Here are the news items:

• Google lays out an idea for voice-based search, involving AI trained on the page results. 
• Researchers from Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology have developed a lab concept for a rechargeable cement-based battery.
• John explains the politics surrounding the Democrats’ attempt to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
• The International Energy Agency says the world can reach net zero emissions by 2050 – and simultaneously increase global GDP. Rebecca explains why this push for renewable energy will be less moralistic than the last.
• A conservative opposition party in Japan wants to replace much of the country's welfare with a universal basic income.

PLUS: In the wake of the Supreme Court’s announcement that it will review a Mississippi law restricting abortions to pregnancies before 15 weeks, John and Rebecca discuss how overturning Roe v. Wade could backfire politically for the GOP.

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