Scientists aim to resurrect the dodo: How the power of small change can change the world
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🗓️ 3 February 2023
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The old cliché that something went “the way of the dodo” could soon have a very different meaning. Scientists at Colossal Biosciences in Austin, Texas, are currently working to resurrect the bird that has become synonymous with extinction, and if your mind is trending toward Jurassic Park flashbacks as you read, you’re not too far off base. Their approach reminds us that sometimes the best way to make a big difference is by being content with incremental changes. Is the same true for Christians trying to change our culture today?
Author: Ryan Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | Dr. Jim Denison wrote our Linton Devotional, titled Empowered, |
| 0:05.0 | to provide biblical, practical steps to the abundant life of Christ. |
| 0:10.0 | As Romans 837 reminds us, we are meant to be more than conquerors through Him who loved us. |
| 0:18.0 | But the business and busyness of life can thwart our best intentions. All too often, we leave |
| 0:25.6 | too little room, if any at all, for the Holy Spirit to direct our days. But it doesn't have to be that way. |
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| 0:40.6 | the power of the Holy Spirit. |
| 0:47.0 | Today is Friday, February 3, 2023. |
| 0:51.4 | Welcome to the Daily Article podcast. |
| 0:53.9 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Ryan Denison. |
| 1:00.1 | The old cliche that something went the way of the dodo could soon have a very different meaning. |
| 1:05.8 | As Antonio Rigaldo writes for the MIT Technology Review, scientists at Colossil Biosciences in Austin, Texas, |
| 1:14.6 | are currently working to resurrect the bird that has been synonymous with extinction. |
| 1:19.6 | If your mind is trending towards Jurassic Park flashbacks as you hear this, you're not too far off base. |
| 1:26.6 | Colossal's process works by genetically altering the |
| 1:29.9 | Nickelbar Pigeon, the Dodo's closest living relative, to gradually turn it into its long-dead |
| 1:36.1 | ancestor. This process is made possible by the research of Beth Shapiro and her team at the University |
| 1:43.1 | of California, Santa Cruz, who recently rediscovered |
| 1:46.6 | the extinct bird's DNA from the 500-year-old remains of a dodo at a museum in Denmark. |
| 1:54.1 | However, the dodo is not the only creature that Colossal is trying to bring back to life. |
| 1:59.0 | By 2019, Ben Lamb, Colossal CEO, estimates that they will have successfully turned an elephant |
| 2:06.1 | into a woolly mammoth, with the Tasmanian tiger also on their list of current projects. |
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