The Hope Issue: Drone rescues and robot octopuses

The Week Junior Show by Fun Kids

Jul 10, 202629:10Kids & family

It's the Hope Issue! Bex is joined by Eve and Joe from The Week Junior. Joe reveals how a potato-shaped sea creature from Antarctica could one day help scientists treat skin cancer, and Eve explains how thermal-imaging d...

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