. >>> and the scripps national spelling bee is coming back mostly in a virtual format.lled due to the pandemic. it was the first time the bee had been called off since world war ii. this is video from the 2019 spelling bee. about 200 young spellers will compete over several weeks beginning in june. a dozen finalists square off in person at walt disney world in florida. >>> and it's a different world for a koala in australia after he received the world's first prosthetic foot designed for a marsupial. the koala named triumph was born without a right foot. he was rescued in 2017 by a veterinarian nurse. the nurse said the koala struggled to get around until a local dentist created a prosthetic foot for him. >> once i put the little boot on him, he was running around. i actually cried. it's the best thing that ever >> will spend the rest of his life in captivity, most likely >>> coming up on "cbs this morning" how the hit netflix series "bridgerton" is helping to bring actors of color to the forefront in period pieces. hel to bring actors and actresses of color to the fore

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and to monitor instabilities on the remaining helen fricker is a glaciologist and professor at the scrippse of the iceberg that had broken off from the ice shelf. yes, so, it's about 1,300 square kilometres, about the size of manhattan or greater london, as you said. and is that a big, medium, small...? it is, we do get very large icebergs coming from antarctica, i would call it a medium one. there have been larger icebergs. also, there are very small events as well. this is quite a large one. we will see it for a long time in the ocean in satellite imagery. what is going on? why has it happened? antarctica has to lose mass when it gains through snowfall. snowfalls on this massive ice sheet, down at the bottom of the planet, and it very slowly accumulates over a large area and has to lose it as well. so, iceberg calving, you can think of it like housekeeping. 0r, it's like checks and balances for the ice sheets. the ice sheet needs to stay around about the same size. because of all of the snow that is being added slowly over time, over that large area, it needs to lose it as well. very inf

helen fricker is a glaciologist and professor at the scripps institution of oceanography in san diegoon the programme. 0h, thank you very much for coming on the programme. oh, you are very welcome. thank you for having me. rights i don't know a great deal about his huge icebergs breaking up. this will be fascinating. first of all, it sounds pretty big, a piece of both the size of london breaking, how large is that in the scheme of things?- breaking, how large is that in the scheme of things? yes, so, it's about _ the scheme of things? yes, so, it's about 1300 _ the scheme of things? yes, so, it's about 1300 square - it's about 1300 square kilometres, about the size of manhattan or greater london, as you said. and is that a big, medium, small...? it is, we do get very large icebergs coming from antarctica, i would call it a medium one. there have been larger icebergs. also, there are very small events as well. this is quite a large one. we will see it for a long time in the ocean in satellite imagery. time in the ocean in satellite imaue . ~ . , time in the ocean in satellite imaue .~

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a professor of molecular medicine at scripps research institute in san diego think scientists shouldtogether in another large-scale vaccine creation project immediately. "we have to get a real workforce to accelerate this so we can have it this year." the times rights that after coronavirus were first identified in the 1960's, they did not become a high priority for vaccine makers. for decades, it seemed as if they only caused mild cold. in 2002, a new coronavirus called sars emerged causing a deadly pneumonia. scientists scrambled to make a vaccine fort. -- vaccine for it. in st. petersburg, florida, this is robert. you have your vaccine, right? caller: i did last wednesday. publix grocery stores opened the website at 7:00. i sat in front of my computer from 7:00 and i did not take my eyes off of it. they let you know what was going on the whole time. at 10:05, i found a spot and i was accepted and i drove 301 miles to tallahassee and got a vaccine and got a shot at 3:45 p.m. they are very strict. they warn you to be on time. i go back exactly one month later at exactly the same tim