Jurassic Park

God creates dinosaurs, God destroys dinosaurs. God creates Man, Man destroys God. Man creates podcasts. Dinosaurs eat man, woman inherits the Earth.

In this episode of "Popcorn Science," discuss the 1993 film Jurassic Park

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Science Gripes (5:30)

DNA from mosquitoes = impossible. Half life is too short.

Humans cannot produce lysine either, we're alright.

Not "billions of strands" in a drop of blood.

T-Rex, from brain casts: Good sense of smell, vision, and hearing... sitting still not a good strategy.

Velociraptors: not so big, not so fast.

Humans can probably outrun dinosaurs (19:15)

$112k/yr. Enough for fieldwork?

What do dinosaurs sound like? Mating tortoises.