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And today I have a special guest.

Hi, I'm Alice Bisbee. And today we're
going to be going over today's news.

We'll start off with our very first
story.

Twitter has a photo removal policy
that's updated and aimed at improving

sparks concerns over messages.

Twitter will no longer let its users
publish private videos or images of

people without their consent.

and a new policy expansion meant to
prevent harassment and abuse on its

platform. Sharing personal media, such
as images or videos, can potentially

violate a person's privacy and may lead
to emotional or physical harm, Twitter

said in a blog post on Tuesday.

When the change went into effect,

The misuse of private media can affect
everyone, but can have a

effect on women, activists, dissidents,
and members of minority communities.

Twitter says that before it considers
the removal of videos or images, it will

review such media only after the person
who is depicted in the content without

their permission or representative for
them has notified the company.

The measure is in part meant to combat
doxing.

the practice of publishing another
person's private or identifying

on the internet, such as their address
or phone. This is usually done with

malicious content.

But critics are concerned that the
change will encourage widespread misuse

the reporting tool and say it leaves the
power to decide what should or

shouldn't be accessible to the public in
the subjective hands of a social media

company. Emerson Brooking, a senior
fellow at Atlantic Council's Digital

Forensic Lab Research Lab, tweeted that
the rule is written so broadly that most

anyone can lodge a complaint against
anyone.

Public figures are exempt from the
policy, Twitter said. The social media

company assures users that context
matters, and that its private forum

information policy includes many
exceptions in order to enable robust

on newsworthy events and conversations
that are in the public's interest.

Working added that a lot hinges on those
last two words, public interest.

Critics say that the policy lets Twitter
decide what's newsworthy.

Twitter said that the media showing
people participating in public events,

including large -scale protests and
sport games, are generally allowed under

policy. And that clarification doesn't
assuage Ford Fisher, a documentarian who

regularly films political activism and
protests around the country. He says the

policy's vague terms could allow law
enforcement to evade accountability.

It puts it into the hands of Twitter to
have the decision.

What would you vote?

I think, honestly,

I think that it's an extra precaution
that's going to end up causing people to

be muted.

They say that public figures won't be
affected, but I really think that they

will still be targeting certain public
figures.

I agree.

In other news, the Metropolitan Museum
of Art scores its largest capital gift

ever, $125 million.

Even before the pandemic, money was
tight at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,

now the museum has announced its largest
capital gift ever, $125 million.

The cash will fund a renovation of the
museum's modern wing, which will include

creating 80 ,000 square feet of
galleries and public spaces.

The ambitious project has been talked
about for more than a decade now, but

to be delayed to the lack of funds,
until now.

The museum's benefactors are trustee
Oscar Tang and his wife, Angus Huns

and the new space will be made in their
name.

Oscar Tang is a retired financier and a
co -founder of the investment management

company, Rec and Tang. His previous
philanthropic work includes

gifts to the New York Philharmonic and
the Phillips Academy

Andover, which he attended.

Angus Hu Tang is archaeologist and art
historian and is a senior research

scholar at Columbia University.

She previously served at the World
Heritage Center Scientific Committee. So

basically, these people give their lives
to helping donate their money that

they've made in the greater good,
basically. Yeah, we should all be so

Yes.

And that's it.

Our next story, the threat of space
debris delayed a spacewalk by NASA

astronauts. Two NASA astronauts were
scheduled for a Tuesday morning

outside the International Space Station,
but the possibility of space debris

delayed their plans.

Astronaut Thomas Mashburn and Kayla
Barron were scheduled to replace a

faulty antenna at 7 .10 a .m. Eastern
Time.

A fix that was expected to take about
six and a half hours to complete.

The spacewalk would have been the first
of Baron's career.

NASA received a degrees notification on
Monday evening and decided to delay the

spacewalk because of the lack of
opportunity to assess the risk to

astronauts. It's unclear when the
spacewalk will be rescheduled.

NASA is gathering and assessing
information about the risk and will

information when we can.

NASA spokesperson Stephanie Schlorhorst
wrote in an email to NPR,

the fall PM can unlock the ability to
send signals to Earth via NASA's

and data relay satellite system. The
malfunction has...

limited effects on station operations,
but mission managers wanted to fix the

antenna to ensure there are backup forms
of communication, according to a press

release.

Vincent Laporte, NASA spacewalk flight
director, said the faulty antenna was

discovered mid -September, and the
timing allowed Maticorn and Barron to

practice their spacewalk in NASA's
neural glands, the laboratory.

It's unclear if the debris that prompted
the delay is from a Russian anti

-satellite missile test used two weeks
ago that forced astronauts on the

International Space Station to take
shelter briefly.

The U .S. condemned the test as
dangerous and irresponsible.

More than 27 ,000 pieces of debris are
attacked.

By the Department of Defense's Global
Space Surveillance Network sponsors,

pieces of the grid are too small to be
tracked, but they still pose a threat to

humans and space and robotic missions.
In that case, size does matter.

It does. I agree. I think it does
matter.

In other news, Northern Ireland
Collective wins the prestigious Turner

Art. In London, an 11 -person
collective...

From Belfast that aims to transcend
Northern Ireland's political and

divides, won the UK's prestigious Turner
Prize for the art on Wednesday.

The Ray Collection took over 25 ,000
pounds, a $33 ,000 prize

for the Drew Habib's ball.

A recreation of traditional Irish bean
or

speakeasies that is full of reference.

is 100 years of Northern Ireland's
history.

Prize organizers said the collective's
work tackles urgent social and political

issues affecting Northern Ireland with

humor, seriousness, and beauty.

Collective member Laura O 'Connor said
the group would put the prize money

toward finding a permanent base in
Belfast.

where redevelopment is making space less
affordable for artists.

Named for the 19th century landscape
painter J .M .W. Turner, the award was

founded in 1984 and helped make stars of
Potter, Grayson Perry, Shark Pickling

Artist, Damien Hirst, and filmmaker
Stephen McQueen.

But it has also been criticized for
rewarding impenetrable...

conceptual work and often sparks debate
about the value of modern art.

In 2019, all four finalists were
declared winners after they refused to

against one another.

Last year's prize was canceled because
of the coronavirus pandemic.

This year, all five finalists were
collectives rather than individual

See, look, they put the prize aside and
they all won.

I feel like someone's winning right now.
Yeah.

Okay.

Moving on to our next story.

City trees are turning green early,
prompting warnings about food and

pollination. If you live in a big city,
you might see trees start budding even

before spring officially arrives.

A new article published in the journal
Science found that trees in urban areas

have started turning green earlier than
their rural counterparts.

due to cities being hotter and also
having more light.

I found artificial light in cities'
access of extended

daylight and caused earlier spring
greening than and later autumn -y

Dr. Lin Ming said.

Meng is a post -doctoral fellow at the
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Her research collected observations and
satellite data from about 85 cities in

the United States between 2001 and 2014.

You're getting choked up there. Just a
little bit.

I found trees start to grow leaves and
turn green 60s earlier in cities

to rural areas. Makes sense.

While the early appearance of spring and
longer growing seasons may not seem

like a big deal, Meng said they were
serious implications for humans and

pollinators and wildlife.

It's getting hot in here.

Early budding plants are at risk for
spring frost, and changes in the growing

season could also lead to an earlier and
more intense pollen season, meaning a

higher risk for...

of allergies for humans.

Meng also speculated that this could
lead to a bigger problem if the trees

become out of sync with the insects that
pollinate them. It's good to be in

sync. Yes, it's very good to be in sync,
right?

That may result in food shortages and
may affect insect development, survival,

and reproduction.

The changing greening cycles might also
have negative economic implications,

especially in places that rely on
seasonal change.

to draw tourism, according to Theresa
Crimmins, director of the U .S. National

Vineology Network.

Springtime warm temperatures, it's so
warm in here. It is really hot in here.

Which drives the flowering have become
so much more variable, she said.

There's a number of situations where
across the country, a lot of smaller

have festivals to celebrate a particular
biological phenomenon, like tulip time

or a lilac festival.

Despite the concern, Meng said it wasn't
all bad news.

If we have a longer growing season,
trees would absorb more carbon dioxide

the atmosphere, she said, and they'd
have a longer period to do the cooling

effects that can help mitigate the urban
heating effect in cities.

Ming said that selecting different types
of artificial light would minimize

sunburns, cheese, and even light
pollution.

Removing early tree trees would be
reversed.

Oh my good, good God.

Alright, let me, um, in other news,
conserve,

conservationist. flew 30 white rhinos to
Rwanda in a huge operation

to protect them.

Conservatives flew 30 white rhinos from
South Africa to Rwanda last week, and

what they say is the largest single
rhino translocation ever.

The roughly 2 ,000 -mile journey took
the rhinos to their new home.

in the National Park, where advocates
hope the animals will be able to

a new breeding stronghold and evade the
rampant poaching that puts their species

in danger.

While rhinos are considered near
threatened by the World Wildlife Fund,

estimates there are 18 ,000 of them in
existence in protected areas and private

game reserves, officials say that the
decline in their population is largely

attributed to poaching and the demand
for rhino horn.

I don't know what they're doing with
those rhinos. I don't know, but it

like they're very funny.

I think that's it.

Well, maybe.

Maybe I'm just funny.

Each of the 30 rhinos that arrived in
Rwanda on Saturday was fitted with a

tracking transmitter for constant
monitoring.

Authorities have also deployed an anti
-poaching canine unit and helicopters

have announced to protect them.

daily as they settle into life in their
new home.

Therefore, they will be in a constant,
safer habitat.

Good for the rhinos, huh? We all love a
good, safe environment and habitat.

Oh, I agree.

Yeah, yeah, definitely.

Our next story involves American whiskey
makers set their sights on Europe

as Trump -era tariffs are lifted.

Amir Pié had high hopes when he salvaged
the abandoned 140 -year -old James E.

Pepper distillery near the heart of
Lexington, Kentucky, after years of

and renovation.

It was finally ready to produce whiskey
on -site in 2017.

But Pié's hopes were dashed a few months
later as the European Union imposed

tariffs on American whiskey. We thought
we could really grow our business over

there, says Pié.

That is, of course, until June of 2018
when, out of the blue, American whiskey

got dragged into a trade war.

But now, PA and whiskey distillers
across the U .S. are raising their

and setting their sights once again on
Europe.

The U .S. and European Union announced a
trade agreement last month that

effectively lifts the 25 % tariffs on
American whiskey come January.

Right in time for the new year, huh?
Yes, absolutely.

We love things that come just in time. I
agree.

The tariffs, which had been levied as
part of a growing trade dispute between

the Trump administration and the EU over
steel and aluminum, also targeted

American exports such as motorcycles and
denim and signed international growth

for burgeoning American whiskey
industry.

Europe is a major importer of American
spirits, yet...

distillers saw a 53 % decline in
American whiskey export to the UK and a

% decline to the EU, while the tariffs
were in place, resulting in over $300

million lost in revenue.

Then COVID exacerbated the pain of small
distillers that were forced to then

close their doors to tours and tastings
and bars and restaurants to shut down.

In the beginning, when the pandemic hit,
you know, myself and us as a company,

we really were nervous and scared, says
PA, adding that bars and restaurants

made up nearly half of the businesses at
the time.

The distillery pivoted to retail sales,
and with more people drinking at

home throughout the pandemic, the
company sold a record number of cases of

whiskey in 2020.

Okay, so we had a very, very, very
strong, oh my god, so strong,

so strong, so strong domestic growth.

Okay, but it's good to be strong. Yeah,
it's such a good thing to be strong.

But it's made us change how we want to
allocate stock to Europe, and it, oh,

answered what was going to be our growth
trajectory in Europe.

We love a good growth trajectory.

It could be hard for, so hard, for
smaller crafts and sellers to reclaim

space they lost in Europe's store
shelves when the tariffs were imposed,

that distributors have adjusted their
purchasing strategies.

Once you're off the shelf, it's like 300
times harder to get back on.

Well, I just say, saddle up, pony.

Get back on.

I like getting off. Yeah, I like getting
off, too.

Speaking of getting off.

In other news, authorities say a FedEx
driver

dumped hundreds of packages into the
Alabama ravine.

Suppose there was a supply chain
blockage, so you order your personal

and holiday gifts ahead of time. And
let's say those packages made it all the

way to the very last delay, only for the
delivery driver to dump them in a local

ravine. That unfortunately, not a
hypothetical scenario, for 450 people in

Alabama where authorities are
investigating a FedEx driver for

truckloads of their packages into the
ravine.

The Blouse County Sheriff's Office in
north central part of the state said

Wednesday that between 300 and 400 boxes
of assorted sizes have been discovered

in the wooded area on private property.

FedEx sent trucks and drivers from
across the South later that day to begin

process of recovering the packages it
added.

Posts posted to Facebook show boxes
scattered on the steep ravine.

By Monday, Sheriff Mark Moon said to the
drivers, who had not been publicly

named but had been identified and
questioned, he urged the media and

be patient as investigators worked the
case, which he characterized as

diabolical.

The driver was found to have dumped at
least six times in the same ravine,

makes FedEx victims of six different
theft property cases Moon will be

indicting him with.

So you can't just dump people's packages
in a ravine and think you can get away

with it.

Words to the wise, don't just drop off
your package anywhere.

Drop it off to the right place. Yeah,
make sure it gets there.

Yeah, and make sure all parties are
satisfied.

They're going to leave a review. Yeah,
sure.

Now, wouldn't that be great if everybody
just had a review above them?

You know, just don't mess with this
person.

Not so great in bed.

That could be, yeah.

That would save a lot of time.

Oh, okay.

So our next story, crypto enthusiast
wants to buy an NBA team.

after failing to purchase U .S.
Constitution.

These people really tried to buy the U
.S. Constitution.

This is interesting.

Thousands of cryptocurrency investors
recently raised more than $40 million

nearly, but ultimately fell short of
purchasing a copy of the U .S.

Constitution. They should just feel it
like Nicolas Cage.

Now a separate group of crypto fans is
building momentum with another

acquisition target, an NBA franchise.

In both cases, little crypto enthusiasts
organized under what's known as a

decentralized autonomous organization,
or a DAO, which

is an online group with a collective
bank account and a mission statement.

Calling itself Kraus House DAO, a
reference to the late Chicago Bulls

Jerry Kraus, the group of some 2 ,000
members raised the equivalent, of $4

million US in the cryptocurrency
Ethereum in six days.

The crowdfunding in the form of NFT sale
ended Thursday morning.

The idea isn't exactly a slam dunk yet.

For one thing, it is nowhere in the
universe of what the group would need to

place a credible bid on even the least
valuable NBA team.

which is right now the Memphis
Grizzlies, estimated to be around $1 .3

with a B.

Second, convincing the NBA to be open to
collectively controlled crypto

investment might not be the easiest sale
pitch organizers across the house are

asking to have the public do please
refrain from laughing, literally

We understand the reader's first
instinct may be to stop.

and say owners will never let this
happen, reads the group still called

Paper, a nod to the more traditional
White Paper research report.

It's important to understand that there
was a time not too long ago where the

players were at the same place on the
totem pole where fans are today.

It says there are no reason why fans
can't do the same if organized

A co -creator of Kraushaus DAO, speaking
to NPR only by his pseudonym on the

social network Discord, said the money
raised so far will be invested into

future projects focused on becoming a
serious NBA team bidder one day. The

plan for all the new cash is light on
specifics, however.

Members of the group will vote on where
the money should be spent, and the

ultimate aim is to be able to prove the
franchise owner that DAO can be

effective. effective way to run a
professional basketball team in its

community organizers sign off from
updates about the group with w -a -g -b

which stands for we are going to buy a
team the pandemic ushered in new

generations of crypto investors but
there were a few ways to use the

riches some turned to acquiring nfp a
kind of limited edition digital

collectible But now there's a growing
push to move on to loftier ideas, like

trying to help create the next version
of the internet.

This dubbed Web3 seeks to give
collective control of major online sites

crypto masses.

A DAO is part of the Utopane stream,
only now hoping for

collective ownership of things in the
real world, like the NBA team.

who put the equivalent of $100 ,000 into
Kraushaus DAO, dismissed questions

about whether the effort is just the
latest crypto community publicity stunt.

Kraushaus is absolutely serious.

Liko said in an interview, we're used to
thinking about a billionaire buying a

team at a one -time event, but this will
be different.

It's about people coming together, which
we...

Love. We like to come together.

And taking ownership of something
they're really passionate about.

What are you passionate about? I'm
passionate about coming together.

Sports should be in the hands of people
who care about it most.

And in some ways, the Dow community is
still licking its wounds from the

Constitution flaw.

You can't mess with the Constitution.

Nope, not unless you're Nick Cage.

True. Then you can quit lemon juice on
it.

Speaking of actors, after the movie
Rust, the set shooting with Alex

investigators are looking into the ammo
supplier.

Authorities of Santa Fe are pursuing a
new lead in October's Rust film,

that left the cinematographer dead and
the movie director injured.

According to documents shared by the
sheriff's office, investigators executed

search warrant on Tuesday for the
Albuquerque -based ammunition supplier.

Previously, they had about 500 rounds of
ammunition where they were found on

set. A mix of blanks, dummy rounds, and
what investigators believed at the time

to be additional live rounds
accidentally mixed in with the blanks.

Oh, that's confusing and distracting.

Very distracting.

Officers are trying to find out how live
bullets rather than blanks were even on

set. The search warrant is still being
issued Tuesday as a part of that

investigation.

On the day of the shooting, Alec Baldwin
was handling the prop gun during a

scene rehearsal when it went off,
striking the film director, Joel Souza,

cinematographer Helena

Hutchins.

Hutchins later died of her injuries.

And Baldwin was told by the crew at the
time that the gun was safe to use and

wasn't loaded with live rounds.

So someone's lying.

Someone is lying, but I really don't
think it's Alec Baldwin whose job is to

literally show up and just do what he
says.

Exactly.

Someone lying in there. I think it's a
gross negligence on the company. I

And that is why the investigation is
still live.

So we will stay tuned on where that
investigation is going

and who will be

The National Geographic famous Afghan
girl photo is

evacuated to Italy.

The National Geographic magazine famed
green -eyed

Afghan girl has arrived in Italy as part
of the West

evacuation of Afghans following the
Taliban takeover of the country, the

government said.

This Thursday, the office of Premier
Draghi said Italy organized the

evacuation of Chabart, Gula, after she
asked... That's a mouthful.

I love a mouthful.

...has to be held in the country.

The Italian government will now help the
integrated into life in Italy. This

statement, the statement said...

international fame in 1984 as the Afghan
refugee girl after a war photographer

Steve McCurry's photograph of her with
piercing green eyes, oh my god, was

published on the cover of National
Geographic.

McCurry found her again in 2002.

In 2014, she resurfaced in Pakistan, but
went into hiding when authorities

accused her of buying a fake Pakistani
identity card.

and ordered her deported.

She was flown to Kabul, where the
president hosted a reception for her at

presidential palace, and handed her keys
to a new apartment.

You know what that means.

Italy was one of the several Western
countries that airlifted hundreds of

Afghans out of the country following the
departure of U .S. forces and the

Taliban takeover in August.

Next story, ancient footprints
mistakenly attributed to bears were made

actual early humans.

The early humans walked the earth nearly
3 .7 million years ago and were not

walking alone.

Fossil footprints in Tanzania reveal
that two human species once lived in the

same place at the same time.

Scientists had long thought that one set
of unusual prints there was left by a

bear walking on its hind legs, but a new
analysis published in the Journal of

Nature suggests that that's not right.
Instead, it appears that the tracks were

left by some unknown early human species
that was strolling around that spot at

the exact same time as Australopithecus

apharenicus. The species of the famous
partial skeleton Lucy.

Lucy's kind, if you will, had long been
assumed to have had the only human

species living way back then, and
scientists have considered it as an

of modern humans.

But recent discoveries of other remains,
such as jaws, skulls, and foot bones,

have hinted that an unexpected diversity
of humans may have lived during this

period.

These ancient footsteps were trapped by
a volcano.

At this prehistoric site in Tanzania,
all the footprints were made in the

same layer of mud.

That means individuals from these two
early human species must have passed

through within hours or days of one
another.

A biological anthropologist at Ohio
University has stated,

Oh, I'm sorry. So, humans or bear?

We are still looking, and at the same
time, the workers are still trying to

uncover another set of tracks that may
also seem to show bipedal walking, but

those didn't look so distinctively
human. Eventually, scientists decided

they may have been left by a young bear,
given the bears live in Africa back

then. So, we're kind of on the fence
about humans or bears.

But, Mick Nutt, who is a philanthropist,
thank you,

says it was a kind of reasonable thing,
sort of.

He adds that more instantly recognizable
footprints from the human species would

be more exciting than the other ones
that we've ignored for decades.

We ended up with four little juvenile
bears that we had to stand up and walk

through mud for either applesauce or
maple syrup, which was very cute.

She exclaimed.

So the bears might have been walking on
two legs, but it may have happened more

than once.

They are still examining the paw prints
left by the bears and comparing them

with mysterious possible footprints.

What's more, the walking pattern
preserved in the track shows a kind of

step with a foot cross in the midline of
the body.

People sometimes cross steps while
walking over uneven surfaces.

All of this evidence has convinced
Stephanie Molina, a philanthropist at

Planet Institute, that they are not made
by a bear. And she

adds that the print shape doesn't
suggest they were made by early humans.

The scientists are going back and forth
about this and we are still waiting to

fully distinguish which one it is.

I think it's very cool.

to blackmail a teammate.

Softer start from Karim Vendim, who
plays for Real Madrid, and the French

national team has been guilty of
conspiring to blackmail a former

a sex tape. A sex tape?

Yeah! How about that?

The scandal has been unfolding since
2015.

It caused major setbacks in both
players' careers.

The court in Versailles, France, ended
with Lima's new one -year suspended jail

sentence and fined him 75 ,000 euros,
about 80 worth thousand dollars.

The court also found out for Lima's co
-defendant's guilty, Captain Blackman.

The lawyer for Lima has told reporters
that he couldn't appeal. Oh my God! This

outcome in no way corresponds with the
release.

Reality of events, lawyer Anne Fenway
said after the verdict according to

Reuters.

Prosecutors have portrayed Benzema as an
intermediary who in 2015

tried to persuade French teammate
Mathieu Valbuena to pay

blackmailers who were threatening to
release effect tape, an allegation that

Benzema had long denied.

At the trial, Valbuena testified that
Benzema approached him and said he had a

friend who can solve your problem, the
Associated Press reported, in a wiretap

call played in court.

Benzema is heard talking to Karim
Zentai, his co -defendant and old

informing him about the exchange with
Valbuena.

Benzema was removed from the national
team after a scandal erupted at the

Benzema, who is of Algerian descent,
said that racism contributed to the

decision. But now Benzema is back on the
French team. He played this year in the

European Championship and does not
appear to the court outcome will

place on the team.

French Football Federation did not
immediately respond to NPR's request for

comment, but has signaled in the past
month to other news organizations that a

guilty verdict would not automatically
result in Benzema's being...

Cut from the roster.

NPR was not immediately able to reach
Real Madrid.

Benzema is expected to play his club's
Champions League match on Wednesday

against Sheriff Tirol.

Valbuena's career has been less
successful in the years since the

He's currently playing for Olympiacos, a
Greek team, but hasn't returned to

France's national team.

He has suffered sports prejudices that
are difficult to repair, his lawyer,

Ditter Domet, told the AP.

We are satisfied that his status as a
victim has been recognized.

Well, you know, don't do the deed unless
you're ready to share it with the

world.

I mean, like, so does it say that they
knew of the video, like, while it was

being taken?

They did not specify.

I'm like, if you're going to make a
text, hey.

Yeah. It's expected to come out. It's
going to come out. I'm pretty sure that

both of us have some stuff out there
online.

Well, this video was supported by Crown.
By Horn.

Okay.

So, I have one story left. I don't know
if you have more. I don't know me. Okay.

So, my last story of the day is going to
be about living robots made in a lab

that have found a new way to self
-replicate.

Researchers.

That would be great if they were like
dildo robots and they were just like...

Life finds a way, right? A whole other
way. So scientists say they've witnessed

a never -before -seen type of
replication in organic robots created in

using frog cells.

Among other things... We've seen this in
Jurassic Park. I've seen this movie.

They just thought it was frog cells.

Dear God. We're going to have
prehistoric creatures running around.

Among other things, the findings could
have implications for regenerative

medicine. The discovery involves
Xenobot,

a simple programmable organism that is
created by assembling stem

cells in a petri dish, and is described
by a team of researchers from Tufts

University, Harvard University, and the
University of Vermont.

in a paper published this week in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences. You can think about it like
this, using the different cells as

building blocks like you would build
with Lego or Minecraft.

Douglas Blackinson, a co -author of the
study, tells NPR.

The researchers hope that one day the
xenobots...

Described by the same team in a paper
published nearly two years ago, could be

programmed to perform useful functions
such as finding cancer cells in the

body or trapping harmful microplastics
in the ocean.

The xenobots are made of cells taken
away from the African claw frog, and

cells are not genetically modified at
all, but simply combined in different

arrangements to produce the xenobots.

says Blackingson, a senior scientist at
the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts

University.

The xenobots propel themselves by using
tiny hair -like structures known as

cilia. They have a tendency to spin in a
corkscrew fashion, which turns out to

be pretty good for collecting piles of
things, such as other cells, Blackingson

says. So the team used an artificial
intelligence -driven computer simulation

see how they might manipulate the
xenobots into shapes.

that would be even better at piling
things up.

An improved design yielded as an
unexpected discovery.

Various forms of both sexual and asexual
reproduction are, of course, well

-known in biology, still being worked
on.

But what the Xenobots did, dubbed
kinematic self -replication, and new

organisms, it takes about five days to
produce a copy, Under optimal

the researchers say.

The offspring don't take on the C -shape
of the body, the parent generation, but

revert to a less efficient, original,
spheroid shape.

In fact, the idea of kinematic self
-replication is not entirely new.

It was first suggested in the late 1940s
by mathematician John von Neumann.

He envisioned machines that could choose
from basic robot parts to produce

copies of themselves.

So he was way ahead of his time.

That was a long time ago, 1940s, and
finally coming true.

He used to say, we've had a lot of
people try to make von Neumann's

of robot parts for a very long time, and
that's been a limited success, new

scientists say.

We found that if you just relax, the
assumption that the robot has been made

of metal and circuit boards and
electronics and instead use living

von Neumann's machines are actually kind
of easy to make.

Some scientists have ethical concerns,
but that concerns some scientists.

However, the researchers note

that with a hypothetical von Neumann
machine, a xenobot cannot copy itself

without raw materials.

As a result, there's virtually no chance
they could escape the lab and begin

reproducing on their own. So there's no
need to worry about robots taking over.

I mean,

I'm okay with certain robots.

Certain? Me too! Certain robots are
really great!

Oh my god!

Fuck!

I think we should just enjoy these
robots all together.

Go free!

What else did you come to find today? Oh

my God.

weather saying it was going to be so wet
today.

That's my fault.

That's okay.

I don't think I'm in it.

Well, thank you all for joining us for
Soda News Network. I'm Carmella Clutch.

I'm Alice Visby. You take care and have
a great one.