Stem Cell Treatments for Diabetes and a Dolphin’s Smile

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🗓️ 7 October 2024

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Hurricane Helene’s death toll continues to rise. Marburg virus is spreading in Rwanda, but risks for a global outbreak are low. Researchers in Beijing used stem cell treatments to reverse diabetes in a patient. Plus, we discuss a map of a fruit fly’s brain and dolphin smiles. Recommended reading: Hurricanes Kill People for Years after the Initial Disaster https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hurricanes-kill-people-for-years-after-the-initial-disaster/ See an Amazingly Detailed Map of the Fruit Fly Brain https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-an-amazingly-detailed-map-of-the-fruit-fly-brain/ E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Anaissa Ruiz Tejada with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.7	The death toll for Hurricane Helene was still rising at the time of this recording on Friday,
0:55.5	with hundreds of people missing across hundreds of miles, and at least a million people without power.
1:01.0	Buncombe County, North Carolina, home to Asheville, experienced what one official called,
1:05.8	quote, biblical devastation. While any loss of human life is, of course, inherently devastating, experts are
1:12.4	saying that what happened in Asheville should concern all of us on another level, too. Ashville sits
1:18.4	more than 2,000 feet above sea level and hundreds of miles from the nearest coastline, which,
1:24.3	along with its temperate weather, has previously seen it dubbed a climate haven by the
1:29.6	media. Ashville isn't the only place that's gotten this kind of designation before seeing
1:34.6	unprecedented extreme weather, and it's a somber reminder that we all need to prepare for and
1:40.5	adapt to the impacts of climate change. Our thoughts are with everyone impacted by Helene, and we'll be talking more about the shifting
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