SpaceX Crew Returns, Robots With Brains, Cancer Treatment

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Today you’ll learn about the SpaceX Dragon Capsule, which recently landed back on Earth after visiting the ISS, how scientists are trying to build robots with a brain, and how a potential new treatment for cancer is seeing success in Israel.

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SpaceX Crew Returns

SpaceX's Crew-5 mission returns to earth after five months in space
- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/spacexs-crew-5-mission-safely-returns-to-earth-after-five-months-in-space-184759470.html
“CST-100 Starliner.” n.a. N.d.
- https://www.boeing.com/space/starliner/
“Starship.” SpaceX Website.
- https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/
“SpaceX Dragon capsule splashes down with Crew-5 astronauts after 157 days in space.” by Josh Dinner. 2023.
- https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-5-astronauts-splashdown-success
“Crew Dragon Endurance returns to Earth on Crew-5 mission.” by Justin Davenport. 2023.
- https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/03/crew-5-return/

Robots With Brains

“Flinders University scientist use biology from insects to build robots with a brain.” by Nathan Jeffay. 2023.
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-13/flinders-university-scientists-use-insect-biology-to-build-robot/102080380
“Boston Dynamics says AI advances for Spot the robo-dog are coming.” by Sharon Goldman. 2022.
- https://venturebeat.com/ai/boston-dynamics-says-ai-advances-for-spot-the-robo-dog-are-coming/

Cancer Treatment

“Israeli scientists say substance prevents cancer's spread in mice with 90% success.” by Nathan Jeffay. 2023.
- https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-scientists-say-substance-prevents-cancers-spread-in-mice-with-90-success/
“A novel Pyk2-derived peptide inhibits invadopodia-mediated breast cancer metastasis.” by Shams Twafra, et al. 2022.
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41388-022-02481-w
“Metastatic Breast Cancer.” by Oliver Peart. 2017.
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28500107/

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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. I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time
0:14.6	welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind.
0:18.6	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about the SpaceX Dragon capsule, which recently landed back on Earth after visiting
0:26.4	the ISS, how scientists are trying to build robots with a brain, and how a potential
0:32.2	new treatment for cancer is seeing success in Israel.
0:35.2	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:38.5	So Floridians recently reported a fireball streaking across the sky.
0:44.0	Was it a D&D campaign gone wrong? Was it a video game that got lost? Was it a UFO?
0:51.0	More like an IFO. Okay. Well, that's boring but identified flying object. All right, so what was it?
0:58.7	It was the SpaceX dragon capsule, the-210 endurance coming home from the
1:04.6	International Space Station after spending the past five months orbiting the
1:08.2	planet. Okay, I take it back that is not boring that is awesome five months. That is a long time in space.
1:15.0	A hundred 57 days to be exact. They conducted some 200 science experiments and
1:20.3	tech demonstrations while they're up there, including experiments with heart muscle cells,
1:24.8	a study on how liquids move under simulated lunar gravity,
1:28.2	and an attempt to grow dwarf tomatoes called the veg 0-5 investigation.
1:33.2	So, sounds like the kind of stuff you need to know if you wanted to, I don't know,
1:38.1	live on Mars.
1:40.0	Right.
1:41.2	But while the experiments were pretty great, the coolest part of this mission had everything to do with the craft and the crew.
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