An AI that creates ghost images from our subconscious, a shotgun-wielding man in hot pants, penguins with accents, and photosynthesis in the dark. That’s some very weird science. 

Hosted by Matt Armitage & Freda Liu

Produced by BFM89.9

Episode Sources: 

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-twitter-sec-bots-lawsuit-1849183376

https://www.vice.com/en/article/93ayp7/delta-dental-insurance-silent-on-bizarre-video-of-man-in-hot-pants-with-a-shotgun-declaring-independence-from-delta-dental

https://www.nytimes.com/article/nasa-webb-telescope-images-galaxies.html

https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/whats-so-special-about-james-webb-space-telescope-images/

https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/faqs/whoIsJamesWebb.html

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2328323-penguins-adapt-their-accents-to-sound-more-like-their-friends/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2328245-robot-that-can-perceive-its-body-has-self-awareness-claim-researchers/

https://www.iflscience.com/artificial-photosynthesis-can-now-happen-without-light-64363

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