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Tonight we’re not talking about some dusty lab experiment. We’re talking about the night scientists accidentally built tiny living nightmares that grew their own brains… and maybe started dreaming.
Now grab your sleep mask, put on some white noise, and slip away with me into Episode 14: Rise of the Neurobots
Sources:
The original scientific paper (Advanced Science, Feb 20, 2026): https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202508967
Tufts University official news story (“Scientists Create Novel Organism with Primitive Nervous System,” March 16, 2026): https://now.tufts.edu/2026/03/16/scientists-create-novel-organism-primitive-nervous-system
Wyss Institute at Harvard official news story (“Toward autonomous self-organizing biological robots with a nervous system,” March 17, 2026): https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/toward-autonomous-self-organizing-biological-robots-with-a-nervous-system/
Music from #Uppbeat
https://uppbeat.io/t/ben-mcelroy/the-dream-world
License code: IXYP05BZ2WQCWKTY
By Lance MartinTonight we’re not talking about some dusty lab experiment. We’re talking about the night scientists accidentally built tiny living nightmares that grew their own brains… and maybe started dreaming.
Now grab your sleep mask, put on some white noise, and slip away with me into Episode 14: Rise of the Neurobots
Sources:
The original scientific paper (Advanced Science, Feb 20, 2026): https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202508967
Tufts University official news story (“Scientists Create Novel Organism with Primitive Nervous System,” March 16, 2026): https://now.tufts.edu/2026/03/16/scientists-create-novel-organism-primitive-nervous-system
Wyss Institute at Harvard official news story (“Toward autonomous self-organizing biological robots with a nervous system,” March 17, 2026): https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/toward-autonomous-self-organizing-biological-robots-with-a-nervous-system/
Music from #Uppbeat
https://uppbeat.io/t/ben-mcelroy/the-dream-world
License code: IXYP05BZ2WQCWKTY