I’m a Scientist is like school science lessons meet the X Factor! School students choose which scientist gets a prize of $1000 to communicate their work.
Scientists and students talk on this website. They both break down barriers, have fun and learn. But only the students get to vote.
This zone is the Boron Zone. It has a range of scientists studying all different topics. Who gets the prize? YOU decide!
I’m not the best person to ask. But GM is not a chemical thing. What happens is that scientists insert foreign DNA into the cells of a plant in order to give it properties that it didn’t have already – eg resistance to certain herbicides, or so that it is not tasty to a certain type of pest. The DNA causes the plant to manufacture some type of protein that it wouldn’t otherwise express.
I am in two minds about whether this is a good thing or not. It leads to huge fields of crops all growing a single, genetically narrow specimen – bad for biodiversity, and potentially having ecological consequences. But then it improves yields and helps make food production more efficient.
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