Newborn Great White, Long-Term Flu Shot, Consciousness Map

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Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Today, you’ll learn about the possible holy grail of great white shark sightings, a new flu vaccine that could knock out every strain and last a long time, and a map of human consciousness.

Newborn Great White

“Great white sighting may reveal ‘holy grail’ of shark science.” by Katie Hunt. 2024.
“Novel aerial observations of a possible newborn white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in Southern California.” by Carlos Gauna & Phillip C. Sternes. 2024.

Long-Term Flu Shot

“New strategy could lead to universal, long-lasting flu shot.” EurekAlert! 2024.
“Duke University Developing Universal Flu Vaccine.” YouTube Video. 2023.
“Understanding Influenza (Flu) Infection: An Influenza Virus Binds to a Respiratory Tract Cell.” CDC. 2019.

Consciousness Map

“Brain imaging study reveals connections critical to human consciousness.” EurekAlert! 2024.
“Consciousness.” by Anil Seth. n.d.
“What is the Connectome Coordination Facility?” CCF. n.d.
“Stimulant Therapy Targeted to Individualized Connectivity Maps to Promote ReACTivation of Consciousness (STIMPACT).” by Brian L. Edlow, M.D.

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0:00.0	Hi, welcome to Curiosity Daily from Discovery, the best place to get smarter in just a few minutes.
0:10.0	Time flies if you're learning really cool stuff which you'll do right here my name is
0:13.1	Nate. Welcome back everybody my name is Kali and if you are one of our loyal
0:16.9	listeners welcome back again. Today you'll learn about the possible holy
0:20.4	grail of Great White Shark, a new flu vaccine that could knock out every strain and
0:26.8	last a long time, and a map of human consciousness.
0:30.5	Let's get a little smarter. Shark Week is right around the corner coming to us on Discovery and Max July 7th.
0:37.0	And as if on cue, recent drone footage off the coast of Southern California
0:41.0	may have captured a glimpse of a newborn great white
0:43.7	shark in the wild and researchers are saying that this could be like the holy
0:46.9	grail of shark sightings. Yeah no that actually sounds like some pretty amazing
0:50.7	drone footage but why are they excited?
0:53.5	Isn't that something you could just see on Shark Week?
0:55.6	So not quite yet.
0:57.8	Believe it or not, this may be the first ever glimpse of a newborn great white shark
1:01.7	in the wild. Wait, what? Okay, how is that possible?
1:05.0	That's the amazing thing about this.
1:06.0	The exact locations where great white sharks give birth
1:10.0	have never been definitively identified.
1:12.0	What's more observing newborn great Whites in the wild is exceedingly rare.
1:15.8	Most of what we know about their early stages comes from indirect evidence,
1:19.6	like when dead pups are found in deceased pregnant females.
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