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Ruth Kassinger / Algae Everywhere

You may eat algae compounds wtihout realizing it. It’s a great thickening emulsifier in everything from ice cream to salad dressing. What else can algae do? Turns out, a LOT.  

Click above to listen to Part 5 of A Twist of Slime, featuring Ruth Kassinger, author of “Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us.”

A Twist of Slime:
​Part 1: Molly Gets Slimed!

Part 2: Christopher Viney / Biological Ooze

Part 3: Katharina Ribbeck / Marvelous Mucus

Part 4: Anna Rose Hopkins / Edible Jellyfish

Part 5: Ruth Kassinger / Algae Everywhere

 

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