Keeping transgenic corn sustainable, and sending shrunken heads home
Researchers and an Indigenous Amazon community team up to study charged ritual objects, and lessons from Bt corn farmers for slowing pest resistance
Science Magazine Podcast · Science Magazine
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Show Notes
First up this week, Kata Karáth, a freelance journalist based in Ecuador, talks with host Sarah Crespi about an effort to identify traditionally prepared shrunken heads in museums and collections around the world and potentially repatriate them.
Next, genetically modified Bt corn has helped farmers avoid serious crop damage from insects, but planting it everywhere all the time can drive insects to adapt to the bacterial toxin made by the plant. Christian Krupke, an entomology professor at Purdue University, talks about the economics of planting Bt corn and how farmers could save money and extend the usefulness of this transgenic plant by being selective about where and when they plant it.
This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy.
Authors: Sarah Crespi; Kata Karáth
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