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what's up sunshine happy Friday Friday
I'm KY wire we've got a big show today
so let's rise up and finish this week
strong we begin with the ceasefire deal
reached by Israel and Hamas that will
pause the war in Gaza and release
Israeli hostages both Israelis and and
Palestinians celebrated the announcement
of the deal a Bittersweet truce after 15
months of war with a heavy human toll
the ceasefire and hostage deal is
expected to come into effect on Sunday
January 19th and it's shaped into three
phases now Hamas and its allies are
still holding 94 of the 251 people taken
from Israel during its October 7th
attack that killed more than 12200
Israelis as part of the first phase 33
hostage are expected to be released
including soldiers children and anyone
elderly or sick in exchange and an
undisclosed number of Palestinian
prisoners will be released from Israel
the first phase of the deal and the
pause in the fighting is expected to
last 6 weeks more hostages will be
released in the second and third phases
but details and timelines are not yet
set the mediators of the deal the United
States Egypt and kutar have pledged that
all three phases will be fully
implemented the agreement still needs to
be approved by Israel's cabinet which
delayed its vote on the deal which was
supposed to take place yesterday at the
time of this recording it was reportedly
set to be approved today see some
members of Israel's governing Coalition
have threatened to prevent the deal if
Israel does not commit to return to war
they're concerned that Hamas could
threaten Israel again and they want them
completely gone there's a ceasefire in
Gaza and a deal to release some hostages
and Palestinian prisoners but does this
mean an end to the war here's what the
agreement will achieve and what it won't
assuming it all goes into effect as
planned the people of Gaza will get a
resit for the first time in over a year
33 hostages are expected to go home in
the first phase after 15 months of
captivity Israel will release hundreds
of Palestinian Prisoners the IDF will
start withdrawing from cities
Palestinian civilians will be able to go
home across Gaza including the made in
north and there will be a surge of
humanitarian Aid where living conditions
are dire but there are lots of things
this ceasefire doesn't achieve first of
all it's only going to last 42 days and
the second and third phases still have
to be broken and there's a very real
possibility the conflict could break out
again Netanyahu is under pressure from
the right wing to keep attacking Hamas
Israeli troops are going to stay in Gaza
for the time being it also doesn't end
fighting in the West Bank where battles
between Israel and militants have grown
increasingly fierce
and it certainly isn't going to end the
Israel Palestinian conflict a resolution
to that fundamental issue is as elusive
as
ever Pop Quiz Hot Shot Carmen a red
coloring used in cosmetics and Foods
isn't vegan because it contains natural
acid from what eggs honey milk or
insects your answer here is insects
cockanal insects have carminic acid in
their scales which are are harvested
dried and crushed into a solution to
make the bright red natural food
coloring the US Food and Drug
Administration just banned the use of
red dye number three it's an artificial
dye in food Beverages and medicines and
it's made from petroleum that's right
fossil fuel in food it's a synthetic
color additive that creates a bright
cherry red color and for decades
scientists have known about its links to
causing cancer in animals CNN's jacqulyn
Howard explains what it took for the FDA
to ban the die and how the changes will
take effect what the FDA is doing
specifically is revoking the
authorization of red dye number three as
a type of color additive and this comes
after a petition in 2022 called for the
FDA to review the use of the substance
and it comes more than 30 years after
scientists discovered links to cancer in
animals now what happens next for
manufacturers using red dye number three
in food they have until January 15th
2027 to reformulate their products and
those using it in ingested medications
have until January 18th 2028 some states
like California have already banned this
ingredient but this is now a national
ban under the FDA and this type of
bright red dye it's an artificial
coloring it's made from petroleum and
it's used in at least dozens of candies
Foods beverages but some of the most
popular brands either don't use it or
have already stopped instead they tend
to use another ingredient red dye number
40 which is considered a healthier
alternative however there have been some
health concerns with red dye number 42
and the state of California has banned
it from foods and drinks sold in public
schools so we can expect more
conversation in this space in the future
if you ever put on a VR headset you know
that that small small screen can
transport you to new virtual worlds in a
way that no big screen could come close
to and it might have you feeling a
little disoriented at first now thanks
to a study at Cornell University we are
finding out that the same goes for mice
researchers there developed teeny tiny
VR headsets for mice to allow
researchers to study their brain
activity as they navigate virtual
obstacles and potential threats the VR
games aren't all fun and games the
research is G giving scientists new
insights into the study of Alzheimer's
disease when they're in the goggles it's
very immersive and it seems like they
can really be tricked into thinking that
this is a a realistic situation a mouse
running on a ball in a VR headset is
doing more than just having a good time
it may actually be giving researchers
insight into potential treatment for
disorders like Alzheimer's disease the
headset which was developed at Cornell
University allows researchers to study
mice without imers as they're navigating
obstacles and potential threats we need
to use a very powerful microscope and
head fix Alzheimers use Mouse underneath
the microscope and then put it in a
situation where it can navigate an
environment so that we can assess its
spacial learning in memory after
research has increased blood flow to the
mouse's brain memory function improved
with the VR headset experiment
researchers can monitor brain activity
to see how such a treatment could help
Alzheimer's disease even though an
animals had fixed it can still navigate
a virtual environment so having a VR
system is very enabling for uh
translational
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Neuroscience all right everyone it's
almost time to bring this show home
shout out to MC squared stem High School
in Cleveland Ohio thank you for this
incredible swag for all the love and the
lizard did you make this is this a 3D
printed lizard this is incredible or is
it a gecko I don't know but you rock for
today's story getting a 10 out of 10 we
go from gecko to Goose in need of a
mountain rescue a goose on the loose on
frigid snowcovered Mount Shasta in
California made its way to 10,000 ft of
elevation talk about Goosebumps US
Forest Service Rangers couldn't believe
it they think this Honker got up there
with a bit of flying in some good
oldfashioned web tote snowshoes they
were a bit wor worried the goose might
quack under the pressure of the cold in
the elevation so they gave it a
snowmobile ride down the mountain and
dropped it off at a local pond what'll
you say we end this week with a bang cue
that Friday music not air shout out to
Gonzalez junor High School in Gonzalez
Texas rise up and to all our friends at
Triton Academy in Camario California
Triton up thank you for making us part
of your day I'll see you on Tuesday hope
you have an awesome Martin Luther King
Jr day on Monday we have an extra day to
go out and make someone smile this
weekend you are more powerful than you
know it's been a blessing to spend this
week with you
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