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Brain to speech translation allows patients to communicate faster and more expressively.

Direct brain to speech translation allows patients with paralysis to communicate faster, more accurately and more expressively.

Advances in brain-computer interfaces have allowed patients with paralysis to communicate faster, more accurately and more expressively with direct brain to speech translation. Co-author of an exciting new paper in the field, bioengineer Alex Silva, tells Science in Action about his team’s work with patient Ann. 

The world has been following the Indian and Russian race to land on the lunar south pole. Producer Ella Hubber gives a timeline of the events leading up to that historic landing. 

Also this week, a new prediction model allows us to better prepare for future extreme weather events. But is this worst-case scenario model scaremongering? Roland talks to author Erich Fischer about the projections.
 
And virologist Connor Bamford talks detecting bird flu in wastewater for betting monitoring.

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Presenter: Roland Pease	
Producer: Ella Hubber	
Editor: Richard Collings

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