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

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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

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) 

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

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)

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

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)