Thread:61Storm/@comment-29709319-20181110010804/@comment-30339728-20190227030454

Sad news about strawberries. We just finished a science unit that included a brief look at some foods that humans have altered tremendously from the originals. Now, most are way better  in how they taste and the ease of production- ie corn, watermelon, eggplant. But alas, the strawberry has gotten worse. In efforts to improve disease resistance, the lovely berry has, yes gotten bigger, but on the whole much less tasty. Also of neat note, the bananas found in most supermarkets - the Cavendish variety - are really genetically identical - ie clones - taken from the original graft that Cavendish created. Humanity must watch out that some disease not pop up and destroy the species due to lack of genetic diversity needed to adapt to new environments.

Speaking of environments......Now Polar Bears - magnificent creatures - we need to do what we can to preserve the ice for these beautiful animals.