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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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Headlines: Elon Musk's Neuralink wins FDA approval for human study of brain implants | Reuters (01:17) Scientists Working to Generate Electricity From Thin Air Make Breakthrough | Vice (07:25) Newly discovered microbes can digest plastic at room temperature | BrighterSide News (13:45) Virgin Galactic aces final test spaceflight, eyes start of commercial service in June | Space.com (18:44) AI discovers drug that destroys one of the world’s deadliest superbugs | StudyFinds (23:38)

Headlines: First-ever spinal implant enables paralyzed people to walk again | Brighter Side News (01:08) ChatGPT officially comes to iPhone with new app | Ars Technica (06:30) Meet 'DarkBERT:' South Korea's Dark Web AI could combat cybercrime | Interesting Engineering (10:02) Spacetop AR laptop puts the screen on your face | New Atlas (13:58) Researchers treat depression by reversing brain signals traveling the wrong way | Stanford Medicine (20:11)

Headlines: Microsoft just made a huge, far-from-certain bet on nuclear fusion |The Verge (01:04) miLens contact lens could soon be keeping an eye on glaucoma patients | New Atlas (07:58) Doctors perform 1st-of-its-kind brain surgery on a fetus in the womb | Live Science (12:20) iPhone killer? New AI-wearable Humane hopes to make smartphones obsolete | Interesting Engineering (16:55) Six-Legged Robot Electrode Can Be Gently Deployed Across the Brain’s Surface | Technology Networks (21:09)

Headlines: Europe’s major satellite players line up to build Starlink competitor | Ars Technica (01:17) New drug donanemab slows cognitive decline in early Alzheimer's | New Scientist (08:04) Gene therapy reverses vision loss in primates — by making their eyes young again | Free Think (15:10) Researchers develop tiny hydraulic haptics for touchscreen notifications you can physically feel | TechCrunch (22:48) Researchers develop novel AI-based estimator for manufacturing medicine | Phys.org (27:49)

Headlines: First discovery of genetic brain pathway a relief for anxiety sufferers | New Atlas (01:08) Newfound 'brain signature' linked to multiple psychiatric disorders | Live Science (08:32) Scientists May Have Figured Out How to Regenerate Lost Hearing | Futurism (14:57) German giant Bosch to invest $1.5 billion in US chip manufacturing facilities | TechSpot (19:37) Nano-robotic scalpel swarm shreds brain cancer cells from the inside | New Atlas (23:53)

Headlines Cholesterol-lowering drug fights cancer, major study finds | BrighterSide News (01:02) Student discovers 3D printable ink that 'everyone was looking for,' says physics professor | Phys.org (07:08) Technique reverses heart attack damage by reprogramming scar cells | New Atlas (13:02) Key Protein of Hippocampal Neurogenesis Discovered | Neuroscience News (19:34) California researchers attempt ocean climate solution | NBC News (24:03)