Smart Contacts, Stoned Dolphins, Birdsongs vs Traffic
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 935 Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
We discuss how scientists have developed a cancer-detecting contact lens, the behaviors of inebriated dolphins, and how listening to birds singing can help our mental health!
Smart Contacts
- “Scientists Create Smart Contact Lenses That Diagnose Cancer” by Ophthalmology Breaking News
- “A Microchambers Containing Contact Lens for the Noninvasive Detection of Tear Exosomes” by Shaopei Li, Yangzhi Zhu, Reihaneh Haghniaz, Satoru Kawakita, Shenghan Guan, Jianjun Chen, Zijie Li, Kalpana Mandal, Jamal Bahari, Shilp Shah, Juchen Guo, Heemin Kang, Wujin Sun, Han-Jun Kim, Vadim Jucaud, Mehmet R. Dokmeci, Pete Kollbaum, Chi Hwan Lee, and Ali Khademhosseini
Stoned Dolphins
- “Dolphins 'Deliberately Get High' on Puffer Fish Nerve Toxins By Carefully Chewing and Passing Them Around” by Adam Withnall
- “Dolphins Getting High on Fish Toxin? Or Just a Load of Puff?” by NBC News
Birdsongs vs Traffic
- “Birdsongs alleviate anxiety and paranoia in healthy participants” by E. Stobbe, J. Sundermann, L. Ascone & S. Kühn
- “Listen! Birdsong Is Good for Mental Health” by Nicole Siller
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| 0:00.0 | The famous five are away on a splendid weekend adventure. |
| 0:03.5 | Do we have to go home today? |
| 0:05.5 | sighed Anne. |
| 0:06.5 | I agree said Dick. |
| 0:08.0 | Even Timmy looks sad. |
| 0:09.5 | Cheer up everyone. |
| 0:11.5 | Beams Julian, I booked long weekend tickets we can return anytime on Monday |
| 0:17.0 | Oh you are clever Julian said Anne save over 50% with the long weekend a ticket from Great Western Railway. |
| 0:24.5 | Adventures start here. |
| 0:26.0 | Selected routes turn supply. |
| 0:27.6 | Saving in comparison to an anytime return fare. Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery. |
| 0:41.0 | Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff. I'm Nate. |
| 0:44.5 | And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time, welcome to Curiosity where we aim to blow |
| 0:48.6 | your mind by helping you to grow your mind. If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. |
| 0:52.1 | Today you'll learn about how scientists have developed a cancer detecting contact lens, |
| 0:57.0 | the behaviors of potentially inebriated dolphins, |
| 1:02.0 | and how listening to birds singing can help our mental health. |
| 1:06.0 | Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity. |
| 1:09.0 | Science fiction stories often deal with the idea of x-ray goggles that can see through solid matter, which seems super unrealistic, right? |
| 1:16.7 | But what if I told you that not only does something like this exist, but it can even look into a body to see specific types of cancer. |
| 1:23.2 | I'd say it's the 21st century and I'm self-conscious about wearing glasses. |
| 1:28.8 | Do they sell these as contact lenses? |
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