504: We’re Real Nerds about Bird Turds
Kris and Ryan mine a surprisingly rich topic for its nutrients
Main source: Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World: A Global Ecological History. Gregory T. Cushman
Kris and Ryan mine a surprisingly rich topic for its nutrients
Main source: Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World: A Global Ecological History. Gregory T. Cushman
The other sabotage episode is 218
Outro: All is Stupid - Win a Sheep Free
!!!This is the second of a two-part episode. Listen to the previous episode before listening to this!!!
We recorded this last week and I finished editing last weekend, but I've had too much anxiety to release it. I broke it into two parts again for more manageable listening. Part A is about Cargill, Part B continues on Cargill and then we talk about Code Geass.
We recorded this last week and I finished editing last weekend, but I've had too much anxiety to release it. I broke it into two parts again for more manageable listening. Part A is about Cargill, Part B continues on Cargill and then we talk about Code Geass.
In this episode we answer crucial questions about the Son Goku period of Japan such as what the price of a Pikachu was in terms of Gohan (rice) and precisely what year Inu Yasha took place.
Seriously melting down over these episode numbering schemes. Anyway, this is about biotech in agriculture. Studies referenced in this episode:
Fernandez-Cornejo 2014 (PDF version)
Tuomisto, et al. 2011 (PDF version)
Mattick, et al. 2015 (PDF version on SciHub)
A literature review on the safety assessment of genetically modified plants
Environmental impacts of genetically modified plants: A review
A Meta-Analysis of the Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops