Episode 48 - Search

Welcome to the Juras-Sick Park-Cast podcast, the Jurassic Park podcast about Michael Crichton's 1990 novel Jurassic Park, and also not about that, too. 

Find the episode webpage at: Episode 48 - Search.

In this episode, my terrific guest Dr. Elizabeth D. Jones joins the show to chat with me about:

My cat's name, the SECU DinoLab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science, how Jurassic Park introduced ancient DNA research to the world, Ancient DNA: The Making of a Celebrity Science, the embarrassing story of when she met paleontologist Mary Schweitzer, Schweitzer's paper: Soft tissue and cellular preservation in vertebrate skeletal elements from the Cretaceous to the present, < !! , the moral obligation of sharing history, The Jurassic Park Effect, debunking the Jurassic Park Hypothesis, figurative contamination, the problems with media taking the implications of some studies too far, 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner Svante Pääbo, celebrity science, if we can't clone dinosaurs, what extinct animals CAN we clone?, Colossal Biosciences and George Church, Snuffy, Cretaceous Creatures, the Duelling Dinosaurs!, dinosaur diets, and much more!

Ancient DNA research—the recovery of genetic material from long-dead organisms—is a discipline that developed from science fiction into a reality between the 1980s and today. Drawing on scientific, historical, and archival material, as well as original interviews with more than fifty researchers worldwide, Elizabeth Jones explores the field’s formation and explains its relationship with the media by examining its close connection to de-extinction, the science and technology of resurrecting extinct species. She reveals how the search for DNA from fossils flourished under the influence of intense press and public interest, particularly as this new line of research coincided with the book and movie Jurassic Park. Ancient DNA is the first account to trace the historical and sociological interplay between science and celebrity in the rise of this new research field. In the process, Jones argues that ancient DNA research is more than a public-facing science: it is a celebrity science.

Plus dinosaur news about:

• An exquisitely preserved theropod dinosaur embryo sheds light on avian-like prehatching postures
• Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Ligabuesaurus leanzai (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin, Patagonia, Argentina (Ligabuesaurus leanzai)

Featuring the music of Snale https://snalerock.bandcamp.com/

Intro: Sally Ride.  Outro: Maybe Days.

The Fifth Iteration

“Flaws in the system will not become severe” (p. 269).

The Text:

This week’s text is Search, spanning from pages 271 – 276.

Synopsis:

Gennaro and Muldoon investigate the site of the hadrosaur stampede when Arnold radios them, saying that he’s found Nedry’s stolen Jeep! Meanwhile, Grant awakens in the raft flowing down the river to Lex and Tim quarrelling about their dad, while microceratopses bounce in the branches above them.

When Muldoon and Gennaro reach the second Jeep, they find Nedry’s corpse and don’t bother “collecting him,” but do prioritize the weaponry, before returning to the site of the stampede. But there’s no sign of the Big Rex, so they have to wait for her to reappear.

Meanwhile, Grant and the kids flow up to the Aviary, and they climb out of the raft in search of a telephone or motion sensors.

Discussions surround:

Timeline, Contrivances in Plot, Park Management, Island Layout and Poetic Justice.

Corrections:

I totally didn't go to Raleigh, North Carolina on a road trip to see A Perfect Circle - I almost certainly went to Columbus, Ohio. My mistake!

Side effects: 

May cause you to have a frustratingly difficult morning, but turn it all around with a fun conversation about dinosaurs!

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Thank you!

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