Kevin Folta

The Dr. Drew Podcast

PodcastOne / Carolla Digital

Comedy, Science, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Dr. Kevin Folta discusses science communication (the communication of science-related topics to non-experts). Part of his work is helping people to understand the extraordinary benefits of scientific advances in horticulture. These developments promise to provide a healthier, better tasting food supply and protect those who may be at risk of famine. American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: Register at Overnight.org Select: drdrew.com/select and use code drdrew Paint Your Life: Text 'drew' to 484848 Genucel: text 'drew' to 77453 or go to genucel.com Modern Fertility: Go to ModernFertility.com/drew See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to the Doctor Drew Podcast on Podcast One.
0:17.3	And welcome to Doctor Drew Podcast.
0:19.4	Don't forget to check out Doctor Drew after dark.
0:21.2	You can find that over on YouTube and at Drrew.com also with a family of pods there.
0:25.4	And support those that support the pods that we can keep this sale on the window of the
0:28.4	Corona Pirate Ship.
0:30.2	It is my privilege to welcome to the show today Kevin Fulton.
0:33.5	He is a, does his own podcast called Talking Biotech.
0:37.0	You can follow him on his website talkingbiotechpodcast.com or on Twitter at KevinFOLTA.
0:43.4	And amongst other things we're going to get into his area of interest is photo more for
0:48.1	Genesis and Plants.
0:49.5	When they're about summarizing, like how plants know to go towards the sun.
0:52.5	Well, it's one of the things it's actually.
0:54.2	I'm going to have you come right up.
0:55.5	Oh, yeah.
0:56.5	Sorry.
0:57.8	Much more complex.
0:58.8	It's a developmental program that happens changes in gene expression that happen when plants
1:04.2	see specific parts of the spectrum of the light spectrum of the light.
1:08.6	It's so funny when I was studying biology back in undergraduate years, there were, there's
1:13.4	some sort of hormone that one that sort of gets activated on one side of the plant that
1:17.0	pulls the plant to that direction.
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