Hamster Versus Bacteria

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Who would win in a competition, a hamster or bacteria? Place your bets, because we’re going to tell the story of this epic science showdown. Danielle Tullman-Ercek is a synthetic biologist trying to find a better way to make life-saving medicine. To do it, she’s engineering a bacteria cell to compete with a medicine-making hamster cell. Listen to find out what if Danielle and her bacteria have what it takes to win. What’s a hamster cell doing making medicine, anyway?! If you engineered your own bacteria, what would it make and why? Draw a picture and email it to us at [email protected]! To learn more about synthetic biology, check out our blog. Want to learn more about cell biology and engineering bacteria? We have a special bonus interview episode with Danielle for our Patreon members! For only $1/month, you’ll get twice the Tumble goodness to dive deeper into all our new episodes. Pledge here: patreon.com/tumblepodcast.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lindsay.
0:04.0	And I'm Marshall.
0:05.0	Welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.
0:08.6	Today we've got an epic science showdown.
0:12.2	Ooh, I love science showdowns.
0:14.8	Two science things go head to head.
0:16.8	Who will take it all?
0:18.6	On one side we've got a hamster.
0:21.4	On the other we've got bacteria.
0:24.3	And behind the race is a scientist trying to figure out a better way to make life-saving
0:29.8	medicine.
0:30.8	Who will win?
0:31.8	Stay with us.
0:34.3	Tumble is brought to you with support from Spotify for podcasters.
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1:07.9	Who do you think would win in a showdown between bacteria and a hamster?
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