Air Pollution May Be Increasing Superbugs

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🗓️ 8 September 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Today on the show, All Things Considered co-host Ari Shapiro joins Aaron Scott and Regina G. Barber for our science roundup. They talk about how antibiotic resistance may spread through particulate air pollution, magnetically halted black holes and how diversified farms are boosting biodiversity in Costa Rica.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:04.6	Hey Shortwaveers, Aaron Scott here.
0:07.0	And me, Regina Barber.
0:08.5	Oh, and I'm Ari Shapiro.
0:10.5	Yes, you are Ari Shapiro and we are grateful that you are stepping away from your hosting
0:15.8	responsibilities at all things considered.
0:18.0	I mean it when I say any time.
0:21.0	Any time.
0:22.0	Thank you.
0:23.0	So we brought you here to chat about some of the recent science headlines that have grabbed
0:28.5	some attention over here at the shortwave desk.
0:31.0	When I heard that a connection between drug-resistant germs and air pollution was on the
0:35.7	docket, how could I have resisted that?
0:37.5	I had to show up.
0:39.0	Well and mysterious eating habits of black holes.
0:43.2	And to take us out a feel good story about how farms and even people's home gardens
0:48.7	can play a big role in supporting biodiversity.
0:51.5	You're listening to Shortwave, this science podcast from NPR.
0:58.5	All right, let's start with the dark stuff as if drug-resistant germs were not good enough.
1:16.2	They're riding on air pollution.
1:17.6	Yeah, but not any germs.
1:19.4	We're talking about super bugs like bacteria resistant to antibiotics.
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