New SCIENCE VS Episode Asks Could JURASSIC PARK Really Happen?

Science Vs is a podcast hosted by Wendy Zukerman that tackles a wide variety of questions from a scientific point of view. They have recently released an episode all about the real life technology behind Jurassic Park and if we could really bring dinosaurs back from extinction. Experts interviewed are Jack Horner, a paleontologist who consulted on the movie, and his past fossil research partner Mary Schweitzer of North Carolina State University. If you have also been curious about the headlines talking about bringing wooly mammoths back then you’ll want to listen to this as well. 

Overall, I really enjoy this podcast in general and this episode in particular was very interesting. There’s discussion about how chickens have retained dinosaur-like qualities in their DNA and how we can manipulate them to look more like their prehistoric ancestors. Zuckerman does a really good job at breaking things down into easy to understand language to help those of us without science degrees be able to understand the topic. The most interesting part of the episode for me was the ending segment in which they discuss how DNA manipulation can be used to help endangered animals gain some more genetic diversity to try to help them survive. 

If you enjoy using a scientific lens to disprove common misconceptions or if you just enjoy learning new things, then this is definitely a podcast worth checking out. You can listen to it on Spotify.