The Tale of the Bacteria Farmer with Sarah Richardson

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.3 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2016

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Sarah Richardson, a biologist, dreams of being of a farmer. Instead of tending to barns full of cows making milk, she'll have petri dishes full of bacteria. They'll be making a brand new kind of fuel that could replace gas we put in our cars. But just like the first human to milk a cow, Sarah has a difficult job to do. In this episode, she explains how she's trying to convince bacteria to make the things we need - but will they listen? Learn more about Sarah's story at www.tumblepodcast.com, and sign up for our weekly kid-friendly podcast recommendation newsletter. Subscribe on iTunes and leave us a review. Want to ask a question on Tumble? Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, or email and ask away. Photo credit: Microbe World

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0:00.0	Marshall, let me tell you about why I hate pumping gas.
0:04.0	Why do you hate pumping gas?
0:05.8	All right.
0:08.1	Get ready.
0:09.6	It pollutes.
0:10.6	Yeah.
0:11.6	It causes climate change.
0:12.8	Yeah.
0:13.8	We're taking decomposed fossils from the ground that take millions of years to make and
0:18.3	we can never put them back in the ground and make them over again.
0:21.2	Well, I mean, we could.
0:22.8	We just have to go back millions of years.
0:25.0	In the time machine, right?
0:26.0	Yeah.
0:27.0	We're keeping the time machine under wraps.
0:28.5	Okay.
0:29.5	That's good.
0:30.5	Okay, but I have one more point.
0:32.0	It's not good for the environment.
0:33.9	But I mean, the thing is like we've got to get somewhere in like 20 minutes.
0:39.8	It's too far to walk.
0:41.8	What choices do we have?
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