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Part One: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

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Robert walks Langston Kerman through the story of Dr. George Church, a very real scientist who co founded the company making bullshit claims of "de extincting" dire wolves.

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  4. The original sins of Leonard Guarente – For Better Science
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  8. Gene editing company hopes to bring dodo ‘back to life’ | Extinct wildlife | The Guardian
  9. Jeffrey Epstein-Funded Geneticist Is Building a Dating App That Only a Eugenicist Could Love
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  11. Geneticist George Church gets funding for lab-grown woolly mammoths
  12. Wooly Mammoth De-extinction Scientist Reveals Plan To Create 'Arctic Elephant' - Newsweek
  13. Bringing back dinosaurs or making new ones? – DW – 06/10/2015
  14. ‘If you’re not failing, you’re probably not trying as hard as you could be’ — Harvard Gazette
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