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DTN 041: Behind the Scenes at a U.S. Factory Building New Nuclear Bombs

Plus: SpaceX's Starship reaches space, laser pulses 1,000x more powerful than any in existence, AI TikTok Jesus, U.K. becomes first country to approve a CRISPR disease treatment, and more.

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DTN 040: Scientists Restore Mobility in a Parkinson's Patient

Plus: First successful face and whole eye transplant, SpaceX prepares for second Starship flight this week, first US direct-air carbon capture facility, and more.

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Mycotech, Machine Learning, and Mushrooms with Funga’s Josh Parrish

Josh Parrish is the Chief Growth Officer at Funga.  Prior to joining Funga, Josh led carbon origination and development at Pachama and spent 15 years at The Nature Conservancy, building carbon programs for landowners.  

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DTN 039: Revolutionizing Cancer Treatment with CAR T

Plus: A new asteroid mining method, solar cell prices plunge to all time low, an alien-hunting aerogel core fission fragment rocket engine, and more.

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DTN 038: One Large Step Toward Space Babies

Plus: There's a space drug factory trapped in orbit, Meta recreates imagery from brain scans, biggest airship since Hindenberg approved by FAA, the Pope launched a coding program, and more.

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DTN 037: A Single-Cell Atlas of Human Brain Just Dropped

Plus: NASA launches mission to mysterious metallic asteroid, a Vesuvius Challenge breakthrough, a woman named Siri changes her name, a comprehensive blueprint for the settlement of Mars, and more.

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DTN 036: A 3D Printed Neural Network of Living Brain Cells

Plus: Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT, first blood test for dozens of hereditary cancers approved, dead grandma story tricks AI to solve CAPTCHA, a nipple detection startup, and more.

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DTN 035: Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Keeps Getting Better

Plus: China considers lunar cave base, the first drug to regrow teeth enters clinical trials, the climate crisis is driving people to substance abuse, and more.

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DTN 034: Urbit's venture moment

Plus: Brainless jellyfish demonstrate learning, NASA brings home largest asteroid sample yet, Musk's Neuralink recruiting for first human trials, glow in the dark house plans, and more.

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DTN 033: A New Era for Cloud Seeding

Plus: NASA's UFO report, the big business of AI girlfriends, prisoners training AI, a housing shortage in Antarctica, Parmesan makers add microchips to cheese wheels, and more.

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Investing in Urbit with Octu Ventures’ Nick Simmons

Nick Simmons is the co-founder of Octu Ventures, a venture DAO that invests in Urbit infrastructure startups. He was previously the Head of Community and Special Ops at Tlon. You can find him on Urbit at ~simfur-ritwed.

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Turning the Desert into an Oasis with Rainmaker’s Augustus Doricko

Augustus Doricko is the founder of Rainmaker, a cloud seeding geoengineering startup that aims to create water abundance in the United States.