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The first Science News mini-episode of 2020! I talk about the oldest solid material ever found on Earth - 7 billion-year-old stardust. The material was found in a meteorite that fell in Australia in 1969. Then, a technology from the future - living robots! Well, robots made from living cells, that could potentially heal themselves and be programmed to deliver medicine in the body. But at what cost - are robots becoming too much like humans? Finally, a surprising discovery in a cave in Indonesia shows the earliest figurative art in the world, depicting animal-human hybrids! Tune in for some of the most exciting and interesting news from the scientific community.
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The first Science News mini-episode of 2020! I talk about the oldest solid material ever found on Earth - 7 billion-year-old stardust. The material was found in a meteorite that fell in Australia in 1969. Then, a technology from the future - living robots! Well, robots made from living cells, that could potentially heal themselves and be programmed to deliver medicine in the body. But at what cost - are robots becoming too much like humans? Finally, a surprising discovery in a cave in Indonesia shows the earliest figurative art in the world, depicting animal-human hybrids! Tune in for some of the most exciting and interesting news from the scientific community.