Month: September 2019
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Episode 266: Teetering on the Edge of Oblivion
This episode contains: Devon is about to play with the SSD in Armada. Happy birthday Damon! Devon is getting ready the Downton Abbey. We also have a sad announcement. Back in Black: Engineers develop ‘blackest black’ material to date. Engineers have cooked up a material made of carbon nanotubes that is 10 times blacker than…
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Episode 265: Sci-Fi Adjacent
This episode contains: We ditch Skype and try Discord. Devon tells Steven about Heroes of Land, Air and Sea. Nature Watch: Chameleon inspires ‘smart skin’ that changes color in the sun. Chemists used photonic crystals to develop a flexible smart skin that reacts to heat and sunlight while maintaining a near constant volume. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190911083815.htm This…
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Episode 264: The Cow Matrix
This episode contains: Unplanned jokes are happening too regularly. Devon gives us his short review of Hobbs and Shaw, which was surprisingly sci-fi. Biological Imperative: The genome of a gene-edited bull contained bacterial DNA, some of which has been linked to antibiotic resistance. The company responsible, Recombinetics, has previously bred two hornless Holsteins which were…
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Episode 263: Dark Implications
This episode contains: We’re recording on Labor Day! We figure out what the day is for. Steven gets some new LEGO. Devon saw Ready or Not. We then talk about science. Itty Bitty Critters: Scorpion toxin that targets ‘wasabi receptor’ may help solve mystery of chronic pain. “Researchers have discovered a scorpion toxin that targets…