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Science Friction's latest season is: Artificial Evolution. In 1996, Dolly the Sheep became the first ever cloned animal. Nearly 30 years later, genetic technology has reshaped the world around us. What exactly has happened, where are we headed, and are we OK about it? In this series, environment reporter Peter de Kruijff tells the surprising stories of genetic engineering. Meet the scientists changing the food we eat and creating animals with organs we can use. Hear about the criminal conspi ...
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Would you swap your cat for a praying mantis? What about a nice house plant? This week, we are asking the big questions. Also news from plant science, a new biggest plant has been found and more potent cannabis from Israel.
- Shiso – Wikipedia
- Beast — Aradhita Para
- Telescoping effect – Wikipedia
- Scientists discover ‘biggest plant on Earth’ off Western Australian coast | Environment | The Guardian
- Extensive polyploid clonality was a successful strategy for seagrass to expand into a newly submerged environment
- Water makes tree branches droop at night — ScienceDaily
- Boosting THC in cannabis plant using a virus – Green Prophet
- Changes in Cannabis Potency over the Last Two Decades (1995-2014) – Analysis of Current Data in the United States
- Touch signaling and thigmomorphogenesis are regulated by complementary CAMTA3- and JA-dependent pathways
- Molecular phylogenies map to biogeography better than morphological ones | Communications Biology
- Are people swapping their cats and goldfish for praying mantises? New research sheds light on the pet insect market and its implications on biodiversity conservation — ScienceDaily
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Our opening and closing music is Caravana by Phillip Gross
Until next time!
Chapters
1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. Joram's favourite plant (00:05:47)
3. Diversity in plant science (00:12:59)
4. Bye-bye Bias (00:16:41)
5. New biggest plant (00:24:59)
6. Trees are drooping at night (00:31:39)
7. New Cannabis variety (00:35:37)
8. New pathway for thigmomorphogenesis found (00:44:24)
9. The problem of species definition (00:47:02)
10. Cat fact (00:52:19)
11. Outro (00:57:56)
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