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by Rebecca Nesbit My excitement of today was to attend the anti-GM protest organised by Take the Flour Back, joining the group of bystanders wearing ‘Don’t Destroy Research’ badges. Take the Flour Back (I don’t get the name – apparently it’s something to do with Rage Against the Machines) objects to a trial [...] by Rebecca Nesbit In today’s population of just over 7 billion people, more than 900 million are undernourished and over 2 billion have nutrient deficiencies, yet over 1 billion adults are overweight. Lots of work has gone on to address the problems of undernourishment and obesity, but the problem of nutrient deficiency [...] by Rebecca Nesbit Inspired by Alom Shaha’s Why is Scince Important? video, the four of us have produced our own take, based on one of our favourite foods – cake. As well as producing his own video, Alom ran an impressive project to collect the thoughts of scientists, public figures, and everyone [...] by Rebecca Nesbit In the book of Exodus God sends a plague of locusts to devour Egypt’s plants and trees because Pharaoh was holding the Israelites captive. You’d be forgiven, of course, for thinking that it was weather patterns, not God or Pharaoh, that caused a huge swarm to darken the skies [...] On Saturday morning I dragged Emma and Trish out of bed rather earlier than they otherwise would have chosen so we could make videos. And here’s the result: the latest research from the BBRSC (who we have to thank for introducing us – they funded our PhDs) on a theme of food. Becky talks about research [...] by Rebecca Nesbit Peas and other legumes are an important source of protein in both human and animal food, so there’s a drive to increase the quality and quantity of protein in them. But the genetics behind protein content in these species are very complex and this has held back breeding programs. [...] by Rebecca Nesbit When I was in The Gambia recently my reading material included a review of the world’s fisheries – how are fish going to react to climate change? Which parts of the world will be most affected? How are we going to react to the fishes’ reaction to climate change? So [...] |
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