Introduction

Learn about how plants could help us solve the superbug crisis; and how engineers set a world record for internet speed.

More from leading medical ethnobotanist Dr. Cassandra Quave:

• Pick up “The Plant Hunter: A Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines” by Dr. Cassandra Leah Quave: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/612171/the-plant-hunter-by-cassandra-leah-quave/
• Quave Research Group: https://etnobotanica.us/
• Follow @QuaveEthnobot on Twitter: https://twitter.com/QuaveEthnobot
• Dr. Cassandra Quave’s website: https://cassandraquave.com/

Japanese engineers achieved a world record internet speed of 319 terabits per second by Briana Brownell

• Houser, K. (2021, November 13). Japan breaks world record for fastest internet speed. Big Think; Big Think. https://bigthink.com/the-present/japan-internet-speed/
• Demonstration of World Record: 319 Tb/s Transmission over 3,001 km with 4-core fiber. (2021, July 12). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/555556 ‌
• Demonstration of World Record: 319 Tb/s Transmission over 3,001 km with 4-core optical fiber | 2021 | NICT - National Institute of Information and Communications Technology. (2021). NICT - National Institute of Information and Communications Technology. https://www.nict.go.jp/en/press/2021/07/12-1.html
• Tackling online video speeds and download thresholds. (2022). Giveo.com. https://giveo.com/

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