This week, an antibiotic that targets hard-to-treat bacteria, and a roundup of the latest science news. In this episode: 00:49 Discovering darobactinResearchers looked inside nematode guts and have identified a new antibiotic with some useful properties.&nbsp;Research Article:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1791-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Imai et al.</a> 05:45 Research HighlightsUsing urine as a health metric, and sniffing out book decay with an electronic nose.&nbsp;Research Article:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-019-0185-y" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Miller et al.</a>;&nbsp;Research Article:&nbsp;<a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acssensors.9b01279" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Veríssimo et al.</a> 07:54 News ChatAdding an element of chance to grant funding, a continental butterfly-sequencing project, and tracking endangered animals via traces of their DNA.&nbsp;News:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03572-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Science funders gamble on grant lotteries</a>;&nbsp;News:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03521-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Every butterfly in the United States and Canada now has a genome sequence</a>;&nbsp;News:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03522-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rare bird’s detection highlights promise of ‘environmental DNA’</a> For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

21 November 2019: A new antibiotic from nematode guts, grant funding ‘lotteries’, and butterfly genomes

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