In this episode, Ananya and Devon discuss raising the dead!... via de-extinction. They talk about the successes and challenges of de-extinction and explore the ethical and ecological aspects of the pursuit of bringing back our most beloved species of the past. Show Notes:
- Church, G. M., & Regis, E. (2012). Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves. Basic Books.
- Shapiro, B. (2015). "How to clone a mammoth." Scientific American, 312(3), 46-51.
- Sandler, R. (2017). "The De‐Extinction Debate." Bioscience, 67(5), 412-416.
- Seddon, P. J., Griffiths, C. J., Soorae, P. S., & Armstrong, D. P. (2014). "Reversing defaunation: restoring species in a changing world." Science, 345(6195), 406-412.
