SpaceX Crew Returns, Robots With Brains, Cancer Treatment

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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