214: Hector Navarro on Making New Mammoths, Eating Young Meat and Reanimating Old Bacteria

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Hector Navarro (Geek & Sundry, @Hectorisfunny) joins us to talk about the new effort to genetically engineer Mammoths from Elephants, why eating meat from young animals might be healthier and 50,000 year-old bacteria found in a cave. OLD FOOD MAKES YOU OLD https://www.newscientist.com/article/2121585-you-are-what-you-eat-old-food-shortens-lifespan-in-animals/ WOOLY MAMMOTH! OKAY, MAMMOPHANT https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/17/humanity-is-on-the-cusp-of-de-extincting-the-wooly-mammoth/ DOIN' ASTROBIOLOGY IN MEXICAN CAVES http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/02/crystal-caves-mine-microbes-mexico-boston-aaas-aliens-science/ Find us at thesciencejerks.com and boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us [e-mail]. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997?mt=2