This week we dig into into the science of farming and food production. We find out how transgenic plants can help us dispense with the need for chemical pesticides and how giant greenhouses at the shoreline can be home to super-efficient farms of their own. We explore the problems faced by our sweet honey bee and in Kitchen Science we do some plant modification of our own; no transgenics knowledge needed, just food colouring.
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We investigate why bee numbers are falling and what effect this will have on our agriculture.
Find out how to make your own garishly coloured flowers, and how it relates to the way plants lift water to their leaves.
Production and Advantages of Transgenic Plants
Biodynamic pest control on organic farms
Using greenhouses to create freshwater from seawater in arid countries.
Why is the demand for meat going to increase in the future?
With the water crisis we’ve got in bits of Africa, with all these areas having some sort of energy plant, why not use the steam that could come off the system to produce turbines? Why not actually replace the fresh water with salt water and the excess vapor could then be collect...
Are fast Growing GM plants weaker than their non-GM equivalent?
Could I inject DNA from one plant into another to make a new fruit?
When will seawater greenhouses be available?
Will seawater greenhouses be affordable?
Why does it smell so nice after it rains?
Why do washing powders remove stains but not dyes?
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