Undocumented Immigrants Are Getting Scammed, Rethinking Dinosaur Extinction, The Future of Gene Editing

Midday on WNYC | Aug 29, 2018

Micah Hauser discusses undocumented immigrants being taken advantage of by con artists. Bianca Bosker talks about how an asteroid might not be what killed the dinosaurs. Paul Dawson and Brian Sheldon take readers into the lab to explore the symbiosis between food and bacteria. Stephen Hall and Jackie Leach-Scully explore the far-reaching implications of gene editing on food and human beings. 

This episode is guest hosted by Beth Fertig.  

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