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Show Notes 3 March 2023 Story 1: Scientists pioneer new cloud seeding techniques to fight global drought  Source: ScienceTimes.com Story by Joshua Stan Link: https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/42282/20230208/unlocking-power-cloud-seeding-scientists-pioneer-innovative-techniques-fight-drought.htm Source: USDA Agricultural Research Service Story by Kathryn Markham Link: https://www.ars.usda.gov/oc/dof/seeding-the-skies-harvesting-rain/ Story 2: New artificial intelligence tool helps predict if chemotherapy will benefit a breast cancer patient Source: CosmosMagazine.com Story…

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,…

Show Notes 24 February 2023 Story 1: New technology advances the use of waste cardboard for home insulation Source: TechCrunch.com Story Tim De Chant Link: https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/30/transforming-old-cardboard-boxes-into-insulation-nets-cleanfiber-10-million-round/ Story 2: Key trend to watch – More than 56,000 hydrogen cars sold worldwide  Source: AutoTech.news          PR Newswire Link: https://autotech.news/over-56-thousand-hydrogen-passenger-vehicles-sold-so-far/ Story 3: World’s first autonomous…

Show Notes 17 February 2023 Story 1: Amazon’s Zoox is now operating its purpose-built autonomous taxi on public roads Source: Engadget.com Story by Steve Dent Link: https://www.engadget.com/amazons-zoox-successfully-tests-its-purpose-built-autonomous-taxi-on-public-roads-134628930.html See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tknowptOgU4 Story 2: Blue Origin Develops System to Deploy ‘Unlimited’ Solar Power on the Moon Source: ExtremeTech.com Story by Ryan Whitwam Link: https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/343062-blue-origin-develops-system-to-deploy-unlimited-solar-power-on-the-moon Story 3:…

Show Notes 10 February 2023 Story 1: Recent experiment shows lasers can direct lightning strikes Source: The Guardian Story by Ian Sample Link: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/16/scientists-steer-lightning-bolts-with-lasers-for-the-first-time Source: Institut Polytechnique de Paris Link: https://www.polytechnique.edu/en/news/deflecting-lightning-laser-lightning-rod Story 2: The Pentagon wants a drug that will heat your body ASAP Source: Popular Mechanics Story by Tim Newcomb Link: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a42537862/drug-that-will-heat-your-body-asap/ Story 3:…

Show Notes 3 February 2023 Story 1: Scientists create a small shapeshifting humanoid robot that can liquefy and reform Source: Sciencealert.com Story by Michelle Starr Link: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-create-shapeshifting-humanoid-robot-that-can-liquefy-and-reform Source: Sciencenews.org Story by McKenzie Prillaman Link: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/robot-shape-shifting-gallium-melt-reform-magnetic-fields See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9zE8JQCG5E Source for image: https://www.geologyin.com/2018/02/gallium-is-metal-that-melts-in-your.html Story 2: Researchers create a new type of yarn that turns movement…

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,…

Show Notes 27 January 2023 Story 1: A new satellite can now measure nearly all the Earth’s water Source: CNN Story by Ashley Strickland Link: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/16/world/nasa-swot-launch-scn/index.html See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maI09QHicTg&t=4181s Story 2: University of Minnesota researchers can move objects without touching them Source: Scitechdaily.com and University of Minnesota announcement Link: https://scitechdaily.com/not-science-fiction-a-new-method-to-move-objects-without-contact/ See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61y6CBfyoqI&t=1s…

Show Notes 20 January 2023 Story 1: NASA Just Announced Funding for 14 Futuristic Space Exploration Concepts Source: Extremetech.com Story by Ryan Whitwam Link: https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/342213-nasa-funds-14-futuristic-space-exploration-concepts-including-a-titan-seaplane Story 2: New solar-powered machine turns carbon dioxide and waste plastic into valuable products Source: Futurism.com Story by: Maggie Harrison Link: https://futurism.com/solar-machine-co2-plastic-fuel Source: TechXplore.com [University of Cambridge press release] Link:…