The Science of Atomic Gardens

Episode 161,   May 16, 2022, 04:00 AM

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