Life's Building Blocks | Lost Pioneers | S1-E1
American Innovations
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🗓️ 10 May 2018
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
In 2000, President Bill Clinton held a press conference to share a milestone for humanity. He said, “we will all see the unbelievable capacity to be noble.” Science and technology embrace this idea, leading to the incredible innovations that change the world, and yes, even humanity. This is American Innovations, a series that will look at the most important innovations of the last century, and go into the lives of the people behind those innovations.
That great milestone Clinton was referencing? That was the mapping of the human genome. For a long time, we didn’t know what was actually buried deep inside our cells that made humans humans. Now we know it’s much more than a simple molecule. DNA has revolutionized society, creating new fields of research, business - even changing how we catch criminals. This is The Dynamo of DNA from American Innovations.
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| 0:14.2 | podcasts. A milestone for humanity. |
| 0:27.0 | for humanity. |
| 0:30.0 | That's the title on the TV monitors at the White House press conference. |
| 0:34.5 | It's the summer of 2000, and the room is full of people, |
| 0:38.3 | journalists, ambassadors, scientists. |
| 0:42.2 | This isn't a typical presidential press conference. |
| 0:45.0 | This is a celebration. |
| 0:47.0 | Finally, President Bill Clinton arrives and steps up to the microphone. |
| 0:52.0 | Good morning. |
| 0:54.0 | He starts off thanking everyone for coming. |
| 0:57.0 | There are a lot of high-profile guests present. |
| 0:59.0 | Prime Minister Tony Blair is not here, |
| 1:01.0 | but he is joining by video conference from the other side of the Atlantic. |
| 1:05.0 | Then Clinton begins to speak about the reason they are all gathered here, |
| 1:10.0 | the reason for that dramatic title on the TV monitors. |
| 1:14.0 | We are here to celebrate the completion of the first survey of the entire human genome. |
| 1:20.0 | Without a doubt, this is the most important important most wondrous map ever produced by humankind. |
| 1:27.0 | The human genome, a complete record of the DNA inside us. Clinton though goes further. He calls it the language |
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