Ovarian Cancer Treatment, Passive Learning, Lions & Ants
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 935 Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Today, you’ll learn about a potential breakthrough in the treatment of ovarian cancer, how just passively listening can help you learn things much more quickly, and the ant that changed the lion’s cuisine.
Ovarian Cancer Treatment
- “mRNA therapeutic successfully combats ovarian cancer in mice.” by Monika Raab, et al. 2023.
- “Key Statistics for Ovarian Cancer.” by American Cancer Society. 2024.
- “The Long History of mRNA Vaccines.” by Chris Beyrer. 2021.
Passive Learning
- “Passive exposure can speed up learning, new research shows.” by Laurel Hamers. 2024.
- “Boosting Learning With the Power of Passive Exposure.” Neurosciencenews.com. 2024.
Lions & Ants
- “How an invasive ant changed a lion’s dinner menu.” by Bethany Brookshire. 2024.
- “Disruption of an ant-plant mutualism shapes interactions between lions and their primary prey.” by Douglas N. Kamaru, et al. 2024.
- “How Wolves Change Rivers - video.” By GrrlScientist. 2014.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery. |
| 0:08.8 | Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff. |
| 0:10.7 | I'm Nate. |
| 0:11.7 | And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time, welcome to curiosity, where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind. If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. |
| 0:19.0 | Today you'll learn about a potential breakthrough in the treatment of ovarian cancer, how just |
| 0:24.6 | passively listening can help you learn things much more quickly, and the ant that changed |
| 0:30.0 | the lion's cuisine. |
| 0:32.0 | Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:35.0 | ovarian cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in women. |
| 0:39.0 | Part of the reason for that is that early detection can be difficult, |
| 0:42.0 | and when it's detected |
| 0:43.6 | in later stages there's only about a 20 to 30 percent survival rate and |
| 0:47.6 | treatments haven't improved much in the past couple decades but a new study |
| 0:51.7 | might change that dramatically. |
| 0:54.0 | That's amazing. |
| 0:55.0 | I know with advances in AI and tech and drug development, cancer has been in scientist |
| 0:59.0 | crosshairs for the past several years. |
| 1:01.0 | Absolutely. |
| 1:02.0 | And this new treatment could honestly be revolutionary and it all goes back to MRNA. |
| 1:07.0 | Okay, MRNA is the underlying science behind most of the COVID vaccines, right? |
| 1:12.0 | That's right. It might feel like it's suddenly sprung onto the scene, |
| 1:15.4 | but in fact, research into MRNA goes back to the 60s. |
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