Thu. 07/15 - NASA, Don’t Flub on Hubble Trouble

It’s not mind reading, but a man’s ability to convey words is partially restored through electrodes and machine learning; NASA carefully prepares to press Control-Alt-Delete on the Hubble Space Telescope; look to the skies, the Perseids are coming; inexplicable black ice worms emerge by the billions from glaciers; and happy 22nd birthday, MetaFilter. Sponsors: Credit Karma, creditkarma.com/podcast Indeed, Get a free $75 credit at Indeed.com/goodnews Links: Tapping into the Brain to Help a Paralyzed Man Speak (New York Times) ‘Neuroprosthesis’ restores words to man with paralysis (Science Daily) Neuroprosthesis for Decoding Speech in a Paralyzed Person with Anarthria (New England Journal of Medicine) BCI milestone: New research from UCSF with support from Facebook shows the potential of brain-computer interfaces for restoring speech communication (Facebook Reality Labs) Operations Underway to Restore Payload Computer on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (NASA) In praise of celestial mechanics (The Economist) James Webb Space Telescope (Wikipedia) Webb Space Telescope Launch Delayed (EarthSky) The ‘Best Meteor Shower Of The Year’ Is Happening. Here’s How You Can See It (NPR) Perseid Meteors 2021: All You Need To Know (EarthSky) It’s Summer, And That Means The Mysterious Return Of Glacier Ice Worms (NPR) Happy birthday, Metafilter! (MetaFilter) Glenn on Twitter (Twitter) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices