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Cool Stuff Ride Home

A Plastic Eating Bacteria Threatens Hospitals, Why Are Some Cats Orange, an iPhone Features Update & What Happens In Our Brains When Reading

Cool Stuff Ride Home

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

News, Tech News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6732 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

This Superbug Learned How to Feed on Plastic from Hospitals Ginger Cats are Genetic Freaks, Confirms Science Apple’s Surprise ‘Game-Changer’ Free Offer To All iPhone 13 Users Now Live iPhone 13 Finally Gets Satellite Support With iOS 18.5 Update | PCMag A Massive Brain Study Reveals the Hidden Work Your Mind Does While You Contact the Show: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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your credit. Terms and conditions apply. Welcome to another edition of cool stuff right home. My name's

0:35.3

Marcus Paff. Reggie Rizzou here as well and on today's

0:38.3

episode, the super bacteria that seems to be eating through plastic in hospitals. We've got

0:44.6

details and what scientists are doing to combat it. On the lighter side, why are some cats

0:49.7

orange? And are they really more of a loose cannon than other cats? Reggie's got the latest iPhone update and it's not just for the most modern of phones.

0:58.0

Anyone using a 13-4 word can benefit from this.

1:01.0

And finally, what happens in your brain when you read?

1:04.0

The answer might surprise you.

1:05.0

All that and more coming up on cool stuff.

1:07.0

This story comes to us from ZMEE Science and author Mahaya Andre.

1:11.0

Pseudomonas aerogynosa, a common pathogen known for causing difficult to treat hospital

1:16.2

infections, has evolved to taste for plastic.

1:19.9

But not just any plastic, it can break down polycapralactone or PCL, a biodegradable polymer

1:26.5

widely used in medical implants and use it as fuel to grow more powerful.

1:31.6

This means that in the very environment's meant to heal us, some microbes may be learning to thrive on the materials designed to restore our bodies.

1:39.8

Hospitals are awash in plastic, from ventilator tubes and catheters to sutures and surgical meshes.

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