The Mad Scientist

A practical Science guide to life; the accompaniment to the radio show. Listen @ 91.9 FM on Thursdays @ 5-6AM ! Visit http://www.kcsb.org & Click Listen Now!

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The Dreaded GMO

http://www.motherjones.com/search/apachesolr_search/GMOs

^GMOs search on Mother Jones^

http://www.npr.org/templates/search/index.php?searchinput=GMOs

^GMOs search on NPR^

http://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/impact-of-hunger/hunger-and-poverty/hunger-and-poverty-fact-sheet.html

^some American hunger and poverty information if you’re interested^

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Fat Farming?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat

^ what is fat?^

http://www.dietobio.com/dossiers/en/fatty_acids/molecule.html

^what is a fat molecule?^

http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/cellular-microscopic/fat-cell2.htm

^how is fat absorbed and stored?^

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/top-food-sources-of-saturated-fat-in-the-us/

^where do we get the bad fat?^

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/diet.fitness/09/22/kd.gupta.column/index.html?_s=PM:HEALTH

^American diets^

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/10/139390696/is-u-s-farm-policy-feeding-the-obesity-epidemic

^NPR story on farming’s connection to fat^

The Weight of The Nation: Agriculture [documentary]

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http://www.amazon.com/The-Selfish-Gene-Popular-Science/dp/0192860925

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Evolution

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_01

^berkeley’s evolution site!^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYBRbCLI4zU

^PBS NOVA documentary on Evolution^

http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zq8gcdm

^all about the myth the man the legend Charles Darwin^

http://evolution.about.com/od/Overview/fl/Only-Populations-Can-Evolve.htm

^why do only populations evolve??^

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene

^overview of the selfish gene^

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EVOLVE with me this week!!!

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5-7-15

Music from this week’s show!

https://open.spotify.com/user/1210420203/playlist/1yJVGKGAkGiuDyxlHDuBqp

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Genetics  & CRISPR

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu

^ EXCELLENT website on genetics ^

This website is HUGE and VERY well made. I would suggest playing around with a lot of it. It’s really interesting and explained well. 

http://gizmodo.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-crispr-the-new-tool-1702114381

^decent news coverage of CRISPR^

http://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-scientists-genetic-modification-human-embryo-crispr-2015-4?utm_content=bufferf6d1e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

^original article on CRISPR inspiring the show^

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words by Shay Mehr//photos by ceethreedom.com/the1point8.com

LIPHEMRA

Opening up the night, after the traditional hour buffer to get drunk before the show or in Los Angeles’ case to get through traffic, Liphemra quietly appeared on stage. Half acoustic and half electronic, they spare the...

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Climate Conversations

A whorl wind adventure through some of the ills of the Earth! With Special Guest SHIRLEY NG. 

http://dailynexus.com/2015-04-23/ucsb-named-greenest-public-university-in-the-nation/

^UCSB greenest campus story^

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article12983720.html

^Florida can’t say Climate change^

http://ca.gov/drought/

^Cali government drought website^

http://ca.water.usgs.gov/data/drought/

^much more useful Cali gov. drought website^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgWyepFdoc0

^Plastic Paradise documentary trailer^

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation-overview/

http://www.livescience.com/27692-deforestation.html

https://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/deforestation

^Deforestation^

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This week’s show is going to be about this lil cutie and the problems it faces thanks to us! Tune in for a special guest too!!! 

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VITAMINS

VITAMINS, a playlist on Spotify 4-23-15 Playlist for ya ears. 

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Vitamins, bro.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/vitamin-questions/

^Harvard Public Health & vitamins^

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/vitamins.html

^U.S. National Library of Medicine^

http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/list-all/

^National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements^

http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/micronutrients-health

^Oregon State Linus Pauling Institute^

http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/everyone/basics/vitamins/index.html

^CDC on vitamins and minerals^

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Vitamins. Where should they come from? What are they? What’s the deal?!

Tune in THIS WEEK to learn more. 

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Next week!

Stay tuned for an acoustic show filled with acoustic versions by original artists and covers by others!

Also the topic is going to be........VITAMINS. I changed my mind. I just don’t love ants. I respect them still, but not enough. oops. 

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4-16-15

https://open.spotify.com/user/1210420203/playlist/0QvAVP7kHvbuttYTXB8Yiy

Listen to the tunes from this week’s show again and again!!

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Viruses

A first dip for your toes in virology

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/alllife/virus.html

T cells 

http://www.tcells.org/beginners/tcells/

American cancer society

http://www.cancer.org

National cancer institute

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/what-is-cancer

An NPR story on immunotherapy for cancer!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/02/09/373292216/harnessing-the-immune-system-to-fight-cancer