{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64f1f67000d9130011234429/65d4d5ba1652690016382d2e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Silk-Making Bacteria, Deep Coral, CRISPR Agriculture","description":"<p>Today, you’ll learn about a bacteria that turns plastic into spider webs, a massive deep-sea discovery right in our own backyard, and how CRISPR could reshape agriculture for an entire continent.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Silk-Making Bacteria&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Researchers Engineer Bacteria That Eat Plastic, Make Multipurpose Spider Silk.” <a href=\"https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/researchers-engineer-bacteria-that-eat-plastic-make-multipurpose-spider-silk-383115\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Technology Networks. 2024.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Two-step conversion of polyethylene into recombinant proteins using a microbial platform.” <a href=\"https://microbialcellfactories.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12934-023-02220-0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Alexander Connor, et al. 2023.</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Our planet is choking on plastic.” <a href=\"https://www.unep.org/interactives/beat-plastic-pollution/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">UNEP. n.d.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“In Images: Plastic is Forever.” <a href=\"https://www.un.org/en/exhibits/exhibit/in-images-plastic-forever#:~:text=But%20when%20does%20plastic's%20life,just%20gets%20smaller%20and%20smaller\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">UN. n.d.</a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Deep Coral&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“World’s largest deep-sea coral reef found lurking beneath the Gulf Stream ‘right on the doorstep’ of US coast.” <a href=\"https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/worlds-largest-deep-sea-coral-reef-found-lurking-beneath-the-gulf-stream-right-on-the-doorstep-of-us-coast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Harry Baker. 2024.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Status of Coral Reefs.”<a href=\"https://reefresilience.org/stressors/reefs-are-at-risk/#:~:text=More%20than%2075%25%20of%20the,in%20the%20Pacific%20are%20threatened\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Reef Resilience Network. N.d.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Life Below Water.” <a href=\"https://www.unep.org/interactives/status-world-coral-reefs/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">UN. 2020.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>CRISPR Agriculture&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“CRISPR-edited crops break new ground in Africa.” <a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00176-8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Heidi Ledford. 2024.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Witchweed.” <a href=\"https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/plants/witchweed\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">USDA. n.d.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Africa’s agricultural revolution: From self-sufficiency to global food powerhouse.” <a href=\"https://www.whitecase.com/insight-our-thinking/africa-focus-summer-2023-africas-agricultural-revolution#:~:text=Poor%20road%2C%20rail%20and%20harbor,goods%20traded%20among%20African%20countries\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">By Gareth Hodder &amp; Brenda Migwalla. 2023.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“GMOs or non-GMOs? The CRISPR Conundrum.” <a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10591184/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">By Aftab Ahmad, et al. 2023.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul>","author_name":"Discovery"}