore (22:03)

Duration:00:31:17

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165. Amazon Broadband Satellites, Bacteria Removing “Forever Chemicals”, Transcribing Audio for The Deaf

7/31/2023
Headlines Amazon is getting ready to launch a lot of broadband satellites | Ars Technica (00:58) Transplant of fresh brain cells replaces diseased and aged ones | New Atlas (06:40) Scientists Discover Bacteria That Can Break Down Certain “Forever Chemicals” | SciTechDaily (13:02) New clinical trial is testing a ketamine skin cream for PTSD | Freethink (16:51) Stanford startup TranscribeGlass seeks to bring ease and affordability to assistive technology | The Stanford Daily (23:40)

Duration:00:31:15

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164. Tesla Licensing Out Autopilot, Apple’s Own ChatGPT, Faster Drone Exploration

7/24/2023
Headlines: Tesla in discussion to license Full Self-Driving software to another automaker | The Verge (01:09) Hearing aids may slow mental decline in those at higher risk of dementia, study finds | STATnews (10:32) Apple has been working on its own ChatGPT AI tool for some time | Apple Insider (16:32) Rocket Lab successfully retrieves its reusable rocket after splashdown | The Verge (20:52) New dual-resolution technique opens door for faster drone exploration | Interesting Engineering (25:29)

Duration:00:31:22

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163. Pharma Space Manufacturing, Google’s Medical AI Hospital Testing, Musk’s New AI Company

7/17/2023
Headlines: In-space manufacturing startup aces pharma experiment in orbit | Ars Technica (01:17) Disturbing New Finding Links Cognitive Decline to Dental Hygiene | Science Alert (08:09) Google’s medical AI chatbot is already being tested in hospitals | The Verge (16:42) Longshot Space wants to make space launch dumb — and really cheap | TechCrunch (26:37) Musk announces new AI company that seeks to “understand the universe” | Ars Technica (32:02)

Duration:00:43:10

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162. 3D Print Metal at Room Temp, Brain Blasts From Kidney Protein, Volkswagen Self-Driving Test in Austin

7/10/2023
Headlines: Revolutionary gel allows metal items to be 3D printed at room temperature | New Atlas (02:10) At 281 miles an hour, China's new high-speed maglev train is the world's fastest | Interesting Engineering (07:24) One shot of a kidney protein gave monkeys a brain boost | Ars Technica (13:36) Giant stone artifacts found on rare Ice Age site in Kent, UK | ScienceDaily (20:47) Volkswagen to start testing self-driving ID Buzz vans in Austin | TechCrunch (28:37)

Duration:00:33:54

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161. Possible Robot Butler, Longer Last Drug Injections, NASA’s Lunar Mining Plan

7/3/2023
Headlines: An OpenAI alum is building a robot butler for your home | Sifted (01:03) Joby Aviation receives permit to fly first eVTOL built on production line | TechCrunch (08:39) The one-shot drug that keeps on dosing | Ars Technica (14:14) Hydrogen-powered passenger train rides the rails in North America | New Atlas (21:18) NASA aims to perform lunar mining trial within 10 years | Interesting Engineering (26:21)

Duration:00:32:10

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160. Flexible Brain Implants, Japan’s Floating City, Robotic Pill Replacing Injections

6/26/2023
Headlines Flexible brain implants tested in people for the first time | Free Think (01:08) Sol Reader is a VR headset exclusively for reading books | TechCrunch (06:24) Hugely ambitious self-sufficient floating city to host 40,000 people | New Atlas (11:52) Building Block for Life Discovered in Enceladus’ Ocean by NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft | SciTechDaily (18:12) Robotic pill promises to be an alternative to painful osteoporosis injections | Interesting Engineering (21:39)

Duration:00:26:20

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159. JWST Discovers Ancient Galaxies, Regenerating Damaged Heart Cells, Apple’s Vision Pro Announcement

6/12/2023
Headlines: James Webb Space Telescope discovers 717 ancient galaxies that flooded the universe with 1st light | Space.com (01:14) New high-tech helmets may protect American football players from debilitating concussions | Frontiers (04:50) Stem cell therapy regenerates damaged heart cells & improves function | New Atlas (12:48) Medicinal cannabis is a 'life-changing treatment' for people with Tourette syndrome | MedicalXpress (16:49) Apple Vision Pro is Apple’s new $3,499 AR headset | The Verge (24:05)

Duration:00:32:04

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158. Promising Phase 2 Drug for Brain Cancer, Healing Gel Pen, Japan’s Wooden Satellite Plans

6/5/2023
Headlines Discussed: Promising Phase 2 Trial Results for Pembrolizumab in Metastatic Brain Cancer | Neuroscience News (01:00) Researchers discover the cause of severe inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) | BrighterSide News (08:34) High-tech pen paints healing gel right into wounds | New Atlas (14:04) Parkinson's disease drug ropinirole safely slowed the progression of ALS for over 6 months in a clinical trial | ScienceDaily (17:28) Japan will put a wooden satellite into orbit next year | TechSpot (22:39)

Duration:00:27:25