Superbugs and you.

Antibiotic are an amazing cure for a whole host of organisms, but the more we use them the more we force evolutions hand and encourage microbes to resist them  Scientists performed a simple study on E. coli bacteria and showed how quickly it could develop resistance to 1,000X a normal lethal dose of antibiotic. Read the story below and watch a time-lapse video of the experiment.

Scientists watch germs evolve into superbugs.

For more on "The Rise of the Superbugs" check out It's Okay to be Smart's video.