Episode Details

Show Notes 23 May 2025
Story 1: Fungi could be used to build homes one day

• Source: CNN, Story by Kameryn Griesser
• Link: https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/science/fungi-bacteria-home-building-sustainable
• See research paper here: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-physical-science/fulltext/S2666-3864(25)00116-X

Story 2: In the quest for crops that can thrive in a warmer future, scientists just had a breakthrough

• Source: Anthropocene Magazine, Story by Emma Bryce
• Link: https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/05/in-the-quest-for-crops-that-can-thrive-in-a-warmer-future-scientists-just-had-a-breakthrough/
• Research paper here: https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(25)00413-1

Story 3: Edible aquatic robots could be eaten by fish to eliminate waste

• Source: New Atlas, Story by Ben Coxworth
• Link: https://newatlas.com/robotics/fish-food-bodied-robots/
• See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDmnoexVT5o

Story 4: Non-Invasive Ultrasound Halts Brain Lesion Growth

• Source: Technology Networks University of Virginia press room
• Link: https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/non-invasive-ultrasound-halts-brain-lesion-growth-399712

Honorable Mentions

• Story: How to engineer microbes to enable us to live on Mars
  • Source: The Conversation
  • Link: https://theconversation.com/how-to-engineer-microbes-to-enable-us-to-live-on-mars-253456
• Story: Microscopy method can reconstruct mammalian brain tissue in synaptic detail
  • Source: Phys.org, Story by Institute of Science and Technology Austria
  • Link: https://phys.org/news/2025-05-microscopy-method-reconstruct-mammalian-brain.html
• Story: Neuroscientists use brain implants and AI to map language processing in real time
  • Source: PsyPost.org, Story by Eric W. Dolan
  • Link: https://www.psypost.org/neuroscientists-use-brain-implants-and-ai-to-map-language-processing-in-real-time