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Today's topics:

Supersonic flights return over land - The FAA is moving to replace the U.S. overland supersonic flight ban with a noise-based standard, reopening the door to faster domestic travel if sonic-boom impacts can be controlled.

NASA speeds up moon base - NASA awarded major lunar cargo delivery contracts and may repurpose a Mars rover for the Moon, aiming to pre-position infrastructure and maintain momentum in the U.S.–China lunar race.

Universe may break cosmic uniformity - New DESI analysis suggests the universe’s largest structures may stay directionally aligned across billions of light-years, challenging the cosmological principle and adding pressure on ΛCDM models.

Myanmar scam factories using AI - AP and PBS FRONTLINE report industrial scam compounds in Myanmar are scaling global fraud using U.S.-linked AI tools, cloud infrastructure, and satellite internet like Starlink—hurting victims and coerced workers.

Alzheimer’s Tau spread and Arc - Researchers find the brain protein Arc can help toxic Tau hitch rides in extracellular vesicles, accelerating Alzheimer’s-like spread in mice and pointing to new targets for slowing progression.

Renewable immune cells for therapy - USC researchers created long-lasting, self-renewing granulocyte-monocyte progenitors (GMPs) that can continuously produce engineered immune cells, potentially enabling scalable cell therapies for cancer and beyond.

Schistosomiasis vaccine shows immune memory - Early trials of SchistoShield (Sm-p80 + GLA-SE) show strong T-cell memory and supporting antibody signals in participants in the U.S. and Africa, an important step toward preventing schistosomiasis reinfection.

mRNA vaccines safety and next uses - A Lancet review concludes Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccines remained safe and effective through 2025, while highlighting how mRNA platforms may expand into personalized cancer treatment.

Stem-cell retinal vessels for eye disease - Duke scientists derived retinal endothelial cells from iPSCs that repaired vessels in mouse models and recreated diabetic retinopathy-like barrier failure in the lab, boosting prospects for eye-disease therapies and drug screening.

Sub-1 nanometer chips and cost - IBM says it has demonstrated sub-1 nm chip technology, but the bigger question is whether ultra-advanced manufacturing can be affordable at scale—shaping the future price and access to cutting-edge computing.

Episode Transcript

Supersonic flights return over land
First up, a major shift in U.S. aviation policy. The Department of Transportation is moving to end the long-standing ban on civilian supersonic flight over land, replacing the old “no faster than Mach 1” rule with a noise-based limit