Im phil torres, im an entomologist. But tonight, ive got the story that will have you shaking your heads. Why bugs should be a part of your next meal. Thats the story, now lets do some science. Are welcome to techknow. Im phil torres and today im here with kyle, lindsay and rachelle. Were going to start with a story of how we can use our dna in medicine. Rachelle, what do you have . I submitted my dna for a Company Called 23andme. Lets find out. Simple test, nothing complicated. The first thing i have to do is take the tune and i get to fill it with slief hav splie saliva. You can watch me spit. Thats done. I joined 23 Million People who sent their saliva to 23andme. To conduct a personal dna test. Th they begin with our 46 chromosomes, 23 from each parent, filled with youre dna. Dna is a double helix with base pairs of nucleotides. As paired with cs. Katy , g s. Over and over. So that a sequencing machine has enough material to determine the exact order of those as ts gs and cs. Thats
That will light up las vegas, a unique plant that stores light during the kay, to light up the night. Im phil torres, im an entomologist. But tonight, ive got the story that will have you shaking your heads. Why bugs should be a part of your next meal. Thats the story, now lets do some science. Are welcome to techknow. Im phil torres and today im here with kyle, lindsay and rachelle. Were going to start with a story of how we can use our dna in medicine. Rachelle, what do you have . I submitted my dna for a Company Called 23andme. Lets find out. Simple test, nothing complicated. The first thing i have to do is take the tune and i get to fill it with slief hav splie saliva. You can watch me spit. Thats done. I joined 23 Million People who sent their saliva to 23andme. To conduct a personal dna test. They begin with our 46 chromosomes, 23 from each parent, filled with youre dna. Dna is a double helix with base pairs of nucleotides. As paired with cs. Katy , g s. Over and over. So that a
And thanks to the town hall for putting on this amazing series. Its so terrific that there is Science Education going on especially in a time when funding is being cut to sciences at the National Level so we need to keep pushing for as much Science Education as possible. So i just finished writing an optimistic look about the apocalypse and it didnt start out that way at all. I really did not realize that this book was going to have a happy ending and it actually started because i have been really fascinated my whole life with stories about destruction especially massive Global Destruction and a apocalypse is and everything from kind of the underground cannibal apocalypse to zombie stories and godzilla stories. Godzilla is one of my spirit animals. I wanted to a couple of years ago when i was thinking about this i thought while, how could i write a kind of nonfiction version of a godzilla movie and what would that look like . We delved into the scientific literature and what history ha
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Growth of the one technology that just might save us all. We have this handy fusion reactor in the sky called the sun. All in starts right now. Good evening from San Francisco. Im chris hayes. 150 years after the surrender of the confederacy, 54 years after the confederate battle flag was first hoisted on South Carolinas capitol grounds. And 23 days after the white supremacist who proudly waved that flag the Confederate Flag came down today. A remarkable scene at the capitol. A crowd gathered to bear witness. The vast majority were there to celebrate a victory many had been waiting for for decades. Wanted to give you an extended look at what was an absolutely extraordinary moment. Take it down take it down take it down [ crowd cheering ] usa usa usa na na na na hey, hey, goodbye na na na na hey, hey, goodbye usa usa when it was all said and done, the confederate battle flag was taken down folded up and placed in the hands of an africanamerican member of the South Carolina Highway Patro