Stoked Tech, We’ve Got Beef?, Success Against M.S.

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Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Today, you’ll learn about some incredible new surfing technology that makes the sport possible even if you don’t live near the ocean, why the lab-grown meat industry needs to be beefed up to solve food system problems, and how the link between multiple sclerosis and the Epstein-Barr virus is leading to potential treatments for the illusive and damaging MS.

Turns out you don’t need an ocean to surf.

“The innovative surfing tech making waves” by Richard Bainbridge
- https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60689501
“Reports on How Things Work: Hydrofoils” by MIT
- https://web.mit.edu/2.972/www/reports/hydrofoil/hydrofoil.html

Fake meat. Yum.

“Lab-grown meat is supposed to be inevitable. The science tells a different story” by Joe Fassler
- https://thecounter.org/lab-grown-cultivated-meat-cost-at-scale/
“Want People to Eat Less Meat? Fake Burgers Probably Won’t Cut It.” by Charlie Mitchell
- https://www.motherjones.com/food/2021/08/want-people-to-eat-less-meat-fake-burgers-probably-wont-cut-it/
“The Myth of Cultured Meat: A Review” by Sghaier Chriki and Jean-Francois Hocquette
- https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2020.00007/full

Sharing is caring. Especially when it comes to medical treatments.

“MS Reversed by Transplanted Immune Cells That Fight Epstein-Barr Virus” by Michael Le Page
- https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315586-ms-reversed-by-transplanted-immune-cells-that-fight-epstein-barr-virus/
“MS Symptoms Improved by Treatment That Attacks Glandular Fever Virus” by Alice Klein
- https://www.newscientist.com/article/2186387-ms-symptoms-improved-by-treatment-that-attacks-glandular-fever-virus/
“Molecular Signature of Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in MS Brain Lesions” by Monica A. Moreno, et al.
- https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000466
“Clonally Expanded B Cells in Multiple Sclerosis Bind EBV EBNA1 and GlialCAM” by Tobias V. Lanz, et al.
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04432-7
“Types of MS” by National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- https://www.nationalmssociety.org/What-is-MS/Types-of-MS

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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. I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time, welcome to curiosity
0:15.5	where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind. If you're a loyal
0:18.8	listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about some incredible new surfing
0:22.3	technology that makes the sport possible even if you don't live near the ocean.
0:26.0	Why the lab-grown meat industry needs to be beefed up to solve food system problems,
0:30.5	and how the link between multiple sclerosis and the Epstein-Bar virus is leading to
0:34.5	potential treatments for the elusive and damaging MS.
0:37.7	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:40.3	Cali, have you ever surfed? I haven't done it much. Surfing is really cool and of course I want to. I love the ocean. It's massive, it's mysterious, but it's also kind of terrifying.
0:55.2	Also I live in the desert, so it's not that I'm scared of serving, it's the far
1:00.2	from the ocean thing. It's okay to be scared, Cal. Today I'm going to tell you
1:04.5	about a few new surfing technologies including some that might help you get
1:07.9	over that fear. I told you I am not afraid. Well there are a couple new
1:12.1	kinds of boards but first let's talk about some
1:14.4	wave-making technology. Like technology that's making waves because it's new and
1:18.4	impactful or that literally makes waves in the water. Both! Now we've all been to a wave pool at a water park.
1:25.0	Yeah, we always think to ourselves, oh yeah, this will be relaxing and we're always wrong.
1:30.0	Well now imagine a wave pool so strong, you're not just tossed up and down, but you can actually surf the waves.
1:35.6	They break, they curl, they do all the surfing wave things.
1:39.2	Surfing waves, very scientific. You know, I feel like I've already heard of man-made surfing waves.
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