Salt & Cancer, Ancient Bridge, Nuclear Clock

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Today, you’ll learn about how common table salt could help our bodies fight cancer, an ancient underwater bridge that’s changing what we know about human migration in Europe, and the hyper precise nuclear clock breakthrough.

Salt & Cancer

“Common salt activates anti-tumor cells.” by Charlotte Fuchs and Friederike Gawlik. 2024.
“Sodium chloride in the tumor microenvironment enhances T cell metabolic fitness and cytotoxicity.” by Dominik Soll, et all. 2024.

Ancient Bridge

“Submerged bridge constructed at least 5600 years ago indicates early human arrival in Mallorca, Spain.” by Bogdan P. Onac, et al. 2024.
“What a submerged ancient bridge discovered in a Spanish cave reveals about early human settlement.” ScienceDaily. 2024.
“Mallorca Facts.” Mallorca.com. Nd.

Nuclear Clock

“A nuclear clock prototype hints at ultraprecise timekeeping.” by Emily Conover. 2024.
“How Does the NIST-7 Atomic Clock Work?” by Bruce Morser. 2012.
“A new ultrafast laser emits pulses of light 30 billion times a second.” by Emily Conover. 2018.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome and welcome to Curiosity Daily from Discovery the best place to
0:07.5	get smarter in just a few minutes. My name's Nate. Welcome back
0:11.1	everybody we are so excited to have you here with us today.
0:14.0	I'm Callie.
0:15.0	Today you'll learn about how common table salt could help our bodies fight cancer.
0:18.8	An ancient underwater bridge that's changing what we know about human migration in Europe, and the hyper-precise nuclear clock
0:26.2	breakthrough.
0:27.2	Hmm, blasting off again.
0:29.1	A team of researchers may have uncovered an unlikely weapon in the battle against cancer.
0:33.4	It's table salt.
0:35.1	All right.
0:36.1	I thought we were supposed to eat less salt.
0:38.6	Now you're saying salt can actually fight cancer?
0:41.3	It's more complicated than that. It's a lot more complicated, but
0:45.8	this could still lead to breakthroughs in cancer treatments. So let's back up a
0:49.8	minute and talk about T cells. Okay, T cells are a part of the immune system, right?
0:55.0	Like essential parts, if I recall correctly.
0:57.8	They are.
0:58.8	They consist of white blood cells and they are called T cells because they mature in the thymus. It's an organ in our
1:03.4	chest, but they originate in the stem cells in our bone marrow. There are a few
1:07.2	different types of T cells, but to put it simply, they are like the
1:10.4	immune systems control center, the frontline fighters and security guards all rolled into one.
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