So how did a growth of mold on a petri dish lead to the antibiotics we take today? How do antibiotics work? And what can we do about the rise of antibiotic resistance? Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2cW8WEt

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How do astronomers photograph a black hole? How often do planes get hit by lightning? What does the EPA actually do? Science is all around us and transforming our world at a rapid pace. Extragalactic astrophysicist Sabrina Stierwalt is here to guide you through it. She'll help you make sense of the everyday and the once-in-a-lifetime. Rights of Albert Einstein are used with permission of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Represented exclusively by Greenlight.

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