# Bacteria Can Be a Little Racist: Science News Solved (Part 1) | Bad Science #13

An episode of [Bad Science](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1757358340), 11 Aug 2025, 46 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/f67d5a18/podcast/play/106578045/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-7-7%2F405294893-44100-2-763121255bdb5.mp3

Today's experiment: 1. Return for the second time. 2. Do "research" on current science news. 3. Sacrifice a Sea Star in the name of finding a cure. 4. Download a mobile game to prove a point. 5. Discover that bacteria are all we can talk about. 6. Argue. Then argue. And then argue.

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