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Plastic Cookies

Plastic Cookies

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An international NASA contest has resulted in a technology that turn plastic compounds and agricultural waste into proteins. A team from Southern Illinois University has turned those proteins into a 3D printed cookie that could combat global hunger and plastic waste at the same time. Jeff and Anthony dig into this breakthrough to see if it just might work.

Link to story: https://www.discovermagazine.com/these-microbes-could-turn-plastic-and-plant-waste-into-ingredients-for-protein-rich-cookies-49584

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