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Popzara.com. Nathan Evans, Managing Editor. Throughout Popzara you’ll find views on gaming, movies, technology, cultural icons and so much more. Reviews and previews, in-depth analyses, opinion pieces, conversations, and a regularly updated Podcast keep things interesting and always entertaining. Our diverse editorial staff is committed to bringing this cornucopia of editorial goodness in fair-minded and positive ways,…
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Show Notes 28 April 2023 Story 1: NASA Unveils Interior of Simulation Mars Habitat for Future Missions Source: ExtremeTech.com Story by Adrianna Nine Link: https://www.extremetech.com/aerospace/nasa-unveils-interior-of-simulation-mars-habitat-for-future-missions Source: https://www.nasa.gov/chapea/habitat See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmjV6Grlo7s Story 2: ‘Big sponge’: new tech aims to extract CO2 from the Earth’s oceans to tackle global warming Source: Phys.org Story by Romain Fonsegrives…
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Show Notes 21 April 2023 Story 1: Breakthrough discovery suggests gravity created light in the earliest days of the universe Source: BGR.com Story by Joshua Hawkins Link: https://bgr.com/science/breakthrough-discovery-suggests-gravity-can-create-light/ Story 2: World’s first commercially available smart gun featuring fingerprint unlocking Source: Axios Story by Esteban L. Hernandez Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/worlds-first-smart-gun-featuring-fingerprint-unlocking-hits-the-market/ar-AA19Q7Fb Source: Gizmodo.com Story by Mack DeGeurin Link:…
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Show Notes 14 April 2023 Story 1: New electric watercraft robot captures plastic and debris in rivers and lakes Source: Electrek.com Story by Peter Johnson Link: https://electrek.co/2023/03/30/wasteshark-is-an-electric-catamaran-that-eats-plastic-in-the-water/ See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT4Qoe0B9tU&t=4s Story 2: Scientists have discovered that plants have voices Source: Popular Mechanics Story by Jackie Appel Link: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a43467924/plants-have-had-voices-this-whole-time/ Story 3: New Robotic hand can…
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Show Notes 7 April 2023 Story 1: Surprising alternative to crude oil used to make a new recyclable plastic Source: ScienceAlert.com Story by Clare Watson Link: https://tinyurl.com/4tdabteh Story 2: Amazing proof-of-concept demonstration shows a soldier controlling a robot surveillance dog with his thoughts! Source: UK’s Daily Mail Story by Stacy Liberatore Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11896135/Killer-robot-dogs-controlled-soldiers-MINDS-trialed-Australian-army.html See video…
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Nathan Evans, Managing Editor, Popzara.com Throughout Popzara you’ll find views on gaming, movies, technology, cultural icons and so much more. Reviews and previews, in-depth analyses, opinion pieces, conversations, and a regularly updated Podcast keep things interesting and always entertaining. Our diverse editorial staff is committed to bringing this cornucopia of editorial goodness in fair-minded and positive ways,…
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Show Notes 31 March 2023 Story 1: Here’s a creative idea – put solar panels between railroad tracks! Source: Wonderfulengineering.com Story by Jannat Un Nisa Link: https://wonderfulengineering.com/this-is-the-worlds-first-solar-panel-carpet-on-a-railway-track-and-it-may-generate-electricity/ Story 2: New autonomous pile driving robot will accelerate solar farm construction Source: Forbes Story by Heather Wishart-Smith Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/heatherwishartsmith/2023/03/20/built-robotics-unveils-autonomous-pile-driving-robot-expediting-solar-rollout/?sh=274dc9187591 See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Na6NF11iPc Story 3: More artificial…
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Show Notes 17 March 2023 Story 1: Someday your desk lamp may be a house plant! Source: MIT News Story by Anne Trafton Link: https://tinyurl.com/auccexdm See video here: https://tinyurl.com/387r4y4f Story 2: Scientists discover an enzyme that can use air to generate electricity Source: Popular Science Story by Jackie Appel Link: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a43251276/enzyme-can-use-air-to-generate-electricity/ Source: Gizmodo.com Story by…
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Show Notes 10 March 2023 Story 1: Scientists have discovered a way to boost the efficiency of solar panels by 250% Source: Sciencealert.com Story by David Nield Link: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-boost-the-efficiency-of-a-cheap-and-promising-solar-panel-material-by-250 Story 2: The James Webb Space Telescope spotted something that’s shaking up the scientific world! Source: CNN Story by Ashley Strickland Link: https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/22/world/webb-telescope-massive-early-galaxies-scn Story 3: Key…