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A computer has chips? How do I get

14:02

them out of there? Well, just

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to be clear, I'm not talking about nacho

14:06

chips, Mindy. Right. I knew that. Anyway,

14:09

this group of scientists were able to

14:11

use these same sorts of materials

14:14

that are found in your computer

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to copy what the mantis shrimp's

14:18

eyes do and make

14:20

a digital camera called a

14:23

color polarization camera. A

14:25

color polarization camera? It's a

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type of camera that can

14:30

detect polarized light. And polarized

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light is a type of

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light that we humans can't

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see, but mantis shrimp can?

14:39

Correctamundo. And the researchers are

14:41

hoping to use this new camera

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to, among other things, detect

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unhealthy cells in our bodies,

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which give off a different kind

14:51

of polarized light than healthy cells.

14:53

And cells being the building blocks

14:55

of all human life, right? Exactly.

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Okay, so with this new camera,

15:00

you could just point it at

15:02

a patient, boot it

15:04

up, and detect where the unhealthy

15:07

cells might be growing? Yes. In

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fact, the end goal, Mindy, is

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to put this kind of technology

15:14

into smartphones. And that

15:16

way, people could go home and

15:18

check themselves, and if they see

15:20

something suspicious, they could go

15:22

to the doctor. That's so wow! I

15:25

wonder if they'll let us borrow it

15:27

for when Tyson's off on other missions.

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Well, that is, assuming you want to

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join our team of revengers, Tyson?

15:35

Ha! Yes! You

15:38

won't regret it, Tyson. Okay, buddy, we gotta run,

15:40

but please make sure you let us know when

15:42

your time is up here so we can come

15:44

back and get you, okay? Yeah,

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Tyson. We'll be in touch to work out the details.

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Okay, guy-roz, now let's see what

15:54

superpowers we have so far. We're

15:56

looking at heat vision, immortality,

15:58

and... And now the

16:01

sharpest eyes in the seven

16:03

seas. OK, so who else

16:05

do we need on this

16:07

team of revengers? Well, how

16:09

about the toughest animal on

16:11

the planet? I love it.

16:13

OK, let me guess. Is it

16:16

an armadillo? Uh, nope.

16:18

An armadillo with a football helmet?

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No. An armadillo with a football

16:22

helmet, an abs of steel, and

16:25

a stone cold heart? What? No,

16:27

Mindy. The toughest animal on the

16:29

planet is actually under our feet

16:32

right now. Kiroz, there is nothing

16:34

under my feet except for this

16:36

tiny droplet of water I'm standing

16:39

on. Here, come here. Kneel down.

16:41

Look. Ugh, what? Now, look a

16:43

little bit more closely, Mindy. OK.

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Living inside this tiny little water

16:48

droplet is the most

16:50

hardened creature on this planet. You're

16:54

telling me that there is

16:56

something living in this tiny

16:58

water droplet? I don't

17:01

believe it when I see it.

17:03

Kiroz, hand me my shrink wand.

17:05

Oh, no, not the shrink wand.

17:07

Oh, yes, the shrink wand. Now,

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I know it's around here somewhere

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in my adventure toolbox. I'm

17:13

just trying to find it in my own

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body. Ah, so many cats. Oh, here

17:18

we are. OK, you ready, Kiroz? Oh,

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Mindy, I am. Shrink wand, activate. Shrink

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wand. Shrink wand. Ah.

17:27

Ah. Well, at least I'm

17:29

glad to see I made it in

17:31

one piece this time. OK. It

17:34

only happened once, and I was

17:36

able to glue you back together

17:39

again. I just wish we didn't

17:41

have these annoying, winy voices every

17:43

time we shrink down. Oh, well,

17:46

I can fix that. Just

17:48

open your mouth, fix out your tongue, and

17:50

say, ah. Now,

17:55

I'll do it to myself. Ah.

17:58

Testing, testing. One, two,

18:00

three, hey, Mindy, you un-shrunk my vocal cords.

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Well, don't get too excited, Guy-Roz. The rest

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of you is still the size of a

18:07

tiny pinhead. Oh. Anywho,

18:09

what are we looking for here?

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Well, we're looking for, oh, look.

18:14

There they are, Mindy, in

18:16

that water droplet. That's the water

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bear. The water bear? What? Oh!

18:22

Oh, my googly-eyed cat. Look

18:24

at that. Oh! There's

18:27

a bunch of them. They're

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so cute. They're like big,

18:32

blubbery little piglets with one,

18:34

two, three, four,

18:36

five, six legs.

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They're also known as tardigrades, Mindy,

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and. Oh, they're so cute and

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small, I can't stand it.

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I mean, Guy-Roz, I know we've

18:48

shrunk down a lot, but these little

18:50

guys, man, they still look tiny to

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me. I know, right? In fact, you

18:55

could fit about 20 of them on

18:57

the head of a pin.

18:59

Whoa. But despite their pudgy

19:01

outward appearance, Mindy, and

19:03

despite their tiny size and

19:06

adorable name, these

19:08

guys can actually survive basically

19:11

anywhere. Really? Yeah. These little tardigrades

19:13

have been found in some of

19:15

the most extreme environments on Earth,

19:17

from all the way high up

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in the Himalayan mountains to

19:22

hot springs in Japan to

19:25

the bottom of the ocean, even

19:27

in Antarctica. Wow, you're tough little

19:29

guys, aren't you? And that's not

19:31

even the half of it, Mindy.

19:33

Not only can these animals withstand

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temperatures as low as minus 328

19:37

degrees Fahrenheit, but

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they're able to go without food or

19:43

water for decades at a time. What

19:45

did you say, decades, as in 20,

19:48

30, 40 years? And

19:51

they're also the only species we

19:53

know of that can survive

19:55

the complete vacuum of space.

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Pause. So you're saying

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that on top of all that, these

20:04

little guys, these little water

20:06

bears, these little tardigrades are

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also tiny astronauts?

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Well yeah, I guess you can call them that. Back

20:15

in 2007, scientists strapped

20:17

thousands of these tiny

20:19

microscopic creatures onto a satellite

20:21

and then they blasted them off

20:23

into space. And Mindy, when

20:25

they came back, the scientists found

20:28

that not only did many

20:30

of these tardigrades survive, but

20:32

some of the females also

20:34

had perfectly healthy babies. Ah,

20:36

hold the phone guy, Roz. I need a second

20:38

to process this. Space

20:41

baby water bears?

20:46

Yeah, and it turns out there's almost

20:49

nothing on Earth that can destroy

20:51

these guys. I mean, they are tough.

20:53

Oh boy, so do you think

20:56

we could get them to join

20:58

our team of superhero revengers? Well,

21:00

only one way to find out. Let

21:02

me just stick my head in this

21:04

droplet and have a word with them. Wait,

21:06

what? Hmmm.

21:25

Ahhh! Whew! There

21:29

and Mindy, I mean, tardigrades have

21:31

been around for 500 million

21:34

years, I don't know why I didn't ask

21:36

them sooner. Yes! Welcome

21:38

to the team, little water bears! Alright, come

21:40

on guys, we gotta get out of here.

21:42

Oh, but first guy, Roz, we gotta grow

21:44

up. If you know what I mean. Shrink

21:47

wand, activate! Whew!

21:54

Feel so good to be

21:56

back to my normal size! Meh!

22:00

Mindy! You unshrink my

22:02

voice right now! Ah,

22:05

but it's so cute this way! Mindy!

22:09

Okay, fine. Open your mouth. Ahhhhhh!

22:14

There you go, little buddy. You should be all back

22:16

to normal. Ahem, ahem,

22:18

ahem, ahem, ahem, ahem, ahem, ahem, ahem,

22:20

ahem. Okay, right, so this

22:22

team, Mindy, is really coming

22:24

together now. One more, I think

22:26

we're going to have our whole team. We'll

22:29

get this next one, Guy Roz. But first,

22:31

we're going to have to hit up Reggie

22:33

one more time. Man, we're really clocking

22:35

up the SkyMiles today. Yeah, we

22:37

are. I'm saving up my points

22:39

for this tiny swimming pool for

22:41

cats that doubles as a human

22:43

litter box. Oh yeah, I think

22:45

I saw that in the SkyStore catalog. Okay, now let me

22:47

just give Reggie a ring here. Hey,

22:52

hey, Reg? Yeah, it's us again.

22:55

Yeah, I know. Yeah, I

22:57

promise you this is the last time. What?

23:00

Sir charge? Okay, that's not

23:02

fair. Okay, okay, see

23:04

you soon. He's

23:06

on his way. Whoa,

23:11

hey, Reg. That was quick. Alright, come on, Guy

23:13

Roz, hop on. Alright, hop on on. Okay,

23:16

Reg. Last stop, the Andes. Here

23:19

we go. Nailed

23:30

it. Yes, nice landing

23:32

once again, Reg. You are

23:34

on fire today. Okay,

23:38

here we are. Who are we here to

23:40

see, by the way? Oh, they're right over there,

23:42

Guy Roz. Flamingos?

23:45

Oh no, Mindy. Not again. I

23:47

am not doing it again. You

23:49

are not making me wear a

23:51

flamingosuit. Guy Roz, don't be redonkulous.

23:53

As dashing as you looked in

23:55

that flamingosuit, we are here on

23:57

much more important business. Right, right.

28:00

Our brain! Our brain,

28:02

of course! Karaz

28:04

the human brain is one

28:06

of the most complex organs

28:08

in the entire animal kingdom.

28:11

And it's the reason that we humans

28:13

are kind of the smartest animals on

28:15

the planet. So you

28:17

know what this means, right? What? We

28:20

can be the last member

28:22

of the animal revengers! Wait

28:24

a minute, you're right! And

28:26

our superpower is... Super

28:29

Intelligence! Well, Mindy,

28:31

looks like we have our team.

28:33

Yeah, got Heat Vision, Immortality, Super

28:35

Punch-ability, Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

28:38

Indestruct-ability, The Wild Card, And,

28:43

of course, Super

28:45

Intelligence! Well,

28:47

Gyaaraz, it's time to get this team

28:49

together and get ready to save the

28:51

world. Huzzah!

28:56

No, we're so cruel, Ultra

28:59

Big Dennis! I

29:01

know! So, what now?

29:04

What do you mean? Yeah, what does

29:06

Ultra Tommy mean? Well, Mr.

29:08

Razi and Mindy formed the Revengers

29:10

and went out to save the

29:12

world. Right? And

29:15

we formed the Ultra Team. Uh-huh.

29:19

So, are we gonna go save the world or

29:21

what? Oh, yeah! Let's go do

29:23

that! Yay! Ultra

29:25

Baby Dennis wants to save the world! Okay,

29:29

let's wrap up the show and then we'll

29:31

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