{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64f1f67000d9130011234429/6566038fd7b5d400125eff11?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Stopping Superbugs, Powerful Pulsar, Hippo Poop","description":"<p>Today, you’ll learn about new ways to kill antibiotic resistant bacteria, the discovery of the most powerful pulsar we’ve ever seen, and the truth about hippo poop.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Stopping Superbugs&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Dangerous ‘superbugs’ are a growing threat, and antibiotics can’t stop their rise. What can?” <a href=\"https://www.livescience.com/health/medicine-drugs/dangerous-superbugs-are-a-growing-threat-and-antibiotics-cant-stop-their-rise-what-can\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Nicoletta Lanese. 2023.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Retrospective, observational analysis of the first one hundred consecutive cases of personalized bacteriophage therapy of difficult-to-treat infections facilitated by a Belgian consortium.” <a href=\"https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.08.28.23294728v1.full.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Jean-Paul Pirnay, et al. 2023.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Lysin therapy offers new hope for fighting drug-resistant bacteria.” <a href=\"https://www.rockefeller.edu/news/24920-lysin-therapy-offers-new-hope-fighting-drug-resistant-bacteria/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Vincent A. Fischetti. 2019.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Powerful Pulsar&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Highest-energy pulsar ever seen could indicate new physics.” <a href=\"https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/pulsar-is-blasting-out-the-most-energetic-gamma-rays-ever-seen-from-a-spinning-neutron-star\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Robert Lea. 2023.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Discovery of a radiation component from the Vela pulsar reaching 20 teraelectronvolts.” <a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-023-02052-3.epdf?sharing_token=LuiGebwycq834st3qkF3g9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PZP-zgeKTz4j5uRukuwf2QTuVMWctxWr4zxitLh72r2k-92_6XYxGvjTpL1xVWHxnvtt4GDyU1dqIs9k_rNMeSUjMiaElSjGvBKB-tQtnVWcaKaLhVlrDhPBM9hoU9UWvG6h-ddnmahnjv9mc_Y2JWedB5Nzc7Pg_QteepDajLqsDr9SvPlVKONXa-LZ5sw0w%3D&amp;tracking_referrer=www.livescience.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by F. Aharonian, et al. 2023.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“What are pulsars?” <a href=\"https://www.livescience.com/what-are-pulsars\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Paul Sutter. 2022.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hippo Poop&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Hippos might be ferocious fighters, but their big teeth make terrible chewers.” <a href=\"https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hippos-ferocious-fighters-teeth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Jake Buehler. 2023.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Hippos’ constant defecating turns African pools into communal guts.” <a href=\"https://phys.org/news/2021-12-hippos-constant-defecating-african-pools.html#:~:text=Hippopotamuses%20can%20eat%20nearly%20100,Topics%20Week%27s%20top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Lauren Barnett. 2021.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Chewing, dentition and tooth wear in Hippopotamidae.” <a href=\"https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0291825\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Annika Avedik &amp; Marcus Clauss. 2023.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Hippo eating great animal in the world.” <a href=\"https://youtube.com/shorts/nFa6TyQYZdc?si=pPblA6bBDInnKQPP\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube Video. N.d.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul>","author_name":"Discovery"}