Insect Robots, Bigfoot & Bears, Chronic Stress

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Today, you’ll learn about the fastest mini robots ever created, how Bigfoot sightings may help scientists study bear populations, and the link between financial stress and poor health.

Insect Robots

Mini-robots modeled on insects may be smallest, lightest, fastest ever developed.” Washington State University. 2024.
“A New 1-mg Fast Unimorph SMA-Based Actuator for Microrobotics.” by Conor K. Trygstad, et al. 2023.

Bigfoot & Bears

“Bigfoot: If it’s there, could it be a bear?” by Floe Foxon. 2024.
“Study finds bigfoot sightings correlate with black bear populations.” by John Timmer. 2024.
“All 3,313 Sasquatch sightings, mapped.” PBS. 2013.

Chronic Stress

“Financial stress linked to worse biological health.” UCL. 2024.
“Stress symptoms: Effects on your body and behavior.” Mayo Clinic Staff. 2023.
“How stress affects your health.” APA. Updated 2022.

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
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0:10.0	I'm Nate.
0:11.0	And I'm Callie.
0:12.0	If you're dropping in for the first time welcome to curiosity
0:14.4	where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind if you're a loyal
0:17.6	listener welcome back today you'll learn about the fastest mini robots ever
0:21.9	created how bigfoot sightings may help scientists fastest mini robots ever created,
0:22.7	how Bigfoot sightings may help scientists study bear populations,
0:26.8	and the link between financial stress and poor health.
0:30.1	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:33.0	Scientists at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington
0:37.0	have developed two of the world's smallest and lightest known fully functional microrobots.
0:42.0	I don't know the whole story yet but that so far
0:44.8	sounds awesome. I know robotics have been advancing like crazy over the past decade
0:48.6	or so and I've read about how advances in AI are only going to speed up the pace of robotics development.
0:54.6	But normally when I think about new robotic tech, I'm thinking of like humanoid butlers or
0:59.0	fancy vacuums or maybe like just those industrial robots on factory floors.
1:03.0	I guess I don't often think of robots being tiny.
1:06.7	Okay, but did you see Big Hero Six?
1:08.7	Of course I saw Big Hero Six.
1:10.0	Yeah, okay, just checking.
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