Cosmic Queries – Sports Genetics

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🗓️ 8 May 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Will genetically-modified humans be the athletes of tomorrow? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice answer your Cosmic Queries on sports and genetics alongside geneticist Stuart Kim, PhD, founder and CEO of AxGen.

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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, sports edition.
0:18.0	I'm your host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist.
0:22.0	And for this installment, we're doing cosmic queries, sports and genetics.
0:29.0	Oh, my God.
0:34.0	So evil.
0:36.0	We're going to go there in this episode.
0:40.0	Oh, my God.
0:42.0	I got with me Chuck.
0:43.0	Nice Chuck.
0:44.0	You're to have you.
0:45.0	Hey, you for this episode, you can call me Jimmy the Greek.
0:48.0	What?
0:49.0	For anyone over 50, they might remember comments, Jimmy the Greek made,
0:54.0	who sets betting odds on sports teams.
0:58.0	And he just couldn't shake it the day he just let's foot in his mouth.
1:02.0	Yeah, but anyhow, we also have Gary or Riley Gary.
1:07.0	Hey, Neil, I just you are the only person that gives authenticity to the sports edition,
1:12.0	having been once a professional athlete yourself.
1:15.0	I just feel compelled to make that point.
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