Adam Buckingham Podcasts

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…

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 seem…

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 Eng…

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 e…

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 S…

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 healt…

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)…

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 …

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 | Freeth…

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 …

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 …

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…

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 lu…

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 | SciTec…

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 i…

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 t…

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 comme…

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) Resea…

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 obsolet…

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 touchscre…

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 facilit…

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 | Neu…

Headlines: Apple Plans to Use More Recycled Materials by 2025 | CNET (00:48) Protocol predicts Alzheimer's 10 years in advance with 80% accuracy | New Atlas (07:25) With Bedrock, Amazon enters the generative AI race | TechCrunch (12:20) SpaceX Launch Begins Startup's Plan: 'Cell Towers in Space' | CNET (18:28) “Remarkable” Brain Boosting Peptide: R…

Headlines A passenger aircraft that flies around the world at Mach 9? Sure, why not | Ars Technica (00:58) Millimeter Wave Radar System Keeps Drivers Safe on the Road | IEEE Spectrum (06:24) Microsoft plants seeds in the agriculture industry | Emerging Tech Brew (14:29) Deep learning model estimates cancer risk from breast density | MedicalXPress (…

Headlines: Bacterial Toxin May Trigger Multiple Sclerosis Onset and Relapse - Neuroscience News (00:57) This iridescent coating could cool your house without air-conditioning | FastCompany (06:20) This Toxic Fruit Could Hold an Anti-Aging Skincare Breakthrough | Inverse (12:28) "Smart" bandage could one day monitor and medicate chronic wounds | New…

Headlines:Epic’s hyperrealistic MetaHumans can soon be animated using an iPhone | The Verge (01:04)Cheap, fast induction tech enables unlimited-size 3D metal printing | New Atlas (04:55)Scientists develop 'cosmic concrete' to construct habitats on Mars | Interesting Engineering (10:53)New “Biohybrid” Neural Implant Could Restore Function in Paralyz…

Headlines: Vision restored in mice thanks to refined CRISPR system | New Atlas (00:39) Liver Regeneration: The Surprising Importance of Gut Bacteria | SciTechDaily (5:20) Clean-up protein may turn the tide on brain hemorrhage survival | New Atlas (10:07) This New Material Absorbs Three Times More CO2 Than Current Carbon Capture Tech | SingularityHu…

Headlines:Researchers Say They've Created Superconductors At Room Temperature | Futurism (00:52)New Sensor Can Diagnose Cancer Using Urine | SciTechDaily (08:01)Geothermal startup showed its wells can be used like a giant underground battery | MIT Tech Review (14:04)Safe, effective new procedure to surgically treat common arrhythmia | New Atlas (20…

Headlines:Novel robotic system can 3D print cells onto organs inside the body | New Atlas (01:01)Alzheimer’s Breakthrough As Scientists Link NAD+ Supplements to Reduced Brain Biomarkers | SciTechDaily (08:02)Taking Vitamin D Could Help Prevent Dementia | Neuroscience News (14:05)World's first-ever artificial energy island to be built in the North S…

Headlines:Brain implant startup tests mind-controlled computing on humans | CNBC (00:47)Wilson debuts an airless 3D-printed basketball in the NBA dunk contest | New Atlas (08:24)A groundbreaking spider-like robot is ready to change robotics | Interesting Engineering (13:21)Smart streaming readout system analyzes raw data from nuclear physics experi…

Headlines: Google scrambles to counter ChatGPT but ends up embarrassing itself | Ars Technica (01:05) Nuclear fusion breakthrough with world-first ‘super’ magnet | Yahoo News (07:38) Mushrooms Magnify Memory by Boosting Nerve Growth | Neuroscience News (11:08) Sea-creature-inspired linked robots could explore alien oceans | New Atlas (14:24) “Magic…

Headlines:A 3D Printer Isn’t Cool. You Know What’s Cool? A 3D-Printing Factory | Bloomberg (01:12)A New ‘Glue’ Could Make Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Cheaper—And Less Toxic | Forbes (09:25)Microsoft plans to update Bing with a faster version of ChatGPT in the coming weeks | TechCrunch (14:55)Liquid windows: Energy-saving inspiration from squid sk…

Headlines Amazon Launches $5-a-Month Prescription Drug Plan in Further Healthcare Push | WSJ (01:01) New spray fights infections and antibiotic resistance | MedicalXPress (08:27) Spraying drugs up the nose may help heal the brain after a stroke | New Scientist (18:47) Toroidal propellers: A noise-killing game changer in air and water | New Atlas (2…

Headlines: Google Research and DeepMind develop AI medical chatbot | Digital Health (01:25) MIT researchers develop an AI model that can detect future lung cancer risk | MIT news (09:22) Major breakthrough as scientists produce first-ever rheumatoid arthritis gene therapy | Brighter Side News (18:54) New Nanoparticles Deliver Therapy Brain-Wide and…

Notes: Anthropic’s Claude improves on ChatGPT but still suffers from limitations | TechCrunch (01:10) A startup co-founded by ex-OpenAI employees called Anthropic has raised over $700 million in funding to date, and has developed an AI system similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. System is called Claude and is accessible through a Slack integration as part …

Notes: Death of the narrator? Apple unveils suite of AI-voiced audiobooks | The Guardian (01:14) Apple has quietly launched a catalog of books narrated by artificial intelligence in a move that may mark the beginning of the end for human narrators. The audiobook market has exploded in recent year Sales last year jumped 25%, bringing in more than $1…

Porsche’s synthetic gasoline factory comes online today in Chile | Ars Technica (01:07) A Chilean startup called Highly Innovative Fuels officially opened its first synthetic gasoline production facility. Result of a collaboration between the automaker Porsche, Siemens Energy, Exxon Mobil, Enel Green Power, the Chilean state energy company ENAP, an…

Experimental compound shown to block effects of multiple harmful drugs | New Atlas (01:20) Naloxone is a medication used to reverse or reduce the effects of opioids, which is commonly used to counter decreased breathing in an opioid overdose. A new chemical shows promise for serving a similar role, but it also works on non-opioid drugs. Known as Pi…

What is ChatGPT and why does it matter? | ZDNET (00:57) ChatGPT was created by OpenAI, an AI and research company. Launched on November 30, 2022. ChatGPT is a natural language processing tool driven by AI technology that allows you to have human-like conversations and much more with a chatbot. It answers questions and can assist you with tasks Open…

Elon Musk says he's confident Neuralink will be ready to put chips into human brains in the next 6 months | Business Insider (00:51) Neuralink hosted an event in California this past Wednesday (Nov. 30th), and Musk expects the wireless brain chip developed by Neuralink to begin human clinical trials in six months. After the event on Twitter stating…

Researchers are building robots that can build themselves | Tech Crunch (00:52) MIT researchers are working on a project to develop robots that effectively self-assemble. Team admits this technology is “years away” Work so far has shown positive results At the system’s center are voxels, which carry power and data that can be shared between pieces.…

"Polytherapeutic" tinnitus treatment app delivers impressive results | New Atlas (00:49) Tinnitus is when you experience ringing or other noises in one or both of your ears. 5% of people experience tinnitus at some point in their lives A team of researchers at the University of Auckland has found it's new smartphone app treatment is getting strong …

Show Notes: First human patients receive transfusions of lab-grown blood cells | New Atlas (01:01) For the first time ever, human patients have received transfusions of blood cells that were grown from stem cells in a lab Revolutionize blood transfusions Blood donations are life saving, but the demand outweighs the supply But only 13.6 million unit…

Show Notes: Honda aims for a solid-state-powered EV by the end of the decade | Ars Technica (00:53) Honda is working on what it believes will be the breakthrough that brings solid-state batteries to the market. Working solo on this technology Shinji Aoyama, Honda's global leader of electrification, told Ars Technica: “In the springtime of 2024, we …

Show Notes: The future of solid-state batteries could be 3D-printed | The Verge (01:11) Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere: in your phone, car, camera, and more. One major flaw: safety. Lithium-ion batteries have a tendency to catch fire, especially when damaged or at high temperatures. Solid-state batteries replace a flammable liquid electrolyte…

Show Notes Radioactive implant wipes tumors in unprecedented pre-clinical success | New Atlas (00:52) Pancreatic cancer is notoriously difficult to diagnose and treat, with tumor cells of this type highly evasive and loaded with mutations that make them resistant to many drugs. 3.2 percent of all cancers, yet is the third leading cause of cancer-re…

Show Notes: A bionic pancreas could solve one of the biggest challenges of diabetes | MIT Technology Review (01:02) In a recent trial, a bionic pancreas that automatically delivers insulin proved more effective than pumps or injections at lowering blood glucose levels in people with type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is a serious condition that cause…

Show Notes: Scientists Have Discovered a New Set of Blood Groups | Wired (00:52) After performing an emergency C-section for a pregnant woman, researchers were curious why there were these strange antibodies in the blood. They made a startling discovery: The woman’s blood was of an ultra rare type, which may have made her baby’s blood incompatible …

Show Notes: Google Fiber Revs Up Its Multi-Gig Speeds to 20Gbps in Newest Field Test | CNET (01:29) Google Fiber CEO Dinni Jain announced Tuesday via blog post that 20 gigs is coming, The company achieved a 20.2Gbps download speed in a field test in Kansas City Google Fiber currently offers two plan options: 1-gigabit download speeds for $70 per mo…

Show Notes: InSight hears meteoroid impacts on Mars | EarthSky (01:15) Since 2018, NASA’s InSight lander has been busy studying the interior of Mars detecting over 1,300 marsquakes NASA announced on September 19, 2022, that, for the first time, InSight has heard the impacts of four meteoroids as they crashed into the Martian surface. Detected the v…