Strange Realm - Ep. 126 - Aug. 24th, 2025

On this episode, we bring you a science-gone-mad extravaganza as we discuss the weirdest news we could find once again, including a report that a Chinese firm intends to start selling robots with artificial wombs that can give birth as soon as next year, Scientists have also turned fruit flies into microrobots, controlling their flights to the point of being able to spell out words with them, we also take a look at a marvelous deep sea expedition that has captured footage of weird sea creatures, and we report that NASA will stop doing climate science. All of this and then, after the break, we continue our reading series as Frobisher reads more from "Beware of the Woods," by Tony Urban.

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Notes:
- NASA gives up on studying climate change
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/it-s-official-nasa-is-giving-up-on-climate-change-science/ar-AA1KKLvE
- Chinese firm to build robots with wombs
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-worlds-first-pregnancy-humanoid-robot
- Scientists turn fruit flies into remote control robots
https://www.earth.com/news/scientists-convert-living-creatures-flies-into-remote-controlled-microrobots/
- New species uncovered in deep sea expedition
https://www.iflscience.com/massive-offshore-canyon-expedition-discovers-barbie-lobsters-sea-pigs-and-40-potential-new-species-80439
- Beware of the Woods
https://www.amazon.com/Beware-Woods-Stories-Unexplained-Encounters/dp/B0C63RJ77H

Intro music: "night drive" by bbrainz (slowed + reverb)
Outro music: "Curious Constellations" by SURGE
Background art: "The Time Machine" by Interesni Kazki (AEC)
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