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🗓️ 21 October 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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On the show this week, Adam Bristol introduces Florida’s controversial genetically modified mosquito pilot program, and then delves into the details of the Dual Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), which should be launching in the near future. Indre also explains recent efforts to use music to help humans visualize proteins.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds

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0:00.0	You and Betty and the Nancy's and Bill's and Joes and Jane's will find in the study of science a richer, more rewarding life.
0:10.7	Hey, welcome to Inquiring Minds. I'm Indravis Gontas.
0:14.6	This is a podcast that explores the space where science and society collide.
0:19.1	We want to find out what's true, what's left to discover, and why it matters.
0:27.1	It's been a while since we've done an up-to-date segment. So Adam Bristol, welcome back to inquiring minds.
0:36.3	Thanks, Andrea. It's great to be back.
0:38.0	So what's been on your mind?
0:39.6	I guess it's been a couple months as we've done this.
0:41.9	So do you have a little repository of things you want to talk about?
0:45.2	I do. There's a few that I've been just waiting to talk to you about.
0:48.3	And they're extremely different.
0:49.7	One is more biology and one is out there in the stars.
0:53.4	Sweet. I love it. So let's start with the biology.
0:56.3	Okay. So in late April, the state of Florida, in consultation with the U.S. EPA,
1:03.1	started a pilot program to test the use of genetically modified mosquitoes to reduce
1:09.4	the 80s, Egypti natural population in the Florida Keys.
1:13.9	Oh, I'm liking this already.
1:15.1	I am too. Of course, there's a lot of resistance to this idea as a general fear and uncertainty
1:20.1	around genetically modified organisms. And we can talk about that in second. But this is a technology
1:25.9	that has been trialed in other parts of the world,
1:29.0	with I consider pretty significant success. So it was trialed in Panama, and it was trialed most
1:34.9	extensively in Brazil, areas where mosquito-borne illnesses are really a scourge on those populations.
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