Nature.

In a experiment, I don't know yet.

Why is Blight so far?

Like, it sounds so simple.

They had no idea.

But now the data's...

I find this not only refreshing, but at some level astounding.

Nature.

Hi, listeners, Benjamin here.

Bit of a solo mission for me this week, so we've got a slightly shorter show than usual.

Don't worry, though, we've still got the news chat.

That's coming up at the end of the show.

But first, I've got a story about antibiotics and antibiotic

resistance. Now, as I'm sure you're aware, antibiotic resistance is a serious public health issue around the world.

As more disease-causing bacteria evolve resistance to antibiotics, researchers are desperately

searching for sources of new ones to replace them. And they're looking in some pretty wild places,

inside sea sponges, in leaf cuterant colonies, and in sediment

from the deep ocean bed, to name but three. This week in nature, a team of scientists have found

a new antibiotic, and it's made by bacteria of the genus Photorabdas, which have a very particular

ecological niche, as Kim Lewis from Northeastern University in the US

explains. They live in the microbiome or in the gut of nematodes that live in the soil. But it gets

even more niche than that. These nematodes, which are tiny little worms, are parasites that feed on insect larvae,

...