Ant Scans, Lunar Chickpeas, Hidden Galaxies & Superconductivity (EP 40)

From First Principles · Apr 29, 2026 · 36m · transcript

Hosted by Lester Nare and Krishna Choudhary, this rundown episode covers four new science stories at a high level: a huge new 3D ant imaging database built with synchrotron X-ray microtomography, a lunar agriculture experiment that grew chickpeas in simulated moon soil using fungi and worm waste, AI-assisted discovery of strange objects in the Hubble archive, and a new programmatic roadmap for room-temperature superconductivity. There is also another round of Are You Smarter Than a Scientist? in the middle.

Summary

Particle accelerators meet biodiversity — researchers built a massive…