Children sue the U.S. government over climate change, and how mice inherit their gut microbes

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🗓️ 25 October 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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A group of children is suing the U.S. government—claiming their rights to life, liberty, and property are under threat from climate change thanks to government policies that have encouraged the use and extraction of fossil fuels. Host Meagan Cantwell interviews news writer Julia Rosen on the ins and outs of the suit and what it could mean if the kids win the day. Also this week, host Sarah Crespi talks with Andrew Moeller of Cornell University about his work tracing the gut microbes inherited through 10 generations of mice. It turns out the fidelity is quite high—you can still tell mice lineages apart by their gut microbes after 10 generations. And horizontally transmitted microbes, those that jump from one mouse line to another through exposure to common spaces or handlers, were more likely than inherited bacteria to be pathogenic and were often linked to illnesses in people. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Download a transcript of this episode (PDF) Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast [Image: Bob Dass/Flickr; Music: Jeffrey Cook] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:17.6	Welcome to the science podcast for October 26, 2018. I'm Sarah Crespy. In this week's show, Megan Cantwell talks with reporter Julia Rosen about a group of kids suing the U.S. government to try to stop climate change. And I talked to Andrew Mueller about a long-term experiment tracing the transmission of gut microbes from one generation of mice to the next. And for our monthly book segment, Jen Goldbeck interviews
1:45.5	David Lazar about his book, Politics with the People, Building a Directly Representative
1:50.7	Democracy. I'm with Julia Rosen to discuss a historic case hitting the federal district court
1:58.4	in a week. 21 youth plaintiffs filed a suit against the
2:02.1	U.S. government alleging that they have contributed to climate change and failed to protect
2:06.9	natural resources as a trust for future generations. Hey, Julia. Hey, how's it going? Going well. So could
2:13.7	you give a little background on how this lawsuit got started? Yeah, so this lawsuit was first filed in 2015.
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