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A new #nerdland podcast! This month's podcast: Mirror microbes! Mars helicopter! Dead salmon! Quantum chips! Cyborg cockroaches! Stench in the ISS! And much more... Shownotes: https://podcast.nerdland.be/nerdland-... Presented by Lieven Scheire, with Els Aerts, Kurt Beheydt, Peter Berx, Hetty Helsmoortel and Jeroen Baert. Editing & mastering by Els Aerts and Jens Paeyeneers. (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:04) Will mirror microbes wipe out all life on Earth (00:10:45) Doctors bring dead brains back to life (00:19:29) Quantum chip Willow (00:28:19) Can quantum computing break the blockchain? (00:30:30) Moths avoid plants that are crying (00:35:38) Tiny robot kidnaps 12 other robots in Japan (00:41:19) What's going on with our stranded ISS astronauts? (00:44:58) The ISS stinks, and it's the Russians' fault (00:49:02) NASA builds new Mars helicopter (00:51:11) Stijn Ilsen was flight director of the Proba-3 launch! (00:56:11) Americans suddenly see drones everywhere (00:58:03) Senator posts photo of TIE Fighter (01:00:00) AI NEWS (01:00:55) Google launches Mariner AI agent (01:02:11) Company Artisan advertises for AI employees (01:04:03) Google glasses use AI agent (01:06:00) Most increased stock due to AI revolution (01:07:36) Uber now also offers jobs as AI labeler (01:09:23) ChatGPT crashes at David Mayer (01:13:10) SILICON VALLEY NEWS (01:13:26) Tesla hires human operators to operate robotaxis (01:17:06) Trump wants billionaires law (01:19:00) Orcas are wearing dead salmon as hats again (01:23:14) Pastor takes flat earthers to Antarctica (01:29:57) Comedy Wildlife photos presented (01:32:31) Japanese robot builds swarms of robot cockroaches (01:37:41) The Queen of Shitty Robots builds something useful (01:41:50) Medicine grows new teeth (01:45:20) Humpback whale swims the world in search of love (01:47:24) HIV prep Lenacapavir is scientific breakthrough of 2024 (01:52:14) VLIZ and KU Leuven play key role in UNESCO eDNA research (01:54:10) The Defense Christmas puzzle is here (01:58:50) RECALLS (01:59:17) Returning to Zimbardo / Stanford Prison (02:00:19) Why don't we have a video podcast? (02:00:57) Are we having a Golden Coat election this year? (02:02:55) Lieven is going to Kennedy Space Center at the end of January. Listeners nearby? (02:04:26) OWN PROMO (02:04:36) Tickets for little nerds 2025 on nerdland.be, December 23, 1:30 PM and 5 PM (02:05:18) Book: beer?! (02:05:45) On January 10, Lieven's AI show can be seen on VTM! Long version on vtmgo (02:07:07) Nerdland tear-off calendar on nerdland.be (02:07:14) Mission 2024 runs until early April (02:08:02) Jeroen still gives lectures about AI (02:08:45) Lieven AI performances in the Netherlands (02:08:59) And on February 18 at the Norwich Science Festival in Norwich UK (02:11:37) AI exhibition Technopolis opened (02:13:48) Sponsor Ray & Jules coffee