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June 8, 2018

4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About -- Episode 4


Zombie ants, DNA robots, growing organs & an app for assessing autism. It’s your weekly briefing on the latest discoveries you might not hear about anywhere else, all with funding from the National Science Foundation.

Episode 4:
1. Climate change forced zombie ant fungi to adapt
2. Breakthrough in controlling DNA-based robots
3. Synthetic tissues build themselves
4. Mobile app for autism screening yields useful data

Original airdate: June 8, 2018

Credit: NSF


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