Bezos Goes to Space and Mite-Killing Fungi

Welcome to Innovation Celebration, OSI’s new podcast hosted by Thomas Walker and Angelica Werth. On this show, we discuss recent advancements in science and technology and how they aid human flourishing. 

On this episode, we discuss Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin space program, the development of a fungus to control mites that kill honey bees, and more.

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Here are some links related to the information discussed on the show:

Scientists Evolve Fungus to Battle Deadly Honey Bee Parasite: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/scientists-evolve-fungus-battle-deadly-honey-bee-parasite?utm_campaign=news_daily_2021-06-04&et_rid=763412993&et_cid=3798038

Time lapse video of the fungi killing the mites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIfTsPikxqU&t=21s

Another article about a breakthrough in using bacteria to make medicine: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/new-approach-rewriting-bacteria-s-genetic-code-could-lead-novel-medicines?utm_campaign=news_daily_2021-06-03&et_rid=763412993&et_cid=3796518

Jon Hersey interviews Boom Supersonic’s Blake Scholl in The Objective Standard:

https://theobjectivestandard.com/2020/10/reinventing-flight-an-interview-with-blake-scholl/ 

Thomas writes about aviation regulation in The Objective Standard:

https://theobjectivestandard.com/2021/04/the-anti-progress-crusade-against-flight/ 

An article about Project DR: https://www.kurzweilai.net/digest-breakthrough-augmented-reality-medical-tool