Social Media Saves, Sickle Cell Cure, Breadcrumbs On Mars

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Today you’ll learn about why social media could help us solve the global climate crisis, a possible cure for sickle cell disease that uses gene therapy, and a Hansel and Gretel-style system that could find places on other planets where humans could take shelter.

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Social Media Saves

“New study shows social media content opens new frontiers for sustainability science researchers.” by Denise Spranger. 2023.
- https://news.umich.edu/new-study-shows-social-media-content-opens-new-frontiers-for-sustainability-science-researchers/
“Social media data for environmental sustainability: A critical review of opportunities, threats, and ethical use.” by Andrew Ghermandi, et al. 2023.
- https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(23)00088-X

Sickle Cell Cure

“A Gene Therapy Cure for Sickle Cell Is on the Horizon.” by Emily Mullin. 2023.
- https://www.wired.com/story/a-gene-therapy-cure-for-sickle-cell-is-on-the-horizon/
“Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics Present New Data on More Patients With Longer Follow-Up Treated With exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel) at the 2022 European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress.” Press Release. 2022.
- http://ir.crisprtx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/vertex-and-crispr-therapeutics-present-new-data-more-patients
“Biological and Clinical Efficacy of LentiGlobin for Sickle Cell Disease.” by Julie Kanter, M.D., et al. 2022.
- https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2117175

Breadcrumbs on Mars

“A trick inspired by Hansel and Gretel could help rovers explore other worlds.” By Allison Gasparini. 2023.
- https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2117175
“A Hansel & Gretel Breadcrumb-Style Dynamically Deployed Communication Network Paradigm using Mesh Topology for Planetary Subsurface Exploration.” by Wolfgang Fink, et al. 2023.
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0273117723001187?via%3Dihub

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:08.0	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
0:14.0	welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind.
0:17.8	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about why social media
0:22.0	could help us solve the global climate crisis,
0:25.0	a possible cure for sickle cell disease that uses gene therapy,
0:28.9	and a Hansel and Gretel style system that could find places on other planets where humans could
0:34.0	take shelter. Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:37.5	All right, so social media has been around for a hot minute now, but a new study is
0:42.1	looking at the possible power of using
0:43.8	social media in the fight against climate change.
0:47.0	Okay, it's tough to kind of turn your brain around from
0:50.8	understanding the negatives of social media to talking about the positives.
0:54.8	Oh, absolutely. I feel so much kind of guilt about being on social media and we've talked
1:00.2	about the unhealthy side effects of social media use, but the authors of the new study say there is
1:05.0	potential here to make a huge difference in the fight against climate change, but of course there are some
1:10.4	problems.
1:11.4	Mm, there it is. Yeah, but before we get to the problems though, let me tell you about the research.
1:16.6	The study is called social media data for environmental sustainability, a critical review of opportunities,
1:22.4	threats, and ethical use.
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