8 May 2024

Beanstalk

From Sci Fi / Sci Fact, 5:00 am on 8 May 2024
A small bean plant growing with bokeh background

A small bean plant Photo: FASTFUN23

Headshot of Dr Nathaniel (Nate) Davis

Dr Nate Davis Photo: Mark Tantrum

Dr Nate Davis, Associate Investigator with the MacDiarmid Institute and Senior Lecturer in Physical Chemistry at Victoria University of Wellington gives us the science behind Jack and the Beanstalk.

Could we use plants to reach the stars? If we did, what would be the chances of finding a goose that lays golden eggs? Listen to this episode of Sci Fi / Sci Fact to find out.

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