Microbot Tumor Killer, Keto & PCOS, Do Opposites Attract?
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Today, you’ll learn about a tiny device that could have a huge impact on brain cancer, some news about keto and fertility, and the truth about the old saying opposites attract.
Microbot Tumor Killer
- “Microdevices implanted into tumors offer new way to treat brain cancer.” EurekAlert! 2023.
- “Gliomas.” by Fassil B. Mesfin & Mohammed A. Al-Dhahir. 2023.
- “Treatment of Adult Gliomas: A Current Update.” by Joo Ho Lee & Chan Woo Wee. 2022.
Keto & PCOS
- “Women with PCOS on keto diet may see improvements in fertility.” EurekAlert! 2023.
- “Advantages and Disadvantages of the Ketogenic Diet: A Review Article.” by Jennifer T. Batch, et al. 2020.
- “Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).” Mayo Clinic. 2022.
Do Opposites Attract?
- “Study confirms it: Opposites don’t actually attract.” EurekAlert! 2023.
- “Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract (Official Music Video).” YouTube. 2009.
- “New academic study links rising income inequality to ‘assortative mating’.” by Rich Morin. 2014.
- “Evidence of correlations between human partners based on systematic reviews and meta-analyses of 22 traits and UK Biobank Analysis of 133 traits.” by Tanya B. Horwitz, et al. 2023.
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| 0:52.6 | Today you'll learn about a tiny device that could have a huge impact on brain cancer, some news |
| 0:58.0 | about keto and fertility, and the truth about the old saying opposites attract. |
| 1:03.0 | And just a brief trigger warning here, our second story contains a conversation about diet and weight loss culture. |
| 1:09.0 | If you have any sensitivity around this topic, we recommend you skip ahead but without further |
| 1:13.9 | ado let's satisfy some curiosity. Every year about 20,000 Americans are |
| 1:19.8 | diagnosed with a type of brain tumor called a glioma. They are among the deadliest |
| 1:24.3 | types of brain cancer partly because they're so difficult to treat. Okay what |
| 1:28.8 | makes them so difficult to treat? Well for one thing they grow in the brain so removing them can be |
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