{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/0185cea5-9e3b-4b82-a887-26f91f92765f/398ed615-8baf-4fa9-a6d4-179f7a73b426?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"21 November 2019: A new antibiotic from nematode guts, grant funding ‘lotteries’, and butterfly genomes","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f3b71a8cbe675f3cedcb/61b9f40a7701000015818140.jpg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>This week, an antibiotic that targets hard-to-treat bacteria, and a roundup of the latest science news.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>00:49 Discovering darobactin</strong></p><p>Researchers looked inside nematode guts and have identified a new antibiotic with some useful properties.&nbsp;<em>Research Article:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1791-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Imai et al.</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>05:45 Research Highlights</strong></p><p>Using urine as a health metric, and sniffing out book decay with an electronic nose.&nbsp;<em>Research Article:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-019-0185-y\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Miller et al.</em></a>;&nbsp;<em>Research Article:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acssensors.9b01279\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Veríssimo et al.</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>07:54 News Chat</strong></p><p>Adding an element of chance to grant funding, a continental butterfly-sequencing project, and tracking endangered animals via traces of their DNA.&nbsp;<em>News:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03572-7\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Science funders gamble on grant lotteries</em></a>;&nbsp;<em>News:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03521-4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Every butterfly in the United States and Canada now has a genome sequence</em></a>;&nbsp;<em>News:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03522-3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Rare bird’s detection highlights promise of ‘environmental DNA’</em></a></p>","author_name":"Springer Nature Limited"}