60 Minutes 8/8

60 Minutes

CBS News

Society & Culture, Tv & Film

3.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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On this week's "60 Minutes," Inside the attack that almost sent the U.S. to war with Iran. David Martin speaks with troops who were there as an Iranian ballistic missile attack rained down on Al Asad Airbase in Iraq, After years of trying, Anderson Cooper finally get a peek inside the workshop at Boston Dynamics, where robots move in ways once only thought possible in movies. Montana's grizzly and human populations have both risen substantially since 1975, when the bears were protected under the Endangered Species Act. Bill Whitaker reports on conservation efforts that have led to grizzly recovery, and the farmers, ranchers and residents now encountering these ferocious animals.

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0:00.0	If anything's got a chance of solving the world's problems, it's science and technology.
0:06.1	And every breakthrough was the result of somebody doing the breaking through.
0:11.3	I'm David Poe.
0:13.0	This is Unsung Science, the untold creation stories behind the most mind-blowing advances in
0:19.9	science and tech, presented by CBS News and Simon & Schuster.
0:25.0	You can listen to Unsung Science wherever you get your podcasts.
0:38.9	It was the largest ballistic missile attack ever against American forces.
0:43.0	God damn!
0:44.0	Ron launched 16 missiles carrying warheads weighing more than 1000 pounds at US troops in Iraq.
0:51.7	Stay right here bro.
0:52.7	Don't move.
0:53.7	Tonight, that story is told by the men and women who survived.
0:57.8	Well words can't even describe the amount of energy that is released by these missiles.
1:06.0	So here's a little bit of a jump.
1:08.0	I mean that's incredible.
1:10.5	There's a lot of incredible things going on at Boston Dynamics.
1:15.9	A cutting edge robotics company at 60 minutes have been trying to get inside of for years.
1:21.0	This is inside Atlas' brain and it shows its perception system.
1:24.6	It's going to use that vision to adjust itself as it goes running over these blocks.
1:35.5	Grizzly bears can weigh as much as 1000 pounds and stand 9 feet tall on their hind legs.
1:44.2	What has happened to these ferocious predators since they were put on the endangered species
1:48.2	list in 1975?
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