New Antibiotics, H2O Pollution Test, Cooperative Camouflage
Curiosity Weekly · Warner Bros. Discovery
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Show Notes
Today, you’ll learn about a new class of antibiotics that kills drug-resistant bugs, a water pollution test that can tell scientists where the pollution came from, and spiders that collaborate.
New Antibiotics
- “New antibiotic class effective against multidrug-resistant bacteria.” Uppsala Universitet. 2024.
- “10 reasons YOU should be worried about antibiotic resistance.” by Diane Ashiru-Oredope. 2014.
- “What You Need to Know About a Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection.” by Kirsten Nunez. 2022.
- “Antibiotic class with potent in vivo activity targeting lipopolysaccharide synthesis in Gram-negative bacteria.” by Douglas L. Huseby, et al. 2024.
H2O Pollution Test
- “New approach to monitoring freshwater quality can identify sources of pollution, and predict their effects.” University of Cambridge. 2024.
- “7 Effects Of Water Pollution.” AtlasScientific. 2023.
- “Chemodiversity in freshwater health.” by Andrew J. Tanentzap & Jeremy A. Fonvielle. 2024.
Cooperative Camouflage
- “In a first, these crab spiders appear to collaborate, creating camouflage.” by Saugat Bolakhe. 2024.
- “Crab Spider.” A-Z Animals. N.d.
- “Male and female crab spiders ‘cooperate’ to mimic a flower.” by Shi-Mao Wu & Jiang-Yun Gao. 2024.
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