WEBVTT 00:00:01.309 --> 00:00:08.505 [music] 00:00:11.440 --> 00:00:13.110 What's up, sunshine? It is random 00:00:13.120 --> 00:00:14.629 thought Thursday. Why do we say sleep 00:00:14.639 --> 00:00:16.230 like a baby when babies wake up like 00:00:16.240 --> 00:00:18.310 every 3 hours? And if two vegans get in 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:20.070 an argument, do we still call it beef? 00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:21.830 I'm Koi Wire. Let's lock in and get you 00:00:21.840 --> 00:00:23.830 your news. 10 minutes of news right 00:00:23.840 --> 00:00:26.310 here, right now. Rise up. We begin in 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:27.990 central Africa where scientists are 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:29.910 testing a new strategy against what 00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:31.589 could become the deadliest Ebola 00:00:31.599 --> 00:00:33.830 outbreak ever recorded. So far, the 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:35.830 virus has sickened more than 8,000 00:00:35.840 --> 00:00:38.549 people, killed at least 4,000 throughout 00:00:38.559 --> 00:00:40.869 central Africa. Ebola spreads through 00:00:40.879 --> 00:00:43.030 contact with fluids from infected people 00:00:43.040 --> 00:00:44.950 or animals, and there's currently no 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:46.709 vaccine or treatment specifically 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:49.590 approved for this strain. More than 250 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:51.110 people in the Democratic Republic of 00:00:51.120 --> 00:00:53.910 Congo have enrolled in a trial of an 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:56.869 experimental antiviral pill designed to 00:00:56.879 --> 00:00:59.110 prevent Ebola after someone has been 00:00:59.120 --> 00:01:02.069 exposed, but before they become sick. If 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:04.310 it works, this could be a gamecher for 00:01:04.320 --> 00:01:06.230 stopping transmission. It's called 00:01:06.240 --> 00:01:09.429 Obesa. Researchers give it within 5 days 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:11.990 of exposure, then monitor participants 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:14.149 for symptoms. They're hoping to enroll 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:16.469 nearly 1,000 people, including health 00:01:16.479 --> 00:01:18.870 workers, family members of Ebola 00:01:18.880 --> 00:01:20.950 patients. About half will receive the 00:01:20.960 --> 00:01:22.789 medication. The others will receive a 00:01:22.799 --> 00:01:24.950 placebo. The World Health Organization 00:01:24.960 --> 00:01:27.190 warns this outbreak could surpass the 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:29.510 devastating West African epidemic of 00:01:29.520 --> 00:01:32.550 2014 to 2016, which killed more than 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:35.910 11,000 people. Turning now from one of 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:37.910 the world's deadliest diseases to the 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:39.910 world's deadliest animal, not sharks, 00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:42.950 not snakes, mosquitoes. These tiny pests 00:01:42.960 --> 00:01:45.670 spread diseases including malaria, deni, 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:47.990 west nile, yellow fever, and Zika, 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:49.749 causing hundreds of thousands of deaths 00:01:49.759 --> 00:01:51.749 every year. And the creepy part, 00:01:51.759 --> 00:01:53.910 researchers say mosquitoes can actually 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:56.230 adapt their behavior to the ways we 00:01:56.240 --> 00:01:58.230 humans try to stop them. Our make 00:01:58.240 --> 00:02:00.069 Terrell visited a lab that's studying 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:02.709 mosquitoes brains to find new ways to 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:04.469 outsmart them. [music] 00:02:04.479 --> 00:02:06.310 >> So, it turns out mosquitoes are a lot 00:02:06.320 --> 00:02:07.590 smarter than we've been giving them 00:02:07.600 --> 00:02:09.270 credit for. There's also that that 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:10.949 notion of mosquitoes adapting their 00:02:10.959 --> 00:02:12.630 behavior in response to the things we 00:02:12.640 --> 00:02:14.869 do. [music] After many many years of 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:17.030 using the bed nets, mosquitoes started 00:02:17.040 --> 00:02:19.030 shifting the time at which they look for 00:02:19.040 --> 00:02:21.030 the humans [music] to bite. So we saw 00:02:21.040 --> 00:02:22.869 rebounds in malia transmission for that. 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:24.550 So there's a lot of plasticity in their 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:25.190 behavior 00:02:25.200 --> 00:02:27.030 >> and they were also really gross. 00:02:27.040 --> 00:02:29.990 >> Wo e. [laughter] 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:32.390 >> I really don't like bugs. We've come 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:34.229 down to the labs of a scientist here at 00:02:34.239 --> 00:02:35.830 Virginia Tech who's been studying the 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:37.990 brains and behavior of the world's 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:39.811 deadliest animal. Let's go check it out. 00:02:39.821 --> 00:02:40.390 [music] 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:42.470 >> When they bite you, they actually inject 00:02:42.480 --> 00:02:44.470 some saliva in your bloodstream and that 00:02:44.480 --> 00:02:46.150 saliva might contain [music] some 00:02:46.160 --> 00:02:46.869 pathogens. 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:48.229 >> They of course cause hundreds of 00:02:48.239 --> 00:02:50.150 thousands of deaths every year from 00:02:50.160 --> 00:02:52.630 malaria, spreading viruses like deni, 00:02:52.640 --> 00:02:55.110 yellow fever, chicken ga, zika. We're 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:57.190 also off to an early and ominous West 00:02:57.200 --> 00:02:59.030 Nile virus season here in the United 00:02:59.040 --> 00:03:01.350 States. So the news [music] is not good 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:02.710 when it comes to mosquitoes. 00:03:02.720 --> 00:03:05.350 >> For the past 150 years, we've had tools 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:06.949 to fight back. [music] We had 00:03:06.959 --> 00:03:09.110 insecticides. The problem is that 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:10.550 they've started developing some 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:11.270 resistance. 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:13.350 >> They also will remember people who try 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:15.110 to swat at them and potentially avoid 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:16.390 them in the future. 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:18.070 >> So if they get whacked, 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:19.990 >> swatted. Yeah, exactly. Like it. 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:22.149 >> Yeah. We have a publication showing that 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:23.990 they actually can learn uh you know 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:25.589 mechanical perturbations like that that 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:28.470 mimic u sweats. They're doing work here 00:03:28.480 --> 00:03:30.789 to try to get ahead of the bugs. Once 00:03:30.799 --> 00:03:32.309 again, they're doing this in some really 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:33.910 incredibly fascinating ways. 00:03:33.920 --> 00:03:36.390 >> So, we can sample people's body and 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:39.030 using a technique that separates those, 00:03:39.040 --> 00:03:40.630 you know, hundreds of chemicals into 00:03:40.640 --> 00:03:42.789 individual ones. And then the machine is 00:03:42.799 --> 00:03:44.550 going to separate all the chemicals from 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:46.309 the blend and send them to the mosquito 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:48.229 one at a time. And if we recall from the 00:03:48.239 --> 00:03:49.830 antenna of the mosquito, you can tell 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:51.589 which one is detected by the mosquito. 00:03:51.599 --> 00:03:53.589 >> What could we do with that information? 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:54.949 So different things, you know, once you 00:03:54.959 --> 00:03:57.030 understand how they smell us, you can 00:03:57.040 --> 00:03:59.350 either use that information to create 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:01.429 baits and lures to attract them towards 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:03.350 traps, or you can start thinking about 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:05.190 engineering some repellents. 00:04:05.200 --> 00:04:06.390 >> All of this, the researchers [music] 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:08.470 tell us, will help us better understand 00:04:08.480 --> 00:04:10.630 how to protect ourselves against a 00:04:10.640 --> 00:04:12.470 threat that's only growing in its 00:04:12.480 --> 00:04:14.229 geographic [music] distribution as 00:04:14.239 --> 00:04:17.590 climates form? 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:19.909 >> Pop quiz shot. Which tiny particle can 00:04:19.919 --> 00:04:22.069 help scientists detect a supernova? The 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:23.990 explosive death of a massive star, 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:30.629 isotope, nutrinos, quarks, or lepttons. 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:33.189 If you said nutrinos, I neutrino. You 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:35.430 had it in you. As a star collapses in on 00:04:35.440 --> 00:04:37.670 itself, it expels a massive burst of 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:39.590 energy in the form of nutrinos. 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:41.909 Incredibly tiny cosmic particles which 00:04:41.919 --> 00:04:43.830 can be detected all the way here on 00:04:43.840 --> 00:04:47.110 Earth. Nutrinos, the mysterious ghost 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:48.870 particles, as they're called, are at the 00:04:48.880 --> 00:04:50.390 center of this year's Nobel Prize in 00:04:50.400 --> 00:04:53.110 physics. Belgian-born physicist Francis 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:55.270 Hen of the University of Wisconsin 00:04:55.280 --> 00:04:57.270 Madison won the prize for helping create 00:04:57.280 --> 00:04:59.670 the incredible ice cube nutrino 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:01.830 observatory buried deep beneath the ice 00:05:01.840 --> 00:05:04.230 at the South Pole. Here's how wild this 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:06.310 is. Trillions of nutrinos pass through 00:05:06.320 --> 00:05:08.710 your body every second and almost none 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:10.550 of them hit anything. They're nearly 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:12.710 massless and can fly through nearly 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:15.029 anything as if they were barely there. 00:05:15.039 --> 00:05:16.870 Hence the name ghost particles. So 00:05:16.880 --> 00:05:19.110 Hollson used an entire cubic kilometer 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:21.430 of crystal clear Antarctic ice as a 00:05:21.440 --> 00:05:24.070 giant particle detector. More than 5,000 00:05:24.080 --> 00:05:26.550 sensors sit in that ice, waiting for the 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:28.710 incredibly rare moment when a nutrino 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:31.270 does collide with an atom. It creates a 00:05:31.280 --> 00:05:33.029 tiny flash of light. Here's why 00:05:33.039 --> 00:05:35.430 scientists care. Nutrinos can escape 00:05:35.440 --> 00:05:37.270 some of the universe's most violent 00:05:37.280 --> 00:05:39.350 places, exploding stars, distant 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:41.510 galaxies, the neighborhoods around black 00:05:41.520 --> 00:05:44.150 holes, remaining completely unchanged, 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:46.390 carrying information with them. It's 00:05:46.400 --> 00:05:47.909 like the universe has been sending us 00:05:47.919 --> 00:05:50.150 secret messages and Hollen helped build 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:52.870 the inbox. Nobody likes being stuck in 00:05:52.880 --> 00:05:54.790 traffic. But imagine looking at 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:56.390 bumper-to-bumper gridlock and thinking, 00:05:56.400 --> 00:05:58.950 "Forget this. I'm going up. Personal 00:05:58.960 --> 00:06:01.110 flying vehicles might be closer than you 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:03.350 think." One company called Pivotal has 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:05.110 developed an aircraft that takes off 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:07.510 vertically. No runway required. And you 00:06:07.520 --> 00:06:09.430 don't even need a traditional pilot's 00:06:09.440 --> 00:06:11.189 license to operate one. and our Nick 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:12.870 Watt went to learn more about the 00:06:12.880 --> 00:06:14.870 chances of our commutes involving 00:06:14.880 --> 00:06:19.350 looking down at traffic someday. 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:21.909 >> You don't need a pilot's license. You 00:06:21.919 --> 00:06:24.550 don't even need a runway. 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:26.950 >> There. Can you see it? It's just there. 00:06:26.960 --> 00:06:28.950 >> If you've ever played a video game, you 00:06:28.960 --> 00:06:31.189 can fly this thing. It's one joystick. 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:33.430 Seriously. And there's a lever to 00:06:33.440 --> 00:06:35.670 release a parachute if it all goes 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:36.790 horribly wrong. 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:39.270 >> It looks awesome from down here. What's 00:06:39.280 --> 00:06:40.870 the feeling? 00:06:40.880 --> 00:06:42.710 Such a great feeling and just the best 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:45.590 view ever. It's in normal aviation. You 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:46.790 don't get to fly this low to the ground 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:48.070 that often. So Oh, 00:06:48.080 --> 00:06:49.430 >> getting to do it in this point of view 00:06:49.440 --> 00:06:50.710 is spectacular. 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:51.909 >> I'm going to stop talking to you cuz I 00:06:51.919 --> 00:06:52.950 don't want you to crash. 00:06:52.960 --> 00:06:55.189 >> Appreciate that. 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:57.110 >> Kittyhawk gave birth to the age of 00:06:57.120 --> 00:07:00.469 aviation. And all this might be another 00:07:00.479 --> 00:07:02.950 massive milestone in the history of 00:07:02.960 --> 00:07:04.469 flight. 00:07:04.479 --> 00:07:07.029 >> It looks wrong. You know, my brain can't 00:07:07.039 --> 00:07:09.350 quite get a handle on the movement. And 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:11.589 I'm used to seeing how cars, motorbikes, 00:07:11.599 --> 00:07:13.830 airplanes move. This just moves 00:07:13.840 --> 00:07:16.150 differently. It's disconcerting. 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:18.550 It's weird. I mean, it's awesome. It's 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:25.830 weird. 00:07:25.840 --> 00:07:27.510 >> What are we calling this? We call it 00:07:27.520 --> 00:07:29.830 like an aircraft. We call it a flying 00:07:29.840 --> 00:07:31.029 car. I mean, what is it? 00:07:31.039 --> 00:07:32.950 >> So, technically, it's an EV tall, which 00:07:32.960 --> 00:07:34.950 stands for electric vertical takeoff and 00:07:34.960 --> 00:07:35.589 landing. 00:07:35.599 --> 00:07:37.510 >> There is a catch. You aren't allowed to 00:07:37.520 --> 00:07:40.230 fly over so-called congested areas with 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:42.390 lots of people in buildings. Couple of 00:07:42.400 --> 00:07:44.309 other downsides. Starting price 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:47.350 $190,000. And for now, the battery life 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:49.350 is only around 20 minutes. The range 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:52.230 only about 20 miles. Pivotal says that 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:55.029 will improve. 00:07:55.039 --> 00:07:57.749 >> And whoa. Jeez Louise. 00:07:57.759 --> 00:07:59.189 >> Another issue. 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:01.430 >> They won't let me fly for real because I 00:08:01.440 --> 00:08:03.670 haven't practiced long enough in the VR 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:05.189 simulator. 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:07.029 >> Let go. Let go of the trigger. 00:08:07.039 --> 00:08:07.830 >> Yep. There you go. 00:08:07.840 --> 00:08:09.670 >> Oh, wow. [laughter] 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:10.390 >> This is great. 00:08:10.400 --> 00:08:11.350 >> That's cool, right? 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:13.589 >> Ignore my histrionics. This is very 00:08:13.599 --> 00:08:14.469 easy. 00:08:14.479 --> 00:08:17.029 >> I mean, this feels very cool. Oh, and 00:08:17.039 --> 00:08:18.469 and I'm just pretending. 00:08:18.479 --> 00:08:20.309 >> You have to pass a test in the simulator 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:22.390 before you can buy a pivotal personal 00:08:22.400 --> 00:08:24.869 aircraft. It isn't a legal requirement. 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:26.950 They say they're just being responsible 00:08:26.960 --> 00:08:30.230 and also looking into uses helpful to 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:36.709 humanity. 00:08:36.719 --> 00:08:38.709 Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. 00:08:38.719 --> 00:08:40.389 Gourd big or gourd home. 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:46.470 >> Your pumpkin comes in at 2,598 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:47.590 lb. 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:49.350 >> 2598 00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:51.350 lbs. That is the insane new 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:53.509 Massachusetts state record. Heavier than 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:56.230 some small cars. Woody Lancaster carving 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:57.990 out this massive win. Enough for the 00:08:58.000 --> 00:08:59.910 grand prize at the 28th annual 00:08:59.920 --> 00:09:02.710 Topppsfield Fair Giant Pumpkin Contest. 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:04.870 After decades of pumpkin growing, Woody 00:09:04.880 --> 00:09:07.110 says this was his swan song, his last 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:09.190 ever. But don't call it giant pumpkin 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:11.350 growing a dying art. 13-year-old Harold 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:14.150 Harris says he's got next. Harold has 00:09:14.160 --> 00:09:17.509 already grown a massive 535 pounder. 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:19.269 Pumped for you, Harris. It'd be awesome 00:09:19.279 --> 00:09:21.190 if Mr. Lancaster grabbed a chainsaw and 00:09:21.200 --> 00:09:23.590 carved out that 2500lb pumpkin in time 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:25.910 for Halloween. Either way, gorgeous 10 00:09:25.920 --> 00:09:28.230 out of 10. Now, before we go, a little 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:29.990 housekeeping. And by housekeeping, I 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:31.430 mean teachers are about to have some 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:34.310 fun. The CNN 10 weekly news quiz is 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:36.630 back. Teachers, go ahead and unleash it. 00:09:36.640 --> 00:09:38.949 Students, sorry, not sorry. This thing 00:09:38.959 --> 00:09:41.110 is wildly popular, so we had to bring it 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:42.710 back. And besides, knowledge is power. 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:44.230 So, here's your chance to show what you 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:46.870 know and show out. And one big shout out 00:09:46.880 --> 00:09:50.150 today. This one goes to Mrs. Weinebar's 00:09:50.160 --> 00:09:51.910 second period class at Noblesville West 00:09:51.920 --> 00:09:54.470 Middle School in Noblesville, Indiana. 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:56.630 They celebrated National Bald is 00:09:56.640 --> 00:09:58.790 Beautiful Day, which happened just a few 00:09:58.800 --> 00:10:00.470 weeks ago. And you did it in style. 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