The Sudanese civil war seen from space, the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown, and plastic-eating bacteria

This week, hosts Amanda and Hanna are discussing the lack of discussion on the Sudanese civil war and the upsetting satellite footage of the carnage, missing food assistance as the U.S. government shutdown becomes the longest in history, and one last bit of good news about plastics in the ocean. Read along with us: The Sudanese civil war: 1. A simple guide to what is happening in Sudan (Natasha Booty & Farouk Chothia, BBC), 2. Sudan civil war spiralling out of control, UN secretary general says (Patrick Wintour, The Guardian), 3. Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on (Nesrine Malik, The Guardian opinion column) The U.S. Government Shutdown: 1.Why the U.S. government has shut down and what happens now (Anthony Zurcher and Natalie Sherman, BBC), 2. Government Shutdown Becomes Longest Ever, Breaks First Trump Term Record (Jenna Sundel, Newsweek), 3. Trump’s gold sign outside Oval Office prompts backlash (Dani Anguiano, The Guardian) Plastic-eating bacteria in the seas: 1. A race to develop plastic-eating bacteria (Scott Carpenter, Forbes, March 2021), 2. Plastic-eating bacteria discovered in the ocean (Science Daily, compiled from KAUST research paper)