161: The Science of Atomic Gardens - a podcast by The Sci Guys

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Scientists in the 20th century were looking for a way to use radiation that helped humanity instead of hurting it. So they decided to blast food with radiation to see if they could make it better. Here's how that worked out...



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References & Further Reading


  1. By Nepenthes - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12137858

  2. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/mar/13/growing-atomically-energised-plants-james-wong

  3. https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/atomic-gardening/

  4. https://www.naro.go.jp/english/laboratory/nics/radbreedlab/index.html


  5. https://www.naro.affrc.go.jp/archive/nias/eng/org/GR/IRB/#:~:text=The%20Institute%20of%20Radiation%20Breeding,Co%20source%20at%20the%20center.

  6. https://www.popsci.com/science/what-is-an-atomic-garden/

  7. https://www.atomicgardening.com/1958/10/01/rebuilding-plants/

  8. https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/propagation/seeds/learn-about-irradiating-seeds.htm

  9. https://www.ediblegeography.com/strange-and-beautiful-seeds-from-the-atom/

  10. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Global-impact-of-mutation-derived-varieties-Ahloowalia-Maluszynski/6b80382ab33c62f9cb3e1028b473aa8b105207d4

  11. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/28/science/28crop.html

  12. https://pruned.blogspot.com/2011/04/atomic-gardens.html

  13. http://www.atomicgardening.com/downloads/atomic-gardening-for-the-layman/

  14. http://www.atomicgardening.com/1960/02/21/the-atomic-gardening-society/

  15. https://www.google.com/search?q=why+does+radiationc+ause+mutation&rlz=1C5CHFA_enGB727GB727&oq=why+does+radiationc+ause+mutation&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i13j0i22i30l4j0i8i13i30l2j0i390l2.4312j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8


  16. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK218706/#:~:text=Ionizing%20radiation%20damages%20the%20genetic,transmitted%20from%20generation%20to%20generation.

  17. https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/what-is-radiation

  18. https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/what_is.html

  19. https://www.sciencealert.com/fruits-vegetables-before-domestication-photos-genetically-modified-food-natural

  20. genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Mutation

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