Monkey Pig Kidney Transplant, Goalie Reflexes, Clean Snow

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Today, you’ll learn about a breakthrough in transplanting organs from one species to another, a study on the lightning-quick perception of soccer goalies, and the importance of clean snow in the battle against climate change.

Monkey Pig Kidney Transplant

“Monkey survives for two years after gene-edited pig-kidney transplant.” by Max Kozlov. 2023.
“Monkey survives for two years with pig kidney in ‘extraordinary milestone’.” by Ian Sample & Anna Bawden. 2023.
“Organ Donation Statistics.” HRSA. 2023.

Goalie Reflexes

“Distinct profiles of multisensory processing between professional goalkeepers and outfield football players.” by Michael Quinn, et al. 2023.
“Goalkeepers perceive the world differently, study suggests.” by Linda Geddes. 2023.

Clean Snow

“A cleaner snow future mitigates Northern Hemisphere snowpack loss from warming.” by Dalei Hao, et al. 2023.
“Cleaner snow boosts future snowpack predictions.” by Tom Rickey. 2023.

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:09.0	Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff.
0:11.0	I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time
0:13.7	welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind.
0:17.3	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about a breakthrough in
0:21.1	transplanting organs from one species to another, a study on the
0:24.9	lightning quick perception of soccer gollys, and the importance of clean snow in the battle
0:29.6	against climate change.
0:31.2	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:33.7	Researchers have announced that a monkey with a transplanted kidney has lived for over two years.
0:38.9	Okay, that's great, but isn't the kidney transplant survival rate usually a bit higher than that?
0:44.4	Did I forget to mention that this was a pigs kidney?
0:47.4	You did not mention that. That does change everything. Let me get this straight. They put
0:51.6	a pigs kidney in a monkey and it worked?
0:54.8	That is absolutely correct and this represents a potential breakthrough of
0:58.2	massive proportions. So let's talk a little bit about transplants.
1:02.1	There has been a ton of studies done on new transplant techniques in the past few years,
1:06.0	especially since the gene editing tech CRISPR has been added to the toolbox.
1:11.0	I know there's a huge problem with the way we currently do
1:13.3	transplants, right? No, there are many huge problems with the current transplant
1:18.3	system, but the first and foremost is the availability of organs for transplant.
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