Takeaways From This Week’s Primaries, UFOs and Nanobots

Some were calling this week’s primaries “Midterm Super Tuesday” as Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Oregon, and Idaho cast primary votes.  Former President Trump proved his endorsement is very much still coveted in Republican circles, but not all of his preferred candidates won.  We also saw the complete fall of Rep. Madison Cawthorn and a mixed bag of news for Democrats.  Aaron Blake, senior political reporter at The Washington post, joins us for top takeaways.

Next, the first public session in 50 years on UFOs took place in Congress this week.  We learned that the Pentagon has gotten hundreds of additional UFO reports since last summer bringing their database to about 400.  There was also a new video played that showed a spherical craft moving past a plane in broad daylight.  Lawmakers continue to look at these sightings as national security issues and intelligence agencies are vowing to thoroughly investigate sightings.  Bryan Bender, senior national correspondent at Politico, joins us for what we learned in the UFO hearings.

Finally, when we think of nanobots, our minds can begin to wander about incredible microscopic machines capable of repairing bone or healing an illness or even more nefarious things we see in sci-fi movies.  While we aren’t there quite just yet, scientists have been able to get nanobots to swim around a wound, deliver antibiotics and help kill bacteria.  Max Levy, contributor to Wired, joins us for how these nanobots work.

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