Vegan bacon flavouring made from seaweed, a possible bacterial solution to our plastic problem, and we finally settle the self-driving vs. bus crash (unless we get new evidence). This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Warby Parker. Visit warbyparkertrial.com/future today; get a great deal on your next pair of glasses, and help support the show. Links: * Mars InSight mission gets new life after seismometer failure * Brazilian food guide * SEAWEED BACON KALE!? * Scientists Have Discovered a Bacteria That's Evolved to Eat Plastic * Older Plastic Eating Bacteria Paper * $50 to Stream New Releases Still in Theaters * AlphaGO * The bike Rob's probably going to get * The bike I wish I could get * Watch the moment a self-driving Google car sideswipes a bus * Our Twitter conversation on the bus kerfuffle

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