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DTN 120: Silicon Valley’s Arms Dealer

Plus: Cyborg beetles, robotic beehives, tree-planting drones, pulling water from thin air, US Army tests laser weapons, rare earth deal with China, and more.

Jun 27, 2025

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12 min read

DTN 119: Space Weed

Plus: Spacecraft lost at sea, superconducting motors, the Navy’s 400kW laser, wildfire-spotting satellites, NY’s new nuclear plant, mosquito drones, 3D-printed bones, and more.

DTN 118: DoD Smashes Wireless Power Transmission Record

Jun 20, 2025

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13 min read

DTN 118: DoD Smashes Wireless Power Transmission Record

Plus: Honda launches and lands a reusable rocket, Chinese satellites attempt on-orbit refueling, Finland warms up its sand battery, nuclear for desalination, nuclear for space travel, missiles as a service, FDA fast lane for new drugs, and more.

Jun 13, 2025

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14 min read

DTN 117: Waymos on Fire

Plus: First large-scale error-free quantum computer, AI hurricane forecasting, rebooting dead human brains, stratospheric airships, illegal AI therapy bots, and more.

Jun 6, 2025

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12 min read

DTN 116: Rare Earth Magnet Doomsday

Plus: Neuromorphic computing, driverless semis, electronic tattoos, fungal batteries, human brain cells on a chip for sale, another private lander crashes on the moon, preparing for deaths in space, and more.

DTN 115: Self-reproducing synthetic cells

May 30, 2025

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12 min read

DTN 115: Self-reproducing synthetic cells

PLUS: Starship's 9th test flight, robots investigate knife crimes, NuScale secures approval for second small reactor design, using gene edited pigs to solve the organ transplant shortage, and more.

May 23, 2025

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13 min read

DTN 114: China's Orbital Supercomputer

Plus: UAE announces major AI projects, no boom supersonics, mini-satellite quantum messaging, new magnetic superconductor discovered, gene delivery system for brain cells, and more.

May 16, 2025

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13 min read

DTN 113: The Rare Earth Cold War

Plus: The organ-on-a-chip boom, first flight of a detonation rocket engine, breakthrough personalized CRISPR therapy, and more.

May 9, 2025

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11 min read

DTN 112: Robotic Horses

Plus: US tests drone-launched ramjet, driverless semis hit highways, the race for rare-earth-free magnets, building an AI scientist, microwave weapons debut overseas, and more.

May 2, 2025

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12 min read

DTN 111: Poop Drones

Plus: CRISPR pigs approved for food, thermal vision breakthrough, quantum chip race intensifies, automated food lab heads to orbit, French startup develops space weapon, and more.

Apr 25, 2025

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12 min read

DTN 110: The Climate Tech Vibe Shift

Plus: Night vision nanomaterials, geothermal gains ground, robotic pollinating bugs, China’s squeeze on rare-earth minerals, quantum computer cracks randomness, and more.

Apr 18, 2025

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13 min read

DTN 109: Space Force Defines Space War

Plus: The Moon gets 4G, AI fighter jets near reality, FDA clears Neuralink rival's brain implant, the secret mining boom on the seafloor, Katy Perry's ride to the edge of space, and more.

DTN 120: Silicon Valley’s Arms Dealer

DTN 119: Space Weed

DTN 118: DoD Smashes Wireless Power Transmission Record

DTN 117: Waymos on Fire

DTN 116: Rare Earth Magnet Doomsday

DTN 115: Self-reproducing synthetic cells

DTN 114: China's Orbital Supercomputer

DTN 113: The Rare Earth Cold War

DTN 112: Robotic Horses

DTN 111: Poop Drones

DTN 110: The Climate Tech Vibe Shift

DTN 109: Space Force Defines Space War

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