Peto’s Paradox: Insights into cancer through elephants, naked mole rats, and the Animal Kingdom
Isabel Schmidt discusses why larger animals do not show an increased cancer rate that is expected given their size.
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Are GMOs safe? The debate over genetically altered foods
Isabel Schmidt discusses GMO crops and the debate about their safety.
Why bananas could disappear from our supermarkets
The lack of genetic diversity in banana plants puts them at risk of disease pandemics that could wipe them off our supermarket shelves for good. Isabel Schmidt discusses how our current bananas have been developed and how to overcome these risks in the future.