Word: milk
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...next generation, the impact of genetic mutations caused by radiation is not fully understood. To learn more about these effects, Cornell University Scientists Richard Holsten, Michiyasu Sugii and Frederick Steward conducted an experiment of elegant simplicity. They irradiated single carrot cells in a growth-stimulating broth of coconut milk, planning to grow them into complete plants. Thus any mutations that showed up on the complete plan could be traced back with assurance to radiation-caused changes in the chromosomes of a single microscopic cell...
...make doubly sure that no other influences were affecting their carrots, the cautious scientists ran an ingenious check: they irradiated the coconut milk and in it they grew cell tissue from a normal cell. When they examined the tissue cells, however, they were startled to find that the chromosomes were damaged. And this time they could not blame the result on direct radiation...
Abandoning their original experiment, they concentrated on analyzing the coconut milk, hoping they would be able to isolate whatever had produced the radiation-like effects...
Feeding Fruit Flies. Their long search, the three Cornell researchers report in Nature, turned up six still-unidentified chemical compounds that apparently had been produced by the irradiation of the sugar found in coconut milk. To confirm their unexpected finding, they irradiated pure sugar and fed it to the buds and roots of other plants and to fruit flies. Again, although the sugar itself was not radioactive, it produced radiation-like results in both the experimental plants and insects; normal growth was noticeably stunted and damaged or altered chromosomes were found...
...milk-and-cookies time each morning, the kindergarten pupils of New York City's P.S. 184 recited a childish grace: "God is great, God is good, and we thank him for our food. Amen." Each afternoon they prayed...