Xenobots Have Heart (Cells) – DTNS 3700

Scientists from Tufts University, the University of Vermont, and the Wyss Institute at Harvard published early research in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences about robots made from heart and skin cells derived from frog embryo stem cells that they call xenobots. What does this mean for robotics and what are the ethical issues at play?

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 297 – The Good Place (410), The Circle (101), The Larry Sanders Show (208)

This week on It’s Spoilerin’ Time: The Good Place (410), The Circle (101), The Larry Sanders Show (208)
Brian’s out of town, but Tom and Bryce tackle the return of The Good Place and dip a toe into Netflix’s The Circle.

Cordkillers is off next week due to Martin Luther King, Jr. day. We will return January 27, 2020.

Next episode: The Good Place (411-412), The New Pope (101-102), Picard (101), The Larry Sanders Show (209-210)

00:44 – Winter Movie Draft update
05:52 – The Good Place (410)
15:05 – The Circle (101)
24:45 – The Larry Sanders Show (208)

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Cordkillers 297 – The TiVOngle (w/ Hammond Chamberlain)

Oscar nominations, a surprising new TiVO box, and a Locke and Key trailer. All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Hammond Chamberlain.

Cordkillers is off next week due to Martin Luther King, Jr. day. We will return January 27, 2020.

This week on It’s Spoilerin’ Time: The Good Place (410), The Circle (101), The Larry Sanders Show (208)
Next episode: The Good Place (411-412), The New Pope (101-102), Picard (101), The Larry Sanders Show (209-210)

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