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EPISODE · Jun 4, 2026 · 52 MIN

How Tiny Can A Robot Get?

from The Curiosity Desk · host GBH News

It's The Glitch Report, with Joan Donovan from the Critical Internet Studies Institute. We cover former reality star Spencer Pratt using Trump’s social media playbook in his L.A. mayoral bid, Europe’s push to become less reliant on U.S. tech, and more. Then: With a swipe of a magnet, microscopic “magno-bots” can perform complex maneuvers. Edgar meets MIT researchers Rachel Sun and Andrew Chento talk about their research and where this futuristic tech can take us. And we end the show answering a couple listener-submitted curiosity questions about the origins of the alphabet, why barns are red, and whether dogs can get Alpha-Gal. 

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