16 – Big Plans for a Tiny Plant by Base Pairs – a Cold Spring Harbor Lab podcast published on 2018-07-13T18:55:35Z As concentrations of greenhouse gasses continue to rise, scientists are working hard to develop ways to ween the world off our need for fossil fuels. Biofuels are one promising solution, and they're commonly made from food crops like corn, or even byproducts like husks. Now CSHL Professor Rob Martienssen is trying to pull fuel from something surprisingly unique: pond scum. Genre Science