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Deboki's Preflight Science Calls
- Deboki Chakravarti helps Hank and John Green prepare science answers before each episode so they don't have to wing tricky questions.
- She joins weekly prep calls to check facts, discuss Mars, and prevent the 10% of science errors that previously slipped through.
Why Neanderthal Resurrection Is Technically Hard And Ethically Fraught
- We have near-complete Neanderthal genome data, but rebuilding a Neanderthal faces biological and ethical barriers.
- Challenges include getting DNA into cells, creating viable embryos, gestation technology, and the ethics of recreating persons in a changed world.
Resurrecting Species Won't Restore Their Lost Worlds
- Resurrection of extinct species often won't recreate original behaviors because environment and culture are gone.
- Restoring a species without fixing the cause of extinction creates maintenance-heavy symbolic survivors rather than true ecosystem recovery.