May 16, 2022

161: The Science of Atomic Gardens

1 hour 13 minutes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Mutation

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