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Today you'll learn about a teensy tiny cure for Zits, super power spider webs, and how scientists have begun

having conversations with plants. Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.

There's a painful condition that affects

nearly 10% of the global population so that's around 800 million people and

while it's been a problem for decades treatments have have proven elusive, and some of the more effective

treatments have irritating and sometimes harmful side effects.

Yikes, okay, so what is this mystery condition?

I hate to even say the word, acne Okay, yeah this is a blemish we all dread and no one is safe.

Especially teenagers. Obviously it's a condition that often comes and goes. Just about anyone over the age of 11 or 12

has experienced the sudden pain of big red bump in you know always the most visible

spot on our chins or cheeks. Or like the tip of your nose? It sucks. Yeah, so while Zitz can be a relatively

temporary condition for many people, it can be a truly horrible, painful, and embarrassing

condition for lots of others. I've always just taken it for granted that there's no silver bullet to treat acne.

I mean, I washed my face, I take care of my skin, but no one is immune.

So why haven't researchers beat this thing yet?

Lots of reasons.

First and foremost, there isn't really just one cause of acne.

Usually flare-ups come from a bunch of different things,

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