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Can we revive the woolly mammoth? Should we?

Can we revive the woolly mammoth? Should we?

FromThe Take


Can we revive the woolly mammoth? Should we?

FromThe Take

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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Dec 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Woolly mammoths went extinct several thousand years ago. But if a new company gets its way, something like the woolly mammoth could walk the earth again within the decade. Colossal, a new bioscience company, announced in September that they had raised $15 million to genetically modify an Asian elephant so that it has the cold-tolerant traits of a woolly mammoth. Their plan has been received with a mix of skepticism, excitement, and controversy. 

In this episode: 
Ben Lamm (@federallamm), co-founder and CEO of Colossal (@ItIsColossal)
Dr. Tori Herridge (@ToriHerridge), evolutionary biologist at the London Natural History Museum (@NHM_London)
Dr. Joe Bennett (@Joe_Ecology), professor at Carleton University

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Released:
Dec 20, 2021
Format:
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Making sense of the world, one story at a time. Host Malika Bilal and journalists from Al Jazeera's international bureaus and beyond share their take on the most important stories every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.