Forensics, DNA, and Identifying Missing Soldiers

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🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

How do you identify human remains? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore DNA and the task to identify the remains of missing soldiers with biomedical scientist Tim McMahon and forensic anthropologist Franklin Damann. What is the DPAA?

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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.
0:15.0	This is Star Talk.
0:17.0	You'll be grasping here at your personal astrophysicist.
0:20.0	And I got Chuck Nice with me as usual.
0:22.0	Chuck and Baby.
0:23.0	Hey, Neil, what's happening?
0:24.0	All right, very good.
0:25.0	Very good.
0:26.0	You know, we got a really deep subject today.
0:28.0	Oh my gosh.
0:29.0	Which is why I was trying to figure out why I'm here.
0:32.0	Oh.
0:33.0	When I saw the actual copy for the show, I was like, I think they got...
0:40.0	Did I receive this by mistake?
0:42.0	Because you know.
0:43.0	Using forensic science to identify missing soldiers.
0:48.0	Yeah.
0:49.0	Oh my gosh.
0:50.0	Very important work.
0:51.0	And of course, I mean, why wouldn't this be a thing?
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