“Is This a Good Idea?” - Life Lab, Pt. 3

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

So far in Life Lab, we’ve uncovered the power of synthetic biology. But with great power comes great responsibility! In this episode, we’ll ask “Is this a good idea?” when it comes to changing the DNA of mosquitoes to fight a deadly virus.

This episode features Dr. Sam Weiss Evans and his 8 year old daughter, Izzy Weiss Evans.

Hear more from Sam about modified mosquitoes and making decisions about science, in our bonus interview episode! They’re available to Tumble Patrons who pledge just a dollar or more a month, on patreon.com/tumblepodcast.

You can find a transcript and other educational materials about this episode on the blog on our website, sciencepodcastforkids.com.

Life Lab is supported by the Engineering Biology Research Consortium, a non-profit committed to educating the next-generation and building a community dedicated to solving big challenges with engineering biology. Funded by the National Science Foundation.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, tumble listeners!
0:01.8	We have two quick announcements for you.
0:04.0	First, we want to hear what you think about Kids Podcasts.
0:08.5	Parents, fill out a quick survey at kidslisten.org to help us learn more about you.
0:13.9	That's at kidslisten.org.
0:16.7	Second, we're doing a free live show in Boston this Sunday, October 9th.
0:23.3	We'll be at the Cambridge Science Festival with some special guests from LifeLab.
0:28.0	The details are in the episode description.
0:30.0	We'll love to see you there.
0:32.0	Hi, I'm Lindsay.
0:37.0	And I'm Marshall.
0:38.0	Welcome to tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.
0:42.0	This is the third part of LifeLab, our five-part series about how tiny life can change the world.
0:47.0	In the last episode, we started packing for Mars.
0:51.0	But blending the trip brought up some difficult questions.
0:55.0	We should listen to that episode if you haven't already to know what we're talking about.
0:59.0	Especially because this led us to the question will be attempting to answer today.
1:04.0	How do we make the decisions that are going to affect our future as humans?
1:12.0	Alright, Marshall, we're kind of stuck on this Mars question.
1:16.0	How can we solve it?
1:18.0	Well, it's clear that we disagree and one of us is right, and one of us is wrong.
1:22.0	Probably I'm the right one.
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