Uploaded May 2015 | Updated September 2026, 34 minutes ago

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Each week, Tom chooses an article from the New York Times science section and translates it into a rap verse. This week, a tale of olive trees under attack by a bacterium called Xylella fastidiosa.

Check out "Fear of Run as Disease Takes Hold of Italy’s Olive Trees" by Jim Yardley: goo.gl/Qyz7Fe

Original beat by @ChaseMooreMusic

Shot on the drive to (and in) Granada, Spain. Alhmabra is in the background there at the end.