https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech Biotechnology is a beneficial “future technology” for the human race. en-us 2020-11-30 23:00:51 UTC 2025-02-01 16:48:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f469-1f52c.png 1491923 https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/995484375 Biotechnology is a beneficial "future technology" for the human race.  Biotechnology can help replace resources that are harmful. For example, "Biotechnology is also used to create bio fuels. These are fuels created from plants or algae. Bio fuels are a less-polluting alternative to fossil fuels, which come from petroleum and coal found in the ground."  Biotechnology can also be used to make medicines. Scientists like "Alexander Fleming used fermentation to produce penicillin. This is an antibiotic, or a medicine that fights harmful bacteria and infections. It has saved millions of lives" Overall, biotechnology can create a positive impact for humanity.]]> 2020-12-07 18:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/995484375 1491531 https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/995488050 Biotechnology is beneficial to the human race because it can help with "developing a vaccine for a deadly disease." and "can also be used to clean up pollution while creating enough food and energy for the planet." For example when scientists found out that rice does not contain much vitamin D they "bred new varieties of corn and rice. These new crop varieties helped produce twice as much grain as traditional varieties." This shows that biotechnology has developed enough so people can grow new varieties of food to make sure that no one suffers from hunger, and so that everyone have enough vitamins. We can now conclude that biotechnology is beneficial to the human race. (to be continued)]]> 2020-12-07 18:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/995488050 1630042 https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/995489295  Biotechnology has it's features that could be harmful to the environment. selective breeding can harm animals and the soil. The selective breeding side effects are Depending on the way the crops are farmed, biofuels can be carbon neutral. This means that while the crops are growing, they absorb carbon dioxide from the environment. When they are burned, they release it back into the air. Overall, the level of carbon dioxide stays the same. agricultural scientists have pursued stem cell research, cloning and genetically modified, or GM, food. This biotechnology research has been strongly debated. Scientists and government officials have attempted to address these concerns through the precautionary principle.  All in all, Biotechnology is   harmful to our environment.]]> 2020-12-07 18:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/995489295 1492562 https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/995489510 Biotechnology is not a beneficial future technology for the human race. Some people "believe it could cause new problems that are worse than the ones it tries to solve." Also "In establishing worldwide monoculture, which means growing only one crop over a wide area, it ultimately depleted the soil of nutrients and led to erosion and deforestation." This is an example of Biotechnology not only solving starvation in some areas, but bringing up a problem that could be on the horizon very soon.  "Critics believe that just one or two varieties of GM seeds could become the primary source of food worldwide. That means people will be forced to buy their seeds from large corporations, becoming economically dependent. This also means that "food security around the world would be at risk if a disease or pest affected those crops." In conclusion, Biotechnology can be harmful to humans in various ways.]]> 2020-12-07 18:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/995489510 1490062 https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/995494012 Biotechnology is a beneficial “future technology” for the human race. For example, bioremedation is a form of biotechnology that's helpful to the environment and comes in different forms and some can help "..digest toxic substances from nuclear waste sites or oil spills." Biotechnology is also beneficial to the impoverished.]]> 2020-12-07 18:51:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/995494012 1490301 https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/1025265507 The main point scientists disagree on is whether or not to bring back extinct animals and if it will have consequences. In the text it says,  "Dr Herridge thinks scientists can learn a lot just by studying the remains of the Woolly Mammoth". This means that ]]> 2020-12-16 18:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/1025265507 1491531 https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/1025267043 The scientists most disagreed about was whether they should clone or not clone extinct animals. some scientists say that they should clone the animals and that they would be able to to study the animals much better in real life. others disagree and say that if they de-extinct animals, the animals won't know how to react to being alive in today's society. ]]> 2020-12-16 18:45:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/1025267043 1475731 https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/1025268303 The main point scientists disagree on is whether or not to bring back extinct animals. Some scientists believe that de-extinction, the process of bringing back extinct animals, is a good thing and has many benefits. Others think it causes too many problems. Bringing back these animals can cause problems such as "]]> 2020-12-16 18:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/1025268303 1490062 https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/1025272248 The point at which the scientists most disagree is when they try to make pure bred animals from only extinct animals, not hybrids of living animals and extinct animals because in the case of the mammoth, they would need an endangered species to do it, as well as an environment fit for the mammoth.]]> 2020-12-16 18:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/1025272248 1490192 https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/1025279860 Scientists most disagree with the fact of bring back animals from the past. Many scientists disagree with that because bringing back animals from the past can be dangerous and harmful to humans ""the experiment blows up. People get hurt" moderator John Donvan told the crowd" with people's lives at stake we can not risk bringing back these animals. The debate has been going back and forth between beneficial and unbeneficial (To be continued)]]> 2020-12-16 18:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/1025279860 1581751 https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/1025302175 The main topic that scientists disagree on would be that they know they are capable of bringing back extinct animals, but the question they are debating is if they should bring these creatures back.  Some scientists are disagreeing about bringing  woolly mammoths back from extinction. Scientists like "Dr. Tori Herridge, a scientist at the Natural History Museum in London, England, helped study the woolly mammoth's body. She doesn't think scientists should try to clone it." Dr. Tori got to study this creature personally but she still does not have a positive opinion about cloning this creature, even with personal work done to the remains of the mammoth she still does not have a positive overview of cloning the woolly mammoth. ]]> 2020-12-16 18:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/1025302175 1481442 https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/1025308052 Scientists debate wether we should clone the mammoth carcass. A mammoth carcass was found making it possible for scientists to clone the extinct species but wolly mammoths prefer to live in herds and they will only be one in the whole world. An Asian elephant will have to be the mammoths mother but Asian elephants are endangered. The Asain elephants will have to live in captivity and they do not enjoy captivity. ]]> 2020-12-16 18:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2020biotech/wish/1025308052