Cosmic Queries – Dinosaur Discoveries with Kimberly Chapelle

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🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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What did dinosaurs really look like? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Marcia Belsky explore questions we all have about dinosaurs, fossils, feathers, and asteroids with paleontologist Kimberly Chapelle. Is Jurassic Park accurate?

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	You're a place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:14.0	This is Star Talk.
0:16.0	We're doing a cosmic queries edition today and it's going to be all about dinosaurs.
0:22.0	I think this is the first time we've ever made that the topic of a Star Talk episode.
0:28.0	And I got with me as co-host Marsha Belsky.
0:32.0	Welcome back to Star Talk.
0:34.0	Thank you so much. I'm so happy to be back.
0:36.0	Excellent. Excellent.
0:38.0	So, you know, I don't know if you like everybody else like love dinosaurs as a kid.
0:44.0	But however much you love them and however much I love them, we don't have the expertise necessary for the ship.
0:48.0	No.
0:50.0	We had to find someone who does.
0:54.0	And came across a post-doctoral research fellow at my own home institution, the American Museum of Natural History.
1:01.0	Famous for its dinosaurs.
1:03.0	I'd also like to think it's famous for its Hayden Planetarium.
1:06.0	But the two together are jewels in the crown of this institution.
1:10.0	Whereas please help me welcome Kimberly Shepalb. Kimberly, welcome to Star Talk.
1:14.0	Hi. I'm Neil Hover. I'm Michelle Braits. It's me. It's so cool.
1:18.0	Now, you first introduced yourself to me as Kimmy.
1:20.0	So, we're going to go with Kimmy.
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