You've Been Slimed!

Big Picture Science

Science, Technology

4.5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2010

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Hollywood horror flicks have captivated us with alien blobs, but the slime slithering on our own planet is as beguiling. From microscopic machines to life on ocean floors, new research reveals how essential slime is to life on Earth, and possibly other worlds. Discover the new materials made from hagfish slime… the social life of a slime mold… and the threat posed by the gray goo of self-replicating nanobots. Plus, it’s been 50 years since it first oozed across the screen: why there’s no escape from The Blob! Guests: Tori Hoeler - Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Douglas Fudge - Biologist, University of Guelph, Canada John Tyler Bonner - Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, and author of The Social Amoebae: The Biology of Cellular Slime Molds Chris Phoenix - Director of Research, Center for Responsible Technology Andre Bormanis - Television Writer and Producer Descripción en español Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.4	The world is filled with many questions, such as, did giants exist?
0:39.0	What is junk DNA?
0:40.4	Does it mean that you're trash?
0:41.9	Do you ever wonder if aliens have underwater bases in our oceans and that's why there are so many
0:46.9	UFO sightings off the coast of islands all over the world?
0:50.8	How serious even is climate change and when should we start building our rafts?
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1:13.0	A man, unaware, and unsuspecting enters a dangerous area.
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1:28.0	Little did he suspect what was being cooked up in this makeshift domestic laboratory.
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