26 min
#1 - How to Make an Atomic Garden A Beginner's Guide to Playing God
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- Life Sciences
Ever wanted to blast plants with radiation until something interesting happens? In this episode, we teach you how to make an "atomic garden," a product of the crazy-for-radiation 1950s and 1960s. With this technique, you could make giant peanuts, produce a better grapefruit... or just make your neighbors really mad at you.
Highlights: an atomic ballet, mega-cancer, accidentally ionizing the neighbors, L Ron Hubbard
Ever wanted to blast plants with radiation until something interesting happens? In this episode, we teach you how to make an "atomic garden," a product of the crazy-for-radiation 1950s and 1960s. With this technique, you could make giant peanuts, produce a better grapefruit... or just make your neighbors really mad at you.
Highlights: an atomic ballet, mega-cancer, accidentally ionizing the neighbors, L Ron Hubbard
26 min